Not every fishing day has to be hardcore. At least I try to tell myself that from time to time. Today I succeeded in less casting and more kicking back. I rowed my lady down the Teton River. It was 87° and windless. Luckily our six pack of Rainier was icy cold in our Yeti Colsters.
When its steamy hot on any trout river expect the fishing to be slow. If there’s wind the trout will be looking for hoppers but with no wind forget it. Trout know their environment and when there’s little food coming from above they tuck under the overhanging willows and undercut banks.
For the most part that’s where the trout were today. Hidden. Granny prowled tight to the banks casting my Winston 5-weight Air with a Red-Winged Chernobyl Ant. Its her favorite fly however these days when on any river that gets hit hard by float fishers, the fly doesn’t work like it used too.
We picked up about a dozen trout. Most were these cute little brook trout – a nonnative abundant to the Teton River. Along with them we caught a couple decent rainbows and a heap of small cutthroats. All in all it was a lovely day on the water.
As always, one of the highlights on the Teton River are the moose. While it was too hot for moose to be active, we found a few cooling down knee deep in the river. Life is good. Its been a busy last ten days of fishing. Tomorrow its back to the office.
Granny looks great as always and we both were in “memory river” viewing your leisurely, restful fun day.
It was a fun one. I have no problem with a hot day when I can swim and sip a cold beer! Hope you guys are doing well!