Felt like a kid in a candy store. Fishing for Rainbows, Browns, and Cut Throats. Fish I had only seen on the TV shows until the past weekend.
In the little time since March when I moved up here all I have heard of was fishing these drift boats down the river. One rows while the other fish's. Now don't get me wrong, I am not knocking it and I have never tried it, but.. that didn't seem like my cup of tea. I'm use to fishing the flats with Dad (FHC) and gassing it to get to our spots. Well the fellas I went out with are in same mind set at me. Aluminum boat with power! These guys knew their stuff and I don't think I could had better guides on my first trip if I had paid for it..
We juiced it up the river and hit their holes. I would guess we landed anywhere from 25 - 30 fish and one only knows how many I missed or got off. We would truck up to some spots, we would see them tailing or coming up striking at bugs.. Park the boat, get out in our waders and bust their @$$ until they finally got spooked and went down.
I was a little nervous about how my performance would be due to the fact I'm use to hauling a 8wt or heaver line at reds and specs but I feel I held my own. I was given compliments about my casting skills but you never know if they were being honest or just nice and felt sorry for me..
A few pics from the trip. I didn't take too many, didn't want to act like I had never caught a fish before...
