Happy Mother's Day...

Today was a great day to be on the water.  Looking at the number of parked rigs with empty trailers at Pine Creek and Carter's, I'd say the feeling was universal.  Last night was below freezing which will definitely help with tomorrow's clarity.  The river was about a foot and a half of visibility today; I'd expect to see about the same tomorrow.  Plenty of caddis are out there with a few consistent risers.  Charlie Eubank was rocking the rainbows on a small elk hair caddis tight to the riprap.  We'd see a riser here or there and back row like crazy until we got it in the net.  He also hooked into a heck of a brown on streamers, but the fish tail walked like a tarpon and got off.  The brown above made some serious arial maneuvers as well.  He smashed my second streamer and went vertical like an F16 kicking in his afterburners.  He swirled down stream and jumped again before we got him in the net.  After we released him, we looked up and an eagle was still perched on his tree watching us, "Man - you know he's got to be upset right about now!"