July 13, 2008 - Steve Hoovler
I had today off. So, I headed down to the H-Fork. I hit Wood Rd #16 around 9:00am and found a few fish rising to spinners right away. A large group of smaller fish were rising in the middle of the river, but every so often you'd see a good head poke up. After catching one nice 17" fish and two smaller guys (I just couldn't resist), I started to head towards the bank. Halfway there, I saw a wake that reminded me of a bonefish cruising in shallow water. The difference, aside from being several thousand miles from the closest bonefish, was that I was in knee-deep water.
One bohemith rainbow was cruising back and forth along the bank, rising occasionally and pushing water the entire way. I crept in as close as possible, and waited for him to cruise by, frantically trying to get a fly to him before he passed and continued on his circuit. After thirty minutes I fed him a spinner and promptly yanked it away before the hook could purchase. Twenty minutes later, I fed him an ant and hooked up. Twenty seconds after that I broke him off, and watched the wake head downstream for good.


