In the Loop Fly Fishing Magazine - Issue 17

Each day we loaded our gear into a raft and worked our way down to the next camp covering roughly 8-12 miles a day.

Approaching this fishery is very similar to fishing the lower river, however keeping the fly active was much more crucial.

Constant action and movement seemed to be the key and once we got the hang of things, fish were being hooked left and right. I spent a large amount of time fishing mouse patterns as I’ve always been infatuated with skipping a mouselike fly across the surface.

I’m sure any dry fly fisherman can agree there is nothing more thrilling than watching a fish take on the surface. Especially when the dry is the size of a small rodent. I had an experience that will unravel the most composed of individuals and one that I will never forget. We had stopped to wade the outside bend of the river which was littered with rocks and structure. I was fishing a mouse and as a result had first go at fishing through the run. After fishing each rock with no luck I turned my attention to the bank where there was a small patch of weeds in a shallow eddy. Thinking the possibilities of a fish being there were slim, I carelessly made a perfect cast which landed the fly right at the center of the pool.