3/25/02

Rio Cebolla
Water Temps?
Air Temps low 50s, No Wind
Water Conditions: Muddy with snow run off
#Fish Landed/Hooked: 8/9
Largest Fish to 11 inches,

Hours fished ~2

On the way home from the Rita Café/Rito Penas Negras area, I stopped at the Rio Cebolla to fish the beaver ponds that had been so productive a couple of days earlier. I landed 5 planter rainbows by dead drifting size 14 bead head soft hackle through the beaver ponds. Landed 1 wild brown by stripping same fly upstream under the bank. Landed 2 more planters with tungsten bead prince. Fishing slowed with the Prince. It was too heavy to get a good drift.

 

Rio San Antonio
Temps?
Air Temps low 50s, No Wind
Water Conditions: Low and Clear
#Fish Landed/Hooked: 0/0
Largest Fish,

Hours fished: Less than 1

Stopped at the San Antone on the way home. Fished a dry fly and got skunked.

 

3/26/02

Los Huertos Creek
Water Temps?
Air Temps high 60s, Slightly Windy
Water Conditions: Higher than before
#Fish Landed/Hooked: 0/1
Largest Fish,
Hours fished ~2

Fished the Los Huertos a short time before dark. The water was a little higher than before, presumably because of run off of melting snow. No success on the Prince. Hooked one fish on cripple caddis dry.

 

3/27/02

Rito Penas Negras
Water Temps?
Air Temps high 60s, Very Windy
Water Conditions: Low slightly off color
#Fish Landed/Hooked: 0
Hours fished ~4

Karma sucks. The river was frozen when I arrived but quickly thawed out. Tried both nymphs and dries with no success. I think the splash of the split shot was scarring fish.  I saw two beautiful 6 inch cutts. One of which I probably could have scooped up with my hands as it floundered about, accidentally beaching itself. Did some scouting and found that most of the roads where closed.

Moved on to the De Las Vacas.

 

 

Rio De Las Vacas
Water Temps?
Air Temps low 70s, Slightly Windy
Water Conditions: Low and Clear
#Fish Landed/Hooked: 7/11
Largest Fish to 7 inches,
Hours fished ~1.5

 Fished the Rio De Las with dries. Mostly used the Caddis cripple. Fished last hours before dark and fishing was good with fish at all the likely places. Much fun was had by me.

  

3/28/02

Los Huertos Creek
Water Temps?
Air Temps low 70s
Water Conditions: Low, Low, Low and Clear
#Fish Landed/Hooked: 3/5
Largest Fish to 6 inches,

Hours fished ~1.25

Started fishing a dry further up the creek then usual. Didn’t see any fish in the shallow runs. Switched to dapping a BH prince under rocks in plunge pools. This was again fairly successful as long as I could approach with out being noticed.

3/29/02

Jemez River
Water Temps?
Air Temps low 70s
Water Conditions: Low and slightly cloudy, VERY, very Windy
#Fish Landed/Hooked: ?
Largest Fish to 11 inches,

Hours fished 7

This was my first time fishing the Jemez River in the area near the hot springs. I fished just about every nymph in my box with no success. Then 3 or 4 hours later switched to a dry just for the heck of it. Didn’t see any rises but the little brown stones were active. Promptly hooked fish after fish on elk hair caddis and e/c caddis. The e/c caddis and small elk hair caddis produced the largest fish. Go figure, the day ended with probably 20 plus fish caught.

 

 

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