I was able to take friends Mike, Jason, and Jeff Steers out on the Rush today from about 10-4. They are just getting into fly fishing so I was happy to show them the ropes. Stream conditions had improved since last night, with water levels improving slightly and visibility around 2.5 feet.
Jeff got the day started with this beast of a sucker, easily the biggest I’ve seen caught on the Rush.
While I was demonstrating how to get a drag-free drift, I was able to catch two browns around 12-13 inches. Here is the bigger of the two.
Jason got on the board with this nice little brookie.
We kept working our way up the stream and picked off a couple fish in every run. Jason found a good seam in which he and Mike hooked into a couple fish. Here is Jason with his best of the day.
Jason helped Mike with the net job on his fish.
It was a team effort, so Jason got in the hero shot.
By the end of the day we had probably 30 fish to hand, with many more missed. Fish were caught on Euro Pheasant Tails, Pink Squirrels, Caddis Larva, Prince Nymphs, Frenchies, Ice Dub Pheasant Tails, Zebra Midges in black and olive, and WD-40s. We had a pretty good BWO hatch around 2:00, and Jason and I threw size 20 BWO dries for a little while, with each of us bringing one brookie to hand while missing a couple more.
Overall a great day on the water and a great opportunity to introduce the guys to fly fishing the Driftless Area!
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