Two short TRs

Just got back from fishing the same stretch of river I fished last
Monday (and reported on he http://tinyurl.com/chvoy).

Today, I fished from noon til two-thirty. There were lots of folks in
the area.... cross-country skiing, hunting Christmas trees in the public
forest, etc., but I was the only fisherman I saw on that stretch.
Sunny, and not as cold as last week... at least when standing in the
sun.

Massive hatch of very small midges (#28-#30?), but again no noticeable
response from the fish. Later, a reasonably good hatch of BWOs and
Little Yellow Mays... compared to last Monday anyway... but I only saw
two rises (the same fish both times, I think).

Couldn't raise any fish to a dry, but I hooked two, both small, on a #20
PT fished under a #18 sparkle dun. Landed only one of them.

If you happen to visit and plan on exploring the river, you might want
to consider not wading or else wearing Aquastealth soles. I musta lost
5 lbs lugging around seven inches of ice on the bottom of my felt-soled
boots.... bg

*****

Yesterday I spent about the same amount of time on another spring creek,
about an hour south of here..... Cold. No hatches to speak of. I
managed one small fish on a Griffiths Gnat. My buddy took a good fish
(18"?) on a large olive bunny leech stripped through a deep slow hole.

My friend Gary, an excellent photographer, posted this pic on Westfly of
the river yesterday. Gives you an idea.....

http://www.photosnw.com/westfly/CRW_...dit1_small.jpg

JR