Scottiem1
03-22-2015, 06:37 PM
Hi all,
First post of FNN, seems to be a great forum. I moved out to LA from Australia in July last year. Had a few fishing trips in the city parks, but didn't catch anything. Found soaking powerbait in a concrete drain to be boring as anything and didn't offer the experience I was after. Knowing I'd go crazy without a decent trip out, wifey and I headed up to Mammoth for a few days.
Explored some parts of the river I'd found on Google Earth, only to find they were largely on private property. Ended up heading back into town for fuel and had a chat to the guys at the fly shop, who pointed me in right direction :Cool:
Ended up with around a dozen rainbows to 14 inches, with most around 10. Couldn't believe the quality of the fishery, particularly the caddis hatch that lasted from mid-morning onwards! Wish I had the fly rod, but had to stick to the lures. Had a CRACKER rainbow leap and throw the hooks early on and found a small soft plastic fished on a jig spinner to be most effective :Cool: Weed was frustrating, but well worth sticking out.
Can't wait to head back and explore the region further! Only took a few fish photos, as I wanted to release them as quick as I could.
Cheers,
Scottie
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g270/torihorgan/owens_zpspuhl8toz.jpg (http://s58.photobucket.com/user/torihorgan/media/owens_zpspuhl8toz.jpg.html)
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g270/torihorgan/trout_zpsrg60jvel.jpg (http://s58.photobucket.com/user/torihorgan/media/trout_zpsrg60jvel.jpg.html)
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g270/torihorgan/trout1_zpsavpg1zhe.jpg (http://s58.photobucket.com/user/torihorgan/media/trout1_zpsavpg1zhe.jpg.html)
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g270/torihorgan/trout3_zpsnfqzkdnv.jpg (http://s58.photobucket.com/user/torihorgan/media/trout3_zpsnfqzkdnv.jpg.html)
First post of FNN, seems to be a great forum. I moved out to LA from Australia in July last year. Had a few fishing trips in the city parks, but didn't catch anything. Found soaking powerbait in a concrete drain to be boring as anything and didn't offer the experience I was after. Knowing I'd go crazy without a decent trip out, wifey and I headed up to Mammoth for a few days.
Explored some parts of the river I'd found on Google Earth, only to find they were largely on private property. Ended up heading back into town for fuel and had a chat to the guys at the fly shop, who pointed me in right direction :Cool:
Ended up with around a dozen rainbows to 14 inches, with most around 10. Couldn't believe the quality of the fishery, particularly the caddis hatch that lasted from mid-morning onwards! Wish I had the fly rod, but had to stick to the lures. Had a CRACKER rainbow leap and throw the hooks early on and found a small soft plastic fished on a jig spinner to be most effective :Cool: Weed was frustrating, but well worth sticking out.
Can't wait to head back and explore the region further! Only took a few fish photos, as I wanted to release them as quick as I could.
Cheers,
Scottie
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g270/torihorgan/owens_zpspuhl8toz.jpg (http://s58.photobucket.com/user/torihorgan/media/owens_zpspuhl8toz.jpg.html)
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g270/torihorgan/trout_zpsrg60jvel.jpg (http://s58.photobucket.com/user/torihorgan/media/trout_zpsrg60jvel.jpg.html)
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g270/torihorgan/trout1_zpsavpg1zhe.jpg (http://s58.photobucket.com/user/torihorgan/media/trout1_zpsavpg1zhe.jpg.html)
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g270/torihorgan/trout3_zpsnfqzkdnv.jpg (http://s58.photobucket.com/user/torihorgan/media/trout3_zpsnfqzkdnv.jpg.html)