I invited a MKFF friend, Erik, down from Wyoming for the weekend to check out the Stagecoach Tailwaters.  He arrived around 1 on Friday, so I suggested we hit up a newly thawed out part of the river close to my condo.  I heard about pike in this area of the river; however, I had no I idea that the pike fishing was going to be as good as it was.  We caught over 30 pike in total.  Destroyed or lost over 10 streamers in the process.  I eventually just tied on straight 20lb test to deal with the teeth on these fish.  Any big streamer with movement attracted these pre-spawn predators.

On Saturday, we biked into the tailwaters in search of trout.  The fishing was great, only 3 other anglers, but the fish have become extremely wary over the past month.  When I first fished this section back in February, size 18 comapraduns were doing the trick.  Now, I need size 20 and 22 RS2’s and CDC Emergers.  We managed over 20 rainbows between the two of us.  The best part came around 1 o’clock when it seemed every trout was methodically rising to small baetis.  After 2:30, everything shutdown and the trout were completely inactive.  My camera battery died early into the day, so I only have one picture from the trout fishing.  It was an amazing day and we came home to a great corned beef, cabbage, and irish soda bread meal prepared by my wife Jess.