Progressing up the pool, the fish continue to cooperate. A small brown, followed shortly by a fat 17 inch rainbow accept my offering and are landed then quickly sent home. As I approach the head of the pool, I notice a fairly large and slowly swirling eddy along the right bank. It lays parallel to the last 20 yards of swift water upstream. Large rocks are visible within its depths.
Anticipation is high as the first cast unfurls.
The curling water is full of fish and for the next thirty minutes the rod is bent more often than not. The fishing is grand all along the river. Numerous bows, browns, and whitefish are brought to hand. The pattern of the day is a size 8, 3x long, seal fur bodied, golden stonefly nymph. It sports goose biot split tails, brown plastic ribbing, and a simple turkey wing case.