Met PhilC on the Tully late yesterday for some evening fishing. I read TCO report and was shocked / encouraged with a water temp of 57 which seemed very low for this time of year.
When we arrived, I took the temp and it was 67....not 57. Good flow level around 200cfs, clarity was a tad milky which is pretty standard for that stream.
Overcast with a few peaks of sun and air temp in around 80-82. Fished from 5pm - 9:30pm. Not much in the way of hatches until right at dark. A few caddis, midges, moths, etc. We saw fish launching themselves out of the water trying to eat dragon flies. Pretty cool.
We took 3 browns and one bow. The rainbow looked quite healthy, slender, good color and fins. Might have been 14" range. The browns we took were FAT...real chunky. Good color and beat up fins. I think they were 2 around 16" and one around 17" which is much bigger average than I can remember on that stream. Usually catch dink browns and the bows are bigger. We also caught several panfish.
We spotted a couple ofl bushes that were dropping berries and the carp were posted up under them feeding away. Right at dark, moth and skeeter swarms. Almost choking clouds of midges and micro caddis or other junk that I didn't bother to identify. Not a bad evening but it's getting borderline too warm to fish. The trico crowds will be there all summer playing the fish to death in 75 degree water temps and using 9x. It's a shame the cold water pool in the lake isn't bigger or there were more cold feeders in the upper mile or two.
When we arrived, I took the temp and it was 67....not 57. Good flow level around 200cfs, clarity was a tad milky which is pretty standard for that stream.
Overcast with a few peaks of sun and air temp in around 80-82. Fished from 5pm - 9:30pm. Not much in the way of hatches until right at dark. A few caddis, midges, moths, etc. We saw fish launching themselves out of the water trying to eat dragon flies. Pretty cool.
We took 3 browns and one bow. The rainbow looked quite healthy, slender, good color and fins. Might have been 14" range. The browns we took were FAT...real chunky. Good color and beat up fins. I think they were 2 around 16" and one around 17" which is much bigger average than I can remember on that stream. Usually catch dink browns and the bows are bigger. We also caught several panfish.
We spotted a couple ofl bushes that were dropping berries and the carp were posted up under them feeding away. Right at dark, moth and skeeter swarms. Almost choking clouds of midges and micro caddis or other junk that I didn't bother to identify. Not a bad evening but it's getting borderline too warm to fish. The trico crowds will be there all summer playing the fish to death in 75 degree water temps and using 9x. It's a shame the cold water pool in the lake isn't bigger or there were more cold feeders in the upper mile or two.
