I'll Give You An Answer In The Morning.

 Drove down this morning in a steady rain with the temperature in the mid 50's arriving at the Lordville Estate just after noon. Had lunch, did the Monday puzzles and at 1:30 headed out to fish the freestones. 

With a cold rain and no sunshine the freestone water temps were down to about 60 degrees and I wanted a break from the chorus line of anglers up in Deposit. 

Started on the BR, there were no bugs, and no rising fish. Fished for an hour and a half got two refusals and hooked five fish, (one being a 9 inch yearling rainbow).

Drove over to the BK and looked at four different pools, never saw a rise. Tried one for a half hour never saw a bug or a fish.

Went from there to the BE and fished two pools from 5:00 until 8:30. There were some small olives on one pool and I saw no more than a couple dozen Cahill's in the two pools combined. Was refused on both an iso and a small olive, but the fish gleefully, (until hooked), ate my Cahill's with nary a refusal. Lost two flies to fish, one a spin out, (my bad), the other when the tippet just broke when it shouldn't have. Also lost one fish that just came unstuck.

Highlight of the evening, (if only someone was there to record it), was my fall on the rocks while hustling downstream to cast at a riser I saw. For the record, I fell hard, was going to land on my right hand, (which was holding my rod and reel), flipped the rod ahead of me, (it also landed on the rocks), and then slammed into the rocks. It's now 9:45 and as far as I can tell, the only injuries are a small bruise on my left hand and a big bruise on my right hand, Got up, picked up the rod, (the reel seemed to work fine), walked down stream fifty feet and caught the riser. Will I feel ok tomorrow?    

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  1. AnonymousJune 23, 2026 at 11:36 AM

    Fished the MS yesterday, 5pm till 7:30pm. About 300 yards below the Brad Parker parking area. Caught 6 nice Browns 18" to 22" on bwo, sulphurs, sizes 16 to 20. The fish were still rising when I left at 7:30pm...

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