Danl wrote

I had planned to fish the upper Kern River three weeks ago...

Acting on some info from the local fly shop and also from the proprietor
of
the lodge where we were staying, we tried a couple of sections of the
lower
Kern and a small trib of the Kern.

Any luck with smallies on the lower section. I've caught a few on
streamers but couldn't really find a pattern that got 'em super excited.

I hiked in from the bridge on the upper section last summer, but it didn't
seem as productive as before the fire. Silted in bottom is much easier to
wade on now, but seems to have had an adverse effect on the insects.

Also fished with Guy on a couple of high country creeklets to the east of
the main fork. Nothing but pure goldens (a few browns) on drys. Small but
fun, in beautiful meadows with nobody around. Great fun for a 3 wt. You
might want to inquire about these at the shop as alternatives during the
late spring/early summer when the upper main fork is still raging and full
of floaters and any action you get is strictly sub-surface.


-dnc-