May 2, 2008

Trip Report: Tuolumne (South Fork)

What a day I was having. Other than losing a bunch of flies, a sink tip line, catching hardly anything, almost losing a flyrod and myself in the process.. I was having a good day.

It was 7:30 by the time I got to the Rainbow Pools. The plan was to just use the restroom and see if I had time to throw the line in. It was getting dark, but I tried anyway. Ended up fishing until after eight. It was so dark I couldn't see my line, if a fish were to get hooked, I hoped he would make it obvious!

Surprisingly enough, I didn't wander very far away from the car. I stopped fishing and felt my way back to the parking spot. By the time I broke everything down and got on the road again, it was 8:45pm.

If you count the Main Toulumne as two rivers (which it really is above and below the Kirkwood Power station), that's four rivers in 13 hours of fishing. Considering I didn't catch much of anything, it was a great day. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Except for maybe that scare on the Tuolumne.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

...oh boy, what a day, good and bad. Might have to reassess my plans to head up there next weekend!