David and Tony and their trout and the swimming guide.........

.....10/28.... Another beautiful fall day on the river. David and Tony drove in from the bay area and showed up ready to fish. The fish cooperated today and the action was consistant until dark. We made two drifts; the morning drift was from the posse grounds to Bonny View and the evenintg drift was from the posse grounds to the Aqua Golf ramp. The weather and the fishing conditions were perfect and we were in shorts all day landing big fat rainbows.

David hooked into the first big one at about 11am at the top of a big riffle below Cypress St. The big 'bow took a bead after David dropped it in just above a few spawning kings. The big fish shot up from the tail of the pool to inhale the bead and the fight was on. The fast water didn't allow us to hold our position and we had to fight the 22 incher all the way down about 150 yards and into the net.

Not long after that he hooked another hard fighting rainbow in the shallows on the left and even though it was only 17 or 18 inches it was really tough to get into the net. Next it was Tony's turn and after turning the corner by Riverbend golf course Tony hooked into this 19 inch beauty.

Tony is fairly new to fly fishing and I think this was his first time in a drift boat. He got the hang of it with no problem and by the evening he had landed four nice fish. David and Tony did really well and the last fish of the day was caught by Tony. He hooked it just below the 44 bridge and we played it all the way to the bottom of that long riffle. We were amazed that he stayed on that long. We did net the fish but did not get a picture due to a snafu with one of the oars. As it happened one of the oars popped out of the oar lock as we dropped anchor to land Tony's fish. Luckily it was in slow water. It was one on those moments and when I saw the oar floating I new I was going for a swim........Yeeeeehaw! That water is cold. It was certainly a memorable day. Thanks!