Fishing the Little Truckee again

Tanner and I hit the Little Truckee river again. We began the morning with the temperature in the mid 20's and ended it in the mid 20's. It was so cold that our nets and shoe laces froze solid. Fishing was tough! That river is going to make fly fishing experts out of Tanner and I because you have to do just about everything right to catch fish their. It is definitely not a river for a beginner, or even an intermediate level fly fisher. That's why I like to call it the Little Truckee University. Fishing on that river is the grad school of fly fishing.

The day started off great for me. I hooked a fat wild rainbow, about 20 inches in the first minute. I fought him for about three minutes but he shook the hook before I could net him. About two minutes later, I hooked and landed a smaller 15 inch wild rainbow. After that, nothing the rest of the day. Tanner also had a rough day, nothing for the first five hours until he caught the beautiful 18 inch brown pictured above. Tanner hooked another 10 minutes later but lost it. Although it was a really tough day, we had a great time and hopefully we learned a little more in the process.