Lower Kinni 5.16.16

I went down to the Kinni today for a short outing from about 4:15 to 6:15. Upon getting to the water, I was greeted by swarms of caddis, but little rising, so I went with an Ice Dub Pheasant Tail and Zebra Midge rig. On probably my fifth drift of the day, my indicator plunged underwater and I saw the flash of a big brown. After about five seconds, he shot downstream and broke off. It would have for sure been my biggest Kinni fish to date, and was the second fish in three outings to break me off. I’ll be back to hunt him down for sure!

The fishing was pretty slow for the next 45 minutes or so, but then the action really picked up. I was able to catch around 12-15 fish over the last hour, with a couple around 12 inches. I caught about 15-18 total over the whole two hour outing — a pretty good day. About 2/3 of the fish took the midge.

Even with the caddis out in full force, I still didn’t see much rising. I must have been streamside just a little to early or late to have the great dry fly action we’ve all been waiting for.

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