I fished the Kinni tonight with friend Don Leurquin from about 4:00 to 8:30. I caught around 10-12 total on the night, while Don caught around 4-6. All of the fish were between 6-10 inches, although one broke me off that was probably over 15″. We nymphed for most of the night, and I switched between a Soft Hackle Pheasant Tail, a Euro Pheasant Tail, and an Ice Dub Pheasant Tail with a black Zebra Midge dropper. Don used a Hare’s Ear with a midge imitation below it. There were midges everywhere and we had sporadic rises throughout the evening, with it slowly picking up as the night went on. At the end of the night, Don tied on an elk hair caddis with a midge emerger below it. He wanted to try out my Limit Creek 9′ 5 wt so I used his rod to see if I could tease anything to the surface. After missing the first couple (or they missed the fly), I was able to bring three to hand.
Although there weren’t many cars parked below the house, there were fishermen everywhere, seemingly on every run. It was tough not being able to hit every spot we wanted, but it was a great night on the water nonetheless. Always nice to enjoy an evening on the stream with friends!
