Found some nice spots right under my nose

[72Twenty]

I went out to the river tonight after my daughter went to bed. I parked down in old West Laramie by the railroad tracks and bushwhacked out to the river. Saw a few rings on the water, but I couldn't figure out what they were taking. I didn't have much time, so I threw on a small blue wing olive. I didn't get any takers on it. I also saw two beavers in two different spots that swam right through my hole. Fucking beavers.

I took out my old 8ft Fenwick. There is some GOOD looking water down there, right in town. It's like a mini-Platte I can't believe I have lived here 10 years and never fished the river section right in town. I have always gone out of town to get on the river, thinking it would be better. We have a green belt path along the river now, so there is some easier access. I'll need to explore it more.

I snapped a goofy-assed photo of myself in the twilight. By the way, I am diggin' my new chest pack.

[ak_powder_monkey]

my buddy in Laramie says his friend got a 29" brown in town yesterday... Go get em...

[72Twenty]

my buddy in Laramie says his friend got a 29" brown in town yesterday... Go get em...

NO SHIT? Can you find out where?

I know there are some big ones in there, just gotta find them...

[Andy_B]

throw big angry streamers and dynamite.

[schwerty]

Night fishing.....with mouse patterns!

[72Twenty]

This water is strange. It's a bit murky and you can't see the bottom. The banks are steeper and deeper with under cuts and there is thick brush all over. It looks nothing like the spot I usually go to on the same river about 5 miles upstream. I can see how big browns could be living there. I need to completely change my approach. Next time I am taking a bigger rod and I will be using buggers and possibly Chernobyl Ants. I can't wait until grasshopper season - browns love those things. It's not super deep, but there are certainly some holes in there.

Did you guys read the recent Fly Rod & Reel article about big browns in mud holes? I am getting the impression that this is where I am going to find them.

It's also strange because the river in this area has kind of an urban/industrial feel. It goes right through the oldest part of town and there is a lumber production facility right there, as well as the railroad tracks, the interstate, etc. It's just a completely different vibe.

This is the area I was in:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=4...16222&t=h&z=16

[MakersTeleMark]

Night fishing.....with mouse patterns!

I was just going to suggest that.

[72Twenty]

Night fishing.....with mouse patterns!

Actually... I was thinking about this. I have used mouse patterns for bass before. You think full/bright moon would be the time for this? I know there are mostly browns in this section, and I have heard from various people that there are some BIG ones in there.

[fez]

it doesnt really matter what the moon is, they are reacting to a splash more than anything. if you can bounce a mouse off an undercut bank and make a realistic splash, you can get them going. the key is to land close to the bank so it seems like a mouse falling in the river. pause for a second and slow strip.

[snow_slider]

NO SHIT? Can you find out where?

I know there are some big ones in there, just gotta find them...

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that he caught them in the WATER. Try fishing there.

[72Twenty]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that he caught them in the WATER. Try fishing there.

You're such a tool.

[Andy_B]

Fish in the water.
Never. Not. In. A. Million. Years.

[fez]

as one guide friend of mine says when you false cast too much (like more than once)
"only ever seen one fish caught on a fly that wasnt in the water"

aparently one of his clients tangled a salmon fly in a weed on the bank and a fish came out of the water to hit it.

[72Twenty]

as one guide friend of mine says when you false cast too much (like more than once)
"only ever seen one fish caught on a fly that wasnt in the water"

aparently one of his clients tangled a salmon fly in a weed on the bank and a fish came out of the water to hit it.

Believe it or not, that happened to me once. I casted a grasshopper to the opposite bank about a foot too far and it got hung up on a branch. The fly was a couple inches above the water and a brown came out and got it. I had to wade over there adn untangle my line from a branch while the fish was hanging on the fly.

[lobstahmeatwad]

as one guide friend of mine says when you false cast too much (like more than once)
.

shake it twice, your just playin' with it.

[ak_powder_monkey]

NO SHIT? Can you find out where?

I know there are some big ones in there, just gotta find them...

Apparently someone at UW did a survey of the trout in the river in town and there were like very few fish per mile (50 maybe) but all of them were 20+

Is Larmie really that big?

[mc_roon]

Night fishing.....with mouse patterns!

works well in utah as well. very few fish, but the upside is you only get monsters. no bass where i fish, but your looking at some fat browns and rainbows.

[72Twenty]

Well, the river is WAAAYYYYY up right now, so it will be a little while before I start hitting it again. I'll fish the plains lakes for a few weeks.

[ak_powder_monkey]

I hear there was a play wave from a couch lodged between the banks in the little creek there (grass creek?)

[72Twenty]

I hear there was a play wave from a couch lodged between the banks in the little creek there (grass creek?)

Seriously, where do you hear this stuff?

[ak_powder_monkey]

my buddy who goes to school at UW