Opening Day of Trout Season

Today was opening day of trout season (a holiday in most states). I requested the day off work months ago, but with the heavy demand to get this special day off, I ended up working. After a long night of work, I headed out to the river. I got 1.5 hours of sleep on the afternoon of Friday the 24th. Needless to say, I was pretty tired all day. My friend, James, chose the river--one that he guides frequently. He made me promise not to tell anyone about the river (it's TOP SECRET).

I lost track of how many fish we landed. It was ridiculous. In one hole (see picture above), we landed about 20 fish between the 2 of us, but most holes were good for a few fish. Most of the fish took a #8 Pat's Rubberleg, but we picked a few fish on San Juan Worms, attractor nymphs like Hot Wire Princes, various caddis pupal patterns such as Morrish's Super Pupa, and small mayfly nymphs like the North Fork Special.

Here is a picture of James with a nice fish he caught and Malakai, the Super Fishing Dog.