05-27-2005, 03:15 AM
Decided to try Echo last Monday in my tube stripping some flies. I always see lots of fish jumping here on my way home from other waters.
I fished the eastside and the dam area along the rocks. First cast, I hook into a fat 17 inch rainbow. Third cast another 16 inch rainbow. I make my way toward the dam and hook 4 more rainbows, the biggest being 22 inches.
I reach the dam not getting a whole lot. I finally catch a small rainbow about half way down the dam. I turn around and head back east and feel a violent strike. I'm thinking could this fish top my other rainbow. Fifteen minutes later and get the fish up and it's a brown. A really big brown....I was guess close to 30 inches and 15 -20 lbs...biggest I've ever caught. I almost brought it home to mount it, but I decided to send it back to the depths. I wish I had my camera with me, but usually don't carry it on my tube because of water ruining it.
And I always drive past this place.........
Black wooley buggers/leeches were the ticket. Anyone else have any good fly fishing stories at Echo??
see ya J
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I fished the eastside and the dam area along the rocks. First cast, I hook into a fat 17 inch rainbow. Third cast another 16 inch rainbow. I make my way toward the dam and hook 4 more rainbows, the biggest being 22 inches.
I reach the dam not getting a whole lot. I finally catch a small rainbow about half way down the dam. I turn around and head back east and feel a violent strike. I'm thinking could this fish top my other rainbow. Fifteen minutes later and get the fish up and it's a brown. A really big brown....I was guess close to 30 inches and 15 -20 lbs...biggest I've ever caught. I almost brought it home to mount it, but I decided to send it back to the depths. I wish I had my camera with me, but usually don't carry it on my tube because of water ruining it.
And I always drive past this place.........
Black wooley buggers/leeches were the ticket. Anyone else have any good fly fishing stories at Echo??
see ya J
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