We have seen a few big rainbows and remain hopeful that more are on the way, along with big browns like last year.

The last two trips have yielded two 20-inch rainbows each time, and both times one was caught on a Yellow Spot Nymph and one on a Black Bugger.

Our approach has been working upstream in the morning, with the nymph catching one and spotting a few others. Then, about midday, we turn around and fish downstream, with the Bugger getting one of those we spotted on the way up while covering about a mile of water.

We’ll stick with this for now, then add some other techniques and fly patterns as more fish arrive.