03-13-2019, 04:14 PM
I fished far more below Echo than above. However with a BWO hatch it’s fairly easy to cast to fish feeding on the surface and land a few. Can’t really go wrong with nymphs ever in there. Landed a 14 inch brown on my 4th cast after starting with a Prince. Just got to get the nymph down in front of feeding fish for descent stretches of time even if you get less dead drift as a result. I don’t think there is an shortage of fish in that section but I rarely catch anything over 18 inches there. Not sure if there are fewer big fish or I just don’t know where to find them as well as the Lower Weber.
Now Big Cottonwood was actually more challenging. I stayed low in the canyon so not to have to deal with much snow. Spent some time casting sitting, squatting or on my knees. Between all the tight spaces and spooky fish I only managed 2 small browns. Perfect place for the 6ft 0wt rod to be broken in. Even then I lost 1 fly to the trees. The browns were spunkier in there with both going airborne a few times. For $43 on Amazon I don’t think you’ll find a better small stream rod. I’m not a distance champ casting so for me to cast 35-40 ft and still retain the 1-2 inch accuracy I expect is really saying something about this rod. Including a picture of one of the little BCC browns.
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Now Big Cottonwood was actually more challenging. I stayed low in the canyon so not to have to deal with much snow. Spent some time casting sitting, squatting or on my knees. Between all the tight spaces and spooky fish I only managed 2 small browns. Perfect place for the 6ft 0wt rod to be broken in. Even then I lost 1 fly to the trees. The browns were spunkier in there with both going airborne a few times. For $43 on Amazon I don’t think you’ll find a better small stream rod. I’m not a distance champ casting so for me to cast 35-40 ft and still retain the 1-2 inch accuracy I expect is really saying something about this rod. Including a picture of one of the little BCC browns.
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