Summer Days in Wyoming!

Well the fishing has been hit or miss the last few weeks here in Sublette County. The good news is I have not seen a Jackson boat in 2 weeks! The fishing has been solid in the mornings until about 1 in the afternoon and then it slows downs dramatically in the afternoon until sundown. The fish have been holding in the fast deep water where the temperatures are a little cooler. I have seen some of the best fish of the summer taken in the last few weeks however. I think the browns are starting to become more aggressive with their spawning season around the corner. Above is a picture from August 23 on the Green River with Ryan Hudson who guides with us at Two Rivers.

Here is a picture from a new client this year from Rock Springs. We boated a lot of fish, some really nice browns mixed in with a lot of 10-14 inch trout. The Tricos and BWO were hatching like crazy mid-morning so we spent an hour or so casting size 18 Tricos to sipping trout.

Above is a picture of a float trip last week, on the lower Green. We caught a lot of fish that day and the best part about it was most of the big fish were taken on big purple dries! We boated a 20 inch cutt and brown on dries!

Here is another nice fish taken on a streamer on the green river in August. One of the best fish of the season for me! A solid 22 inch male brown chasing a big fatty meal!

Rods Bent and Tippets Tight !

I have been all over the place this last week as far as the fishing goes. The upper green, warren to hatchery, walk-wade trips, the lower green! The big bonus was that the fishing was great on every trip. I had a chance to float the green yesterday with Tim Scott (another guide from 2 Rivers) and we had a blast. The fishing was great, the sun as out and the wind was quiet. If i can get the pictures from Tim I will post them. He caught a fatty cutt that had a bullhead in its mouth and I caught a few really nice browns on streamers. Friday, I floated with Peter Evans from Southern California and had a great day dry fly fishing. We boated lots of fish and even caught a 16 inch Brookie near the hatchery! Crazy! Here are a few pictures from my walk-wade trip on Thursday with an awesome couple! This was one of their first times fly fishing and they spent 3 days with our shop. The both caught a lot of fish and Michelle caught two monster rainbows the day we walk-waded! Way to go! These two fish are real trophy's in any fly-fisherman or woman's book!

Les caught a lot of solid rainbows that day as well. I think these two are well on their way to becoming avid fly-fisherman and I hope to see them again at 2 Rivers!

Here are the two Trophy Rainbows that Michelle caught on our fishing trip.

Float Tubes + Sink Line + Leeches = BIG RAINBOWS

So I had a chance to take a break from guiding and visited some family in Idaho last weekend. We stayed a few days in Boise and a few days in Pocatello with my wife's family. Monday, August 3rd my father-in-law and I went float tube'n on one of his favorite lakes near Pocatello. Luckily he had scouted the area the weekend before and had an idea of how the fishing was going to be. We tied a dozen or so leech patterns the night before and headed out early in the morning. Just to fill you in a little, we are rocking 7 and 8 wt rods, full sinking lines, and fishing these leeches on the bottom of a 35 foot deep lake. We were casting the line out as far as you could, stripping line from the reel until you had all your fly line out and you were into your backing. Then you would start to slowly kick backwards in your float tube and wait to fill a take on your fly, which is 100 feet out and 30 feet deep! Talk about a hook set and fight getting them to the net! We both lost a few fish, but we had a great time. The best fish of the day was the last fish of the day!

23 inch Rainbow: Massive shoulders and tail!

Above: Another shot of the 23 inch Rainbow

Below: The best fish of the day. A solid 24 inch Rainbow!

The Kansas Couple!

I guided on the Green River July 30th with some new clients this year. I hope that they continue to spend more time with us next summer. We had a great time fishing dry flies in the morning, streamers mid-morning, and nymphing in the late afternoon. Mike caught a monster rainbow on a dry fly. I wish I would have had a video of the fight and net job because it was a rodeo!! But in the end, we were taking photos and have a great time! The rainbow measured 22 inches and was the biggest rainbow Mike has caught on a river. Congrats Mike! Great fishing and it was a blast spending time with you on the water. Lorraine Fulton also caught a beautiful trophy brown trout later in the day on a dropper rig in a deep current pool. The fish ran upstream and wrapped the line around the anchor. Mike was able to reach around the anchor mount and free the fly line so Lorraine could bring it to the net. What a great fish! It measured just shy of 20 inches!

Here is another picture of Mike's trophy Rainbow on Wyoming's Green River! 2010 Wyoming Fishing Trip.

NOLS! Again

Our shop finished the Nols flyfishing program this week. The students were great! Stinky, but fun to be around for a few days. These students have been in the mountains hiking, camping, and fishing the Wind River Mt. near Pinedale for over 20 days before we hook up with them and teach them how to fish from a drift boat and row a boat down a river.