ESP Day 8 - Tiny Triple On Gibbon River & Gardner River With Wilks 24Jul19

Wilks and I decided to hang out together today and we chose to hit the Gibbon River. We did 3 sections: upper above Norris CG, Elk Park meadow, and Gibbon Meadow. The fishing was slow and while I hit a triple with brook, cutbow/rainbow/cutthroat and brown, the average length was <7” I imagine. I used a stimi for a stonefly imitation and an ant on a double dry rig most of the time but used a Mercer Missing Link as a crippled caddis on the upper section. We had a decent time roaming about but it was a far from epic day fishing. Wilks caught the best fish of the day! - An 8” cutty on a stimi - so we decided to head out to another headwater for more.

We hit the Gardner River at dusk and I got the brooks to flip but couldn’t close the tiny 5”ers. Nice spot but a t-storm and mosquitoes moved in so we packed up our bugs and headed back to camp. Wilks drove as I'd discovered Roadhouse Wilson.