archery bank

cartridge?

I truly believe that is "guide speak".

Water temps were cooler than last year, I wore waders in the morning this trip. I heard no cicadas nor did I see any.

200 on Saturday

Just got back from Lees Ferry, I fished 6/29 and 6/30. There must have been a die off. Usually you can see numerous fish down deep and there weren't any. I'm guessing 60-70% loss.I fly fished mostly and caught all of my fish down deep nymphing. Zero fish were caught in the shallows with dry dropper. Zero fish caught on dry flies.In normal years there are trout sipping on midges at four mile in the back eddy in the evening. This time there was nothing. I fished the Ferry on Memorial Day weekend and had the same results. I didn't want to post anything until I had two trips to confirm my observations. Saturday was terrible with the kayak numbers, probably 200 boats on the river. I spoke to a pontoon captain, he said marble canyon guide service won't guide on the weekends because it's too congested. Sunday was better, my brother and I were the only fly fishers on the water. We caught fish but not the usual numbers. All fish were healthy.

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I posted on FB anonymously because I have a higher regard for CWT members than FB. I try to keep my love of hunting on the down low due to my work. I only share pictures with my friends and family. Obviously someone in my sphere shared it to ATO. I will be more careful in the future. I hope ATO learned a lesson and will refrain from this behavior in the future.

This is his response: Hey Don I apologize, I get a lot of pics during hunting season and I just post them, I don’t know where that came from, maybe xxxxxxx, he’s my uncle in law…again I apologize and I removed it. Apology accepted.

I just found out that a photo of my son's Coues deer he shot was posted on AZ Trophy Outfitters FB page. I did not give them my photo nor did they guide him. We hunted together DIY. It was posted May 9, 2022. Irks me. Rant over.

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seconds on the Win Mag primers

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The kayak traffic was a little less than normal for some reason but still busy.

Just fished Lees Ferry June 30 and July 1. The water was extremely murky probably due to the run off. I could only see about six feet down. The flow was high around 18-20K. I fly fished mostly. Very lttle dry fly activity, I only caught three on dries on the back eddy at four mile. No cicadas were seen nor heard. The usual areas to wade were under five to six feet of water. I nymphed using an orange SJ worm and a green scud. I caught most on my fish on a weighted green wolly bugger using a full sinking line getting the hits on the swing. I also caght a few fish on dry/dropper, big dry with 2 feet of 5x holding a SJ worm in the few riffles that were available. Not one fish rose to the dry. The weather was nice with little wind but it got hot in the afternoon. I wore waders in the AM then after lunch I was down to long pants and sandals. My boat ran well and my new prop remained unscathed. Most of the guides had their clients fishing off the boat. I only saw three guide boats out on Saturday