Hi folks, Had a an enjoyable Saturday guiding a family of aspiring anglers. Fishing is an equal opportunity activity and girls can fish with the best of them. Water temperatures held in the low seventies and the water clarity was excellent. We were able to spot several fish. Levels are right around the seasonal average. Saw some more #22/#24 Tricos hatching yesterday morning, but not fish responding to the dun or spinners. No shocker as we were fishing in a smallmouth stream that has some stocked rainbows. No self respecting bass in the 2lb. class is going to eat a tiny may fly. We mixed up our tactics yesterday initially swinging garden hackle at the fish until my crew got down the basics. Pretty easy as we pretty much hooked a fish on every other drift. No hooks taken deeply as we struck the fish the moment we got a bite. That is the trick to bait fishing is being proactive and not complacent and constantly drifting the presentation. After that we moved to 3" baby bass Senkos on red octopus hooks and a yellow hula popper. Really fun watching a bass in clear water move to eat a popper. They invariably take it after the you pause from popping the lure. The Senko fishing was consistent as usual and I swear the fish eat those rubber baits as aggressively as they do garden hackle. Every fish was holding in a slow deep pool with downed wood. The bigger fish are in eddies and on back side current seams. Taking the day off as it will be my first day not guiding in a month. Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home. Have Fun, Willy
