I heard the reservoir was fishing well so my son and I scouted it out a couple days ago, and fished it yesterday.
We arrived and it was all sunny skies.
A very short walk through the woods got us to the spot.
I got dogged by two nice fish - I had them in close enough to see the flicker of their white sides and put a smile on my face, but they broke off.
Finally landed the third, which I’m pretty sure is a Yellowstone cutthroat:
I know the Yellowstone cuts frequent the reservoir, as do the arctic grayling (the fish I was hoping for, but did not get). You can see the faint throat slashing better in this picture:
Unfortunately, my other head shots were blurred. I really wanted a better pic of the throat.
I fished a full intermediate clear line on my 5 wt., with this sculpin-like pattern:
After about 40 minutes of fishing, a hail storm moved in, so we packed out.
As Murphy’s Law would have it, by the time we got back to the car and put our gear away, the sun came back out. Nonetheless, we headed out to look for animals.
Hyalite Creek in fall colors:
No animals, so I figured I would share this painting with the Board; from a restaurant in Ione, Washington:
We’ll have to hit the reservoir again, with rain/hail gear next time. Tight lines, everyone, and clearer headshot pics.
