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Club Opener Fishing
Report
The fishing has been
fair to excellent, depending on the place you chose. What follows is a
summary of some key catches by club members.
*Friday 6 May:
-Mike Jordan caught a
22+ inch rainbow at Hilton Creek and Ray Moon caught 27 rainbows from Magee
Creek with the largest being 17 inches.
-So far, Gordie
Allman’s best day was in Idaho before he came. (A 26-inch rainbow from a
private stream) Here, he has the record of hooking but not landing any
fish. That’s a long trip to make for these unfortunate results. Oh well,
plenty of time for catch-up.
-Charlie and Julie
Taverna fished Big Springs and although between them only one fish was
caught (guess who caught it?), they did have a good day on the stream.
*Saturday 7 May:
-John Holcomb got 7
nice trout on Crowley and Mike Telles caught a 20 incher in the Sandy Point
area of Crawley.
-Bob Kreider and Mike
Wright had a great day on a “mystery” creek with many many fish landed
averaging about 15 inches
-Rusty Draper caught
the biggest fish he has ever caught on Hot Creek. A 21-inch rainbow was a
real prize considering the difficulty of fishing on this Blue Ribbon Stream.
*Sunday 8 May:(almost
everyone fished Crowley today)
-Julie Taverna caught
the first fish on Mothers day at Crawley Lake.
-Bob Habereder caught
his first Brown on Crowley and it was an 18 incher.
-Dave Rash caught over
7 rainbows with the largest being 17 inches and Russ Smith, Jim Bradford,
Steve Reyes and Jim Everett all did well with Russ catching a 19-inch
rainbow. Don Johnson caught 2 nice rainbows on the lake using a black wooly
bugger.
-Jim Wilt, Kent Berge
and Carl Ronk made the hike to the Gorge. Between them all, they caught
over 10 fish. In general, they considered the fishing to be Fair.
*Monday 9 May: No one
fished today. Snowy and cold weather set in. This was a good day for fly
tying and going to the fly shops (if you had chains).
*Tuesday 10 May:
-Mike Wright and Bob
Kreider had a good day on Hilton Creek with the spawners still there. Over
30 fish caught between them.
-Bob Habereder had a
great day on Magee Creek. One fish was over 20 inches and over 35 landed.
-Not a great day on
Crowley today. Dave Rash did catch a few fish but in general, the fishing
was not great. Lots of wind in the afternoon affected the fishing.
- Jim Wilt, Kent Berge
and Carl Ronk fished Big Springs with the fishing being only fair. The
spawners were there, but catching them was very hard.
*Wednesday 11 May:
-Crowley opened up
today with a lot of quality fish caught. Russ Smith had at least 10 fish
with the largest being 20 inches on at least 3 others being in the 18-19
inch range. Gordie Allman caught about 7 nice fish and others caught fish
but Russ was on fire with the midge rig and self tied flies.
-Speaking of big fish:
Mike Telles and Don Johnson went to Alpers Pond for a try at the big ones.
Using egg patterns, prince nymphs and San Juan worms, the two caught about
10 lunkers between them. They also had a lot of break offs on the strike
and were using 3X leaders. These were some really big fish and both Mike
and Don recommend the Alpers Pond if you get the chance.
-Bob Kreider, Mike
Jordon and Mike Wright fished Magee Creek. Bob caught about 7 fish
averaging about 16 inches. Mike Jordon caught 1 fish that was about 18
inches and Mike Wright caught a bunch of fish throughout the day.
Thursday was the go
home day and I believe this opener was a real success. Many fish were
caught and the indications are that the fishing this year will even be
greater during the closer. You need to get together with Mike Telles and get
your calendar arranged so that you can make it for the closer. Reported
by Mike Wright.
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