Well it rained today on the Vedder, Me and Merc headed out around 8 after Merc got his waders back and was dry on the inside for a change..No TR as some of us poor buggers have to work...Speaking of bugs, I picked up some at Reaction, they were kind enough to donate to the less fortunate a cup full that someone had dropped off the day before...(at the end of the day when I dropped back in, I found out the "Proper" method for putting them on the hook, guess my way was a bit messed up)
We hit mid river and it was seriously dumping on us..water clarity was a foot to a foot and half at best...We hit our section hard with bugs, worms, roebags, jigs I think? spinners??? We walked a good mile down fishing...Saw some great water but the lack of any clarity really made it tough...
Headed up above Ranger after that, was surprised that the clarity up there was only around a foot or two as well...Very surprised by that too..Only one other guy was out there and he was heading out...He hadn't seen anything all day either...Got a chance to fish the spot I got my first hatchery trout earlier...and I got one solid bump fishing that area but no hook up...I was standing near the end of the run..looking at two sweet tail outs if the water would have been clearer..I heard a noise and looked out and saw a serious section of the new clay bank slide down and into the river..
That slide looks like it's going to go bad really soon...I wouldn't be surprised if it slide down and blocked the river over on that side...Might be an improvement after it cleared if that happened...
Headed down to Borden after that...It was pretty milky...nearly no vis. so only fished it briefly then headed out...
Merc and I didn't know what to do after that, we debated on a few spots but as we came back down the water was too colored up to stop...Finally decided that we'd give the campground a quick shot and then call it a day...Again, Vis. was pretty poor, maybe..and that's a BIG maybe..a foot of Vis. We hit a run we'd talked about, no one else on the river but an old timer wandering back up...This time I did catch something....a stick, and the bottom....
Sun finally came out and it was a nice late afternoon, of course with the sun came the wind...man, it was howling at times, so that was the final nail in our coffin...
Can't say it was a happy ending but I think we both still felt it was a good day on the river all the same...It's frustrating not catching anything but it wasn't for lack of trying...We sure saw allot of the river today...Hope it clears up by this weekend...pea soup today...