teejay
05-25-2013, 12:13 PM
I first fished this particular drainage in late winter this year and didn’t even see a fish.
So taking advantage of the agreeable weather yesterday, I headed up the canyon to satisfy my curiosity. The trail is popular with hikers but most of them stick to the trail. I just headed up the boulder filled creek bed:
http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/ad322/teejaygrady/IMG_2760_zps746362de.jpg (http://s948.photobucket.com/user/teejaygrady/media/IMG_2760_zps746362de.jpg.html)
The canyon has a few summer resident cabins:
http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/ad322/teejaygrady/IMG_2768_zpse8c31b79.jpg (http://s948.photobucket.com/user/teejaygrady/media/IMG_2768_zpse8c31b79.jpg.html)
Many big leaf maples call this area home. The leaves –up to 10inches- turn a brilliant yellow in the fall:
http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/ad322/teejaygrady/IMG_2765_zpsb70a90ad.jpg (http://s948.photobucket.com/user/teejaygrady/media/IMG_2765_zpsb70a90ad.jpg.html)
The creek does indeed have brown trout. I caught five –all six inches or smaller- on various dry flies. The fish are super skittish.
http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/ad322/teejaygrady/IMG_2762_zpsdf4fd8cb.jpg (http://s948.photobucket.com/user/teejaygrady/media/IMG_2762_zpsdf4fd8cb.jpg.html)
With my curiosity satisfied, I headed back down the canyon and soon traded sylvan solitude for bumper to bumper holiday traffic.
Thanks for coming along.
So taking advantage of the agreeable weather yesterday, I headed up the canyon to satisfy my curiosity. The trail is popular with hikers but most of them stick to the trail. I just headed up the boulder filled creek bed:
http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/ad322/teejaygrady/IMG_2760_zps746362de.jpg (http://s948.photobucket.com/user/teejaygrady/media/IMG_2760_zps746362de.jpg.html)
The canyon has a few summer resident cabins:
http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/ad322/teejaygrady/IMG_2768_zpse8c31b79.jpg (http://s948.photobucket.com/user/teejaygrady/media/IMG_2768_zpse8c31b79.jpg.html)
Many big leaf maples call this area home. The leaves –up to 10inches- turn a brilliant yellow in the fall:
http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/ad322/teejaygrady/IMG_2765_zpsb70a90ad.jpg (http://s948.photobucket.com/user/teejaygrady/media/IMG_2765_zpsb70a90ad.jpg.html)
The creek does indeed have brown trout. I caught five –all six inches or smaller- on various dry flies. The fish are super skittish.
http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/ad322/teejaygrady/IMG_2762_zpsdf4fd8cb.jpg (http://s948.photobucket.com/user/teejaygrady/media/IMG_2762_zpsdf4fd8cb.jpg.html)
With my curiosity satisfied, I headed back down the canyon and soon traded sylvan solitude for bumper to bumper holiday traffic.
Thanks for coming along.