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Passing it on....
Hey guys, Snoop Spongey Bob is having probs posting to ROFF.
His post show up on Alt.test but not here. He asked me to post this TR regarding the Bighorn for him. Subject: Snoop's Bighorn report Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 10:24:34 -0600 From: Snoop Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.fishing.fly Hard to compete with Willi' and Warren in the trip report department. Fishing the Bighorn this time of year was a new experience to me. I fish the Bighorn quite a bit during the winter, mainly to avoid crowds. I thought the river was pretty crowded but not as bad as the one time I fished the river in April. Even with all of the people, you could find a good stretch of river to fish that wasn't too crowded. That is, until you caught a fish. On several occasions, this would draw people way too close. Then, it was time to move on. I, too, got a kick out of watching the drift boat action. Back and forth, back and forth. One thing's for sure, though, the sports sure got a lot of drag free drifts. You don't need to be able to cast, just lob the rig out. But, it gets the sports into fish and that's what they want. The wind was really bad. I was pretty beat at the end of the day after fighting the wind. Once again, not a problem I generally face. When winter fishing, we keep an eye on the weather and, because we live so close, we only go when the temps are moderate and there's no wind forecast. Kind of spoiled me. Another think I was amazed with was the abundance of different insects. I've read roffian's stories of fantastic hatches and read magazine articles but this is the first time I experienced such an amazing bunch of insects (black caddis). I have seen some pretty good midge hatches in the winter but nothing like this. Thank goodness the caddis don't bite. Because of all of the different insect activity on the water, it took me awhile to get "dialed in". In the dead of winter you fish midge's or scuds. Not much decision making needed. I caught a couple of nice fish and more smaller fish (browns) than I've ever caught on the Bighorn. But, once again, I got out fished by everyone else. I generally do pretty well winter fishing and felt like a beginner on this trip. I guess I'll just have to keep going there & try to improve I had a great time and it was good to see fellow roffians I missed at the Rock Creek clave. I think everyone thought Cottonwood was a OK place to stay. I'm glad Willi enjoyed himself. I don't think he's a big fan of tailwater's and I've never thought the Bighorn was a very pretty place. I was wrong. It is pretty nice in the fall. In the winter, things look pretty barren. Next stop--- the San Juan. Snoop -- Take out the snoop_spongey_bob to reply via email -- Warren (use troutbum_mt (at) yahoo to reply via email) |
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Passing it on....
Nice report Bob and thanks Warren. See you at the San Juan.
The Bighorn sounds pretty damn good to me, especially since I fish dries only :-) bruce h Really, though, I'd have waited for a good *mayfly* hatch. Caddis are such common and ugly insects ;-) |
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