Smalls On The Middle Fork 09Oct22

Well it's the time of year to possibly catch the big migrating browns on the hunt for spawning mates on the Middle Fk of the S Platte. Despite the chance at bigs I chose to throw the Rodfather Endless Wisdom, a 8'6" 2.8wt rod. The rod threw my chubby + double beadhead dropper rig well to 35ft or so; It landed the small fish I caught without issue. Unfortunately all I could do was spook the big browns mostly, but I did turn one over on a rejected gold chubby. I fished the Tomahawk section on the way from Summit to COS today. Flows are super low @ ~30cfs, making the fishing pretty technical. I did manage to catch some small browns and 'bows on the dropper and the chubby but I left after just a couple hours of fishing. Hey, anytime a 1wk old rod gains experience, it's a good day.