West Fork of San Gabriel River, LA County, CA 4-6-13

[Foxgap239]

Got half day unexpectedly today and decided to take advantage of it. Went for native California Rainbows today. As I think I may have told you last year on my first trip fishing SoCal streams, most of these rivers/creeks are also the parks and weekend spots for quite a few city folk. So you generally have to walk about a mile or so upstream to get away from the swimmers and picnics. No surprise yesterday but it wasn’t as crowded as June so maybe only a 1/3 mile before I started fishing. Fished only on top and the water was again in the 50’s. Got action in the first spot I fished but then the action was very spotty the rest of the day. Fished up through what I believe is CA’s version of C&R water. Had a pair of ducks that I could not shake and as I moved up stream they simply flew to and landed splashy in the next pool. Ugggggggg!

Still a very good day. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

 

[Brownie101]

Awesome pictures.

 

[Heritage-Angler]

The colors on that third fish are awesome!

Good to see Sammy II getting some frequent flier miles. :lol:

 

[ewall]

Beautiful fish!

 

[Gorosaurus]

Very, very cool. Beautiful!

That 3rd fish is amazing

 

[englishprof]

Did any of those take you into your backing????? :-D

 

[Foxgap239]

No, thank goodness but I was tempted to use 9X tippet! 😎