Weber

No pics today. Fished the lower Weber this am. According to my truck the temp was 22 degrees out. The snow in this area was pretty deep as it doesn't get too much sun during the day. When I got there I didn't see any fresh tire tracks and the snow was untouched, so I knew it hadn't been fished. As I got down across the railroad tracks the snow drops off pretty steep into an area heavy with brush. I could see the river and it looked tempting. Once I got down the hill and started into the woods it happened...I went into the snow up the my lower'ds...and I was stuck... So I sat there for a few and started laughing at the thought of having to get rescued..."and in other news, a 300 lb. 38 year old man had to be rescued while fishing on the Weber River this morning. The man is reportedly in fair condition at a local hospital. His name is being withheld until he thinks up a good story to tell to save himself the embarrasement of..." I bought a new pair of Simms boots a couple years ago and was thankful for the ankle support, though I am limping right now from getting the ankle corked on a branch under the snow. So I sat there for about 5 minutes trying to figure stuff out and finally got myself unf#$ed. I figured, to hell with tramping through this crap for another 40 yards and got back up to the railroad tracks. I walked down and found some human tracks and was able to get in the water and fish for a couple hours. I got a few whities on the pink neon gnat trailing a type of yuk bug used for more weight. Switched up to a lil' stoner with a brown zebra midge below and got a couple of dink browns on the midge, the biggest maybe 12inches. I have to say that I stayed pretty warm despite being balls deep. I didn't fish an area I really wanted to...there is an area with a nice steep shelf that drops into deeper water but, in my haste forgot my streamer box and that's really what I wanted to throw in there. I'm feeling the ankle pain right about now...

Boxes...

Caddis flies




Midges and tiny dries.




This is the I have on all trips, has a bit of everything

My favorite of all hatches in Montana, PMD's

Rainbow Warrior.
At some point I will put up all the boxes with favorite dries, attractors, stones, etc.

This is a sexy fly I got out of Frontier Anglers catalog called Allison's Neon Gnat. This is a tiny bastard about size #20. I tie it in olive and a rootbeer color. Last year on the Weber we hit the whities with this one and the 'bows with the olive. Haven't fished the rootbeer ones yet.

Cheesman Emerger. It looks a little too buggy right now but I will trim off some of the extra stuff coming off the thorax. I tie these in the #20=#22 range with black or olive body.

Haven't fished these but just finished a half dozen today. The Psycho Prince tied on #16 or #18. Plan on using these soon as maybe a golden stone, yellow sally imitation.

Purple Psycho Prince. Haven't used this one yet.

This is where the magic happens. The day was too pretty to go out and fish...I stayed home instead and tied up the patterns above and a few more. Still need to fill up some more boxes. After more tying today I need to get to the fly shop and get material for some articulated stuff. Those Sage rods in the corner look pretty sweet, huh. The arsenal includes an SLT 9' 5wt 5pc, Z-Axis 8' 6" 5wt 4pc, and a TCR 9' 8wt that will hopefully get some use in March in Idaho. I recently sold a rod that in my opinion, can't be bear for the money, the St. Croix Legend Ultra 5wt. I traded my 6wt to an ebay store in Idaho for the Fishpond Shooting Star and will soon replace the 6wt to throw those articulated patterns. I love my Z but may trade sell it for an equal valued 6wt without the fighting butt. No work tomorrow so if'n I get more bugs tied up then I will hit the Weber.

Fishing

Been thinking about fishing a lot lately, in between saving lives and dispensing mercy at the hospital. Got the fly tying station back in the bedroom and tied a few the other night. Planning on fishing tomorrow so hopefully I'll have some fish porn to add to this fishless page...the time is comin'...