Ahhh, the rains finally came and none too soon. The local trout streams were looking pretty rough, but much improved after a couple days of nice rainfall. The effect this has on the fishing is dramatic to say the least, gets the bugs and fish all stirred up with the high water and then if your lucky enough to catch it on falling water levels your in for a treat!
That was the case yesterday with Mr Bob King from Chicago Ill. Bob was a client I met a couple years ago at the show in Chicago and he finally made it up here to sample the local opportunities. With the rain coming down steady on Monday, we set off for the Rush, knowing the river would be in better shape than the Kinni as the rush tends to drain faster and less violently that the other rivers in the area with Dams. The hunch paid off as the Rush looked and fished amazingly well! We fished between Martell and El Paso on one of my favorite stretches of Dry Fly Water. There was a complex hatch of hendricksons, olives, crane flies, midges and caddis and the strategy was to change often over the same fish and regularly show them something different. it paid off handsomely with Bob landing a dozen or more on the Dry Fly over the course of the mid afternoon. When the rains let up it really got going and we had a ball! Thanks Bob, and as always I am humbled to be your guide!
I've got a couple more gigs this week, thursday and friday on the St.Croix. Thursday Client is father son team of Joe and Tom Hackbarth of River Falls WI. Last year about the same time Tom had a stellar day with a mixed bag of smallies and a great 42" muskie to boot. We'll be chasing anything that swims and hopefully a repeat performance of last years outing!
I'll be fishing the metro muskie tourney this weekend, focusing on the Croix. We've been doing well enough lately to be confidant enough to at least make some contacts and if we're lucky, put a couple fish in the boat. This is leading up to the PMTT Pro Tourney I'll be fishing this fall on the river. Hopefully the local edge will help me out there and I can do well, but there's always a lot of great anglers participating.
More to come from the outings later this week!
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