August 23, 2016 Fishing report

Greetings Everyone!

Started out this morning with a 20 mile round trip bike ride! It’s a great way to check out the morning conditions as I get my workout in for the day. This morning at about eight, I headed downstream from Trumbull to Nighthawk. Pretty much from Bridge Crossing, downstream to Nighthawk,  I saw fish rising on the Trico’s that were thick the entire way to the end of the pavement.  About ten-Thirty I got in the river and still had a single Parachute Adams tied on from the night before.  Two quick tosses to a sipping  brown I noticed near the granite wall and I was hooked up! Realizing the fish was big enough to break off my 7x tippet, I had to let it run while trying to keep it from running deep, tangling and breaking me off.  After a few runs upstream and then back down, I was able to work the fish to a shallower rock bar and netted the nice 16″ brown trout. As the rising settled down, I switched over to a two-fly nymphing rig with a grey stone fly, trailing with a bead-headed black beauty. I took two more browns with this combination, almost back to back. I didn’t go out again this evening, as the rain has moved into the valley.  Flows today below Cheesman were 284 cfs, Trumbull, below brush creek  was at 304 cfs. Clarity is great, but their is some moss to deal with. Back tomorrow with another update. Have a great evening!

Chris