Steve drove the 4Runner out to Grand Co for us to fish the Williams Fk. Flows were a stellar ~115cfs and the temp and weather were great too. It was Steve's first outing to this tiny tailwater and after arriving with 6 cars in the lot we hiked right to the confluence with the Colorado. Soon enough I was into some fish on the oil can Perdigon. Other mayfly imitations worked too like red CJs (when a red quill hatch was coming off) and the gold ribbed hare's ear (when the final vestiges of the drakes were hatching). Too, the yellow-orange #14 chubby caught some and turned up others. Ultimately I caught quite a few strong ~17" browns, and some similarly sized rainbows. I had forgotten my net at home so I was using a beach landing approach that was working ok.
It turned out very important as soon after the loaner I hooked into a very strong, big mama holdover 'bow. She took me >300yds downstrean precariously through multiple rapids and runs but the Rodfather Bombadeer kept her out of breakoff spots as I danced down the river. She finally tired and I landed her (using the lucky and fortuitous net) to discover a 21" 4+ pound lady 'bow! My hand couldn't even reach half way around, very satisfying; again the Perdigon worked and, given the big fight and multiple jumps, I was lucky she didn't throw the barbless fly.
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