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First fish of the day was a nice Koke starting to show his kype. This fish put up a great fight!
Next up was a 24" native that in the process of being released left me with a little gift, the dropper buried past the barb. She spent more time in the air than the water, jumping five or six times and was pretty well spent after that.
The day started out warm and got down right hot by mid afternoon. The breeze that has been starting in the early afternoon never showed up. I went through a big bottle of Gatorade and eight bottles of water in nine hours.
We must have had a fire up near Sisters as the smoke completely obscured our view of the Cascades at times.
Without a breeze to churn up the water the surface temp was pushing 76 degrees by mid afternoon. That’s when we headed to cooler water to fish.
Damsel heliport
After four hours without a hookup (the afternoons can be very slow), almost delirious in the unrelenting sun my indicator dove deep and the battle was on! This one dove, went where ever it wanted and besides one boil never came up till the end of the battle.
Another native! The pics don’t do this fish justice. It was just a tad over 24” and a good 1 1/2lbs heaver that the bow I hooked in the morning.
Where’s the beef?
This is the fly the fish in the pic above ate. Proof that loop size doesn’t matter. One of Sinkline’s ties... THANKS RANDY!!!
All in all it was a slow day on Crane with three bows, a Brook Trout (on the Pumpkin Head) and four Kokanee the total for the day. My season on C.P. is quickly drawing to a close. While the numbers of fish are down there is something about the Reservoir and it’s Trout that always calls me back. It is indeed a special place and I consider myself blessed to be able to fish it as much as I do.
Next up was a 24" native that in the process of being released left me with a little gift, the dropper buried past the barb. She spent more time in the air than the water, jumping five or six times and was pretty well spent after that.
The day started out warm and got down right hot by mid afternoon. The breeze that has been starting in the early afternoon never showed up. I went through a big bottle of Gatorade and eight bottles of water in nine hours.
We must have had a fire up near Sisters as the smoke completely obscured our view of the Cascades at times.
Without a breeze to churn up the water the surface temp was pushing 76 degrees by mid afternoon. That’s when we headed to cooler water to fish.
Damsel heliport
After four hours without a hookup (the afternoons can be very slow), almost delirious in the unrelenting sun my indicator dove deep and the battle was on! This one dove, went where ever it wanted and besides one boil never came up till the end of the battle.
Another native! The pics don’t do this fish justice. It was just a tad over 24” and a good 1 1/2lbs heaver that the bow I hooked in the morning.
Where’s the beef?
This is the fly the fish in the pic above ate. Proof that loop size doesn’t matter. One of Sinkline’s ties... THANKS RANDY!!!
All in all it was a slow day on Crane with three bows, a Brook Trout (on the Pumpkin Head) and four Kokanee the total for the day. My season on C.P. is quickly drawing to a close. While the numbers of fish are down there is something about the Reservoir and it’s Trout that always calls me back. It is indeed a special place and I consider myself blessed to be able to fish it as much as I do.
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