If you know me personally or have ever heard me talk about fly fishing, you know that I have a slight obsession with Rainbow trout. Finding out that Big Spring is full of wild rainbows, ranging from 2" to somewhere over 25", was music to my ears. Today was the third time that I have fished it this winter, every-time finding out more and more about the stream and the very picky fish that live there.
Leland and I headed down today; seeing that the temps were going to be in the upper 40s was all we needed. We fished all day. We had most of the stream to ourselves until around 3, then we headed up stream away from pressure and fished until dark. We each landed a good number of fish, all rainbows except for 2 brook trout (a great surprise). The weather was perfect, the bugs were active, and so were the fish! All in all a good day.
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| Leland working over a few fish |
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| A nice fat and healthy one |
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| Leland's first |
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| The Sugar Shot right where it should be |
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| They come in all sizes, but all are beautiful |
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| Leland's first fish fooled by his own fly |
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| His first Brook Trout |
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| Mine was a bit smaller |
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| And Finally, one of the larger fish ate what I offered it |
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| The Spring Creek collection |
Hot Flies: Sugar Shot, San Juan Worm, Pheasant Tail, Zebra Midge, Scuds
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