Come Join The Fun, Deposit's Where It's At.

 

With both the BK and EB up from the rain, and higher than I would like to fish them, I took a drive up rte. 30 along the UEB. It's at about 230cfs which is just fine for fishing. There was a stiff breeze blowing up river. Very few anglers were fishing the lower half. From Shinhoppel up there were multiple cars at every parking place. Never saw a rise until the big pool above the old Al's sports shop. The caddis were above Corbett and at 2:50 any Hendricksons were waiting until at least 3:00 to hatch. I left for Deposit.

Arrived in Deposit at 3:30 and looked for a place where I could make a backcast without hooking a boat. With the cutback in the release there were wade fishermen everywhere. Drift boats and personal flotation devices (pontoon boats??)  looked like skiers on a slalom course rowing around the waders.

Got into the tailout of a pool, and when the boat that was anchored just down stream from a tiny little island below me pulled out, I waded in. It's a good piece of water and the guides are usually cued up waiting to fish it. This was the first time I've gotten a chance to fish there all year. The fish know the game and are tough but in three hours of fishing I caught enough fish to make it a good day. 

At 7:00 I was driving around looking for a place to fish the caddis spinner fall. There were plenty of caddis but it's clearly past the peak of the hatch. The waders had thinned out and most of the boats had gone by. It was more a matter of picking a spot with rising fish. Got to Norboard and there was no one there. Parked, waded in and in one hour caught enough fish to make it a good day all by itself. The fish were eating caddis spinners and weren't looking at them very closely.

The Hendrickson/Apple caddis bonanza is on the wane. It will probably be good this weekend but if you want to fish it, best not wait any longer than that. If you take meds for stress, double the dose before you come.   

BTW- Caught half my fish on caddis today. 

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