Category: Lees Ferry

Last fishing day at Lees Ferry.

Last fish of the trip, 11 inches.  Fishing is slow I was the only one on this part of the river this morning.
Monday we will leave early, Winslow is going to have 50 mph winds sometime after 11:00 a.m.

Fishing was really really slow on Thursday and Friday, not a bite either day.   The weather is in the low 80’s the view is wonderful and Monday we leave heading toward the balloon festival.

I did get to use my new $3.00 Goodwill WhirleyPop.

It works great.

Slow morning of fishing.  I got one.

This is the only fish I saw caught today, slow fishing.

After fishing we went to the Marble Canyon Post Office and picked up the tickets we purchased for an early morning breakfast at the Balloon Museum on Thursday October 12.  I purchased the tickets last winter however they were not mailed until after we left home.  Zach sent them General Delivery to the Marble Canyon Post Office.  Thanks Zach!

Up and out at 7:00 a.m. for a morning on the river.  It was cold 46 degrees.  Heavy t-shirt, sweet shirt and long johns ( Thanks, Eric – REI Christmas gift card ).
I got one 14 inch rainbow.

This is the same fish.  Taking these pictures can be interesting.  Standing in the middle of the river, fly rod, fish in net, camera.  That’s three things and two hands.

I net the fish, get the hook out, take a picture and then use the 12 inch marking on the net frame to measure the fish.  Then it’s fish free into the river.  Nice sunny morning.

I was up and out the door by 7:15 this morning.

Got this one on my third cast this morning.  It’s a good 14 inches.

I moved about 20 yards up river and after a while I got this one, again a 14 inch fish.
Both on Wooley Buggers, first one on a black, the second one a brown wooley bugger.

By this time there were at least twelve people fishing this area and I didn’t have anyplace I could move to without interfering with someone else.  I fished for another half an hour and called it a day at 10:00 a.m.  I didn’t see anyone else catching any fish.   I had a great time.

Today is Wait Wait in the morning and local fishing reports say it is really busy here on the weekends.   I didn’t go out fishing today.

This is the view from our campsite for the next week or so.

These two pictures are while I am fishing in the river.  Kind of a great place to fish.

Thursday I drove into Marble Canyon and got an Arizona fishing license and area fishing wisdom.
I was up at 7:00 a.m. and on the river by 7:45.  The fishing reports say the best fishing is as the sun reaches the river, around 8:15.
I got two nice fish today.

These are both about 12 inches.
The top one is a rainbow however the lower one is rainbow colored without any of the spots.  Got them both on a black wooley bugger.

The guy at the fly shop said after you catch a fish you really need to move to a new location, the fish spread out while when one is catch.