West Carson River (Non-Yak)

Went to the West Carson river today, it was 49 degrees in the canyon and 32 degrees in Hope Valley this morning, what a difference only a few miles makes!  Ended up with 8 for the day, used a 2 wt. fly rod rig for a while for a few.  First one on the 2 wt. did a head shake and broke me off.  Second one I let run and tired it out so I could bring it up and release it.  I left all my indicators in my garage at home so I really could not even tell when I had a hit, I was lucky I even caught these two on the fly rig.  Forgot how hard these guys fight on light gear!  I had the entire spot to myself the whole time I was there.  All of the rainbows were released to fight another day.  The video shows how tiny the 2/3 wt. reel is, it has no drag as it is a click and pawl reel.

Nice job on the cr of the rainbows.  Hope Valley and the West Carson River are a real beautiful place.

"We don't need no stinking indicators!"
Nice looking place to fish.

"We don't need no stinking indicators!"
Nice looking place to fish.

That is what I was thinking while I was looking around for a stick or something to tie on to use as a indicator!   

I love nature,and I love technology,thanks for sharing kt

this made my 0wt jealous , been on the shelf too long, cameron

I have never used a strike indicator, dont even know how they work. I just grew up "feeling" the line, and smackin em that way.