Rick and I figured we'd try our luck on the Bluestone again. The window for fishing this river had finally opened up again. A previous attempt just a week before proved futile as two days of rain showers had all but flooded out every river in the county. Conditions were looking good though and we decided now was the time to try again. It was a very cold day, in fact it was about the coldest I had ever felt down there, due in large part to being a little too lightly dressed. The fishing was good and we caught and released around 30 total. In-line spinners proved effective, but I also had smashing success with a 1/8oz micky finn hair jig I made. It proved more effective in deeper moving water as it could get down to the bottom much easier whereas the spinners have a tendency to move towards the surface as they are retrieved. I pulled a nice rainbow out of a hole using this jig, as well as, several others that the spinners were having a hard time reaching. The highlight of my day was a couple of 4+ pounders that I caught out of the deep hole near the lodge. I caught them both on spinners and they were so big that they both required use of the net to land them. They were nice solid fish that were both citation size and would have each made nice mounts had they not been caught in a catch and release stream. I look forward to going back soon to try and see what other monsters may be lurking there.
Rick and I figured we'd try our luck on the Bluestone again. The window for fishing this river had finally opened up again. A previous attempt just a week before proved futile as two days of rain showers had all but flooded out every river in the county. Conditions were looking good though and we decided now was the time to try again. It was a very cold day, in fact it was about the coldest I had ever felt down there, due in large part to being a little too lightly dressed. The fishing was good and we caught and released around 30 total. In-line spinners proved effective, but I also had smashing success with a 1/8oz micky finn hair jig I made. It proved more effective in deeper moving water as it could get down to the bottom much easier whereas the spinners have a tendency to move towards the surface as they are retrieved. I pulled a nice rainbow out of a hole using this jig, as well as, several others that the spinners were having a hard time reaching. The highlight of my day was a couple of 4+ pounders that I caught out of the deep hole near the lodge. I caught them both on spinners and they were so big that they both required use of the net to land them. They were nice solid fish that were both citation size and would have each made nice mounts had they not been caught in a catch and release stream. I look forward to going back soon to try and see what other monsters may be lurking there. 
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