It's melting because it's starting to catch fire!
It's not quite there but if today was any sign, it is right around the corner. It was really fishing good today. I took out 3 clients and we arrived fairly early, at least enough to beat the traffic and the crowds. I headed right to one of my new favorite (guide) holes and the picking was all for us.
We got started right away, throwing some dry attractors and san juan worms. The one client who had experience started getting right into trout on the attractor, a yellow grand hopper. He pulled in a rainbow, which is a little rare in this section. It was a good sized rainbow too.
The clients continued to fish, concentrating more on the ripples than the pools; for the first time all year in my visits this area seems to be holding more trout; a definite sign that water is heating up (54 degrees) and the flows are dropping. Another sign is the fact that they wanted nothing to do with the san juan worms. I suppose all the little fellas have been turned over and swept down already.
With that said, I tied on some different dry dropper combos. I kept the grand hoppers, added some Chubby Chernobyls, RS-2's and natural pheasant tails and it was pretty effective, as they continued to get bites all morning. They caught two more, 1 being a brown and the other was professionally released early.
With the waters getting a little thin and crowded we decided to move up to other waters; there was another guide in the area trying to get in my pocket-I disallowed it. We headed up to the next stop and kept fishing. The two other clients hadn't yet caught any, even though they were getting bites, so I took them to the skunk hole.
The one client said "I already got a skunk, I don't want to go to the skunk hole".
I explained that this was the skunk hole because it's where we get rid of the skunk. I put the experienced fisherman in a lower hole I call the five dollar hole and challenged him. (I still have my $5). I put the other two right below the beaver pond where it is almost a certain catch.
Sure enough, the youngest client, on the first cast got a bite. Unfortunately, it was going after the RS-2 on the rise and he just missed it. We moved up slightly and the other fish less client, who didn't want to be in the skunk hole, caught 1. Redemption! And then heartbreak...as he lost it real soon. But right after that, we did pull in one brookie on a PMX. With the rain starting to get crazy, and then the lightning making way overhead, we started to make our way back.
All in all, a great day. I would have liked to see the 3rd client get a fish to the net but he got a bunch of bites and lost one none the less; I think he still had a real good time. As did the others. We bid adieu and went our separate ways. Another great trip, and another great day on Glacier Creek. Can't wait to get some for myself.
Tight Lines
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