Fishing Report: September 7, 2020
What a difference a couple of days makes. From 80 degrees a couple of days ago to a high of 51 tomorrow. I only had to go back a year in my trout log to see that much of a contrast in temps for September. September 8 last year was 58 degrees while I was…
Fishing Report: August 16, 2020
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for Bear Creek Anglers. Lots of trips and lots of kids. Normally, I don’t recommend fly fishing for kids, but this is COVID and you can only play so many video games. All our kids caught fish, which doesn’t always happen and then for all…
Fishing Report: August 3, 2020
That’s not a rock, it’s a fish!! It’s been a few months since I used that line with a client, but it was the quote of the day. It turned out to be a fifteen inch wild brown that immediately took him into the weeds and fooled him. Fortunately, the weeds acted as somewhat of…
Fishing Report: June 21, 2020
Lots of beginners over the last two weeks and lots of rain too. The beginners have all caught fish, some more than others and the rain seems to be having less and less of an impact on our streams. Both good trends (except for the extra rain part). More tonight. .6” in the rain gauge…
Fishing Report: June 7, 2020
Busy week at Bear Creek Anglers. Two trips on Thursday, and one each on Friday and Saturday. We had a middle aged physician, a 68 year old lumber yard truck driver, a mother/son outing and a father/son outing. However, none sweeter than the father and son/daughter outing that I had for an hour tonight. The…
Fishing Report: May 26, 2020
How often do you head to stream and hope for off-color water? For me, once in the last two decades. My son had tied his first fly on Saturday night (a San Juan Worm) because I told him that was an easy fly to tie and the streams would be a little off-color…