4-14-04 - Cheif and FAT work "FAT HOLE" where they had sighted some spawning steelies earlier...

4-14-04 - Another Root River Rush-Hour Adventure

Waters Fished: Root River
Fish Caught: 0/1
Outing Date: 4-14-04
Weather: Partly Cloudy
Air Temp: Probably 50's
Water Temp: N/A - still no thermometer
Water Level: 75 CFS or so
Water Color: slightly stained, probably 12" visibility
Fish Species: Steelhead
Pattern Fished: Eggs / small yarn flies
Pattern Color: Peach
Fishing Quality: slow

Let's see how short a Rambling Report I can write...got there late, around 7:00 PM, and fished with FAT & Chief until the end of legal fishing time, just at 8:00. About 7:50 pm I had my one and only hookup drifting a small peach yarn fly...as soon as I hooked up the buck went airborn, showed me his bright pink sides (almost looked more like a COHO) and shook the hook. Oh, but we did SLAM the brown smolts, just under 10" in length...HUGE brown stockers.

  MP