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Fished the north fork of the Mokelumne River below Salt Springs Reservoir on Friday May 24.
I got on the water about 1:00 PM. I fished until 4:00 before heading home. I lost track of the number of fish hooked versus landed. All of the fish I landed this trip were Rainbow Trout. The biggest was about 8\". Most of the fish were hooked and landed on a size 12 or 14 Tan Elk Hair Caddis. I also had a few fish interested in a grey EC Caddis.
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Fished the north fork of the Mokelumne River below Salt Springs Reservoir on Saturday May 10.
I got on the water just before noon. I landed 4 browns and 3 rainbows and lost 5 more. I fished until 4:30 before heading home. Fishing was definitely better below Cole Creek than above.
Most of the fish were hooked and landed on a size 12 Tan Elk Hair Caddis. One fish was hooked and lost on a size 12 red Copper John.
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Wednesday Cindy and I had a lazy morning and finally made up our minds to hit the Owens River. After obtaining a map and some intel earlier in the week I was actually able to find a spot to hit what I thought was the Owens. What I found must have been a side channel because there was barely any water flowing in it and only a few dinks rising.
After moving farther upstream to avoid some other anglers that showed up we found what must have been the main channel because there was a lot more water in it. Unfortunately we didn't see any fish here either. High sun and barely a clound in the sky makes for wary fish. Throwing only dry flies did not help much either. After an uneventful hour and a half and plenty of lost flies later we bailed. Maybe next time we will hit the water earlier, or later. I was not overly impressed with dodging cow pies.
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So today's expedition found us entering Devils Postpile National Monument bright and early to beat the shuttle buses. We drove down to the Rainbow Falls trailhead and walked down the trail to the falls. A beautiful sight indeed.
We made our way upstream a little ways from the falls until we could find an access point to get to the river. The fishing was a little slow first thing in the morning, understandable when the thermommeter in the truck was reading in the low 30's. We fished our way upstream without a nibble until after 11:00.
After the sun got on the water things started looking up. We ended up fishing from just above Rainbow Falls up to the Stock Bridge and hooking a mixed bag of Brown and Rainbow Trout up to about 13". In total there were somewhere near a dozen fish landed, with at least as many lost somewhere in the process.
Read more: Middle Fork San Joaquin Trip Report