The trout fishing on that first stretch was a blue ribbon area and it had recently been stocked. The fishing was excellent. I only posted one trout that I caught but I was happy with it. They ate any bead headed nymph that had rubbery legs, and they liked them big! Some guy gave me a beaded Prince Nymph, with rubbery legs that was a huge fly and they liked it. They also ate Stone Fly's with legs. The night ended well with another local cigar and a little scotch I brought that was oh so awesome underneath a dark night full of stars!
The second day was a little slower with the fishing. I found them just one at a time in big holes behind rocks in deep holes. I did have a little surprise as I came around a corner on the yak and got to close to a fallen tree wad. I hit it on the right and fell in on the left. I lost everything in the yak but most of it was in dry bags and boxes that I collected down river. I had tied my ultra light to the boat. The only thing that drifted away below the surface was my fly rod! As I gathered my stuff up floating down river I luckily saw my fly rod sitting in the shallows! So, I lost nothing- which was a theme for this trip. A theme I like. The second night I found a nice bank that had a sand area off in the woods a ways. I really enjoyed setting my solo tent up on the sand instead of the rocks. I slept really well that night. I also brought a little, battery operated fan that offered some nice breeze as the temps were in the upper 90's.
The third day was a pretty wide stretch of the river. I think I caught one trout but received a surprise at the end. While fishing with my ultra light at the end of a strong white water section, I caught a small small mouth bass. I changed to a little rapalla and then caught a large small mouth bass. I caught a few more hear and there until the last 1/4 mile before the bridge. There was a riffle section where I caught a bunch of great fighting smallies! I fished it for another hour pulling somewhere between 6-10 of them. Caught about 3 that shook the hook and I lost them. Overall, it was a great trip with very few people on the river. I stayed on my own each night and saw 8-20 people on the river each day. Most of the time I was on my own. Great trip! When you get back we will have to do it together! Hope things are going well in India!
