A recent trip away with another really nice client found us targeting a beautifully scenic West Coast river in the attempt to land some lovely big Browns. A 4:00am start had us at our chosen location by just after 8:00am. This spot usually produces some great fish but it’s big draw card is the spectacular scenery that surrounds you while on the water. The day started out on a good note as the best fish for the day, a nice 5 1/4 lber was landed in the first run we checked out. Several other fish were also present but proved a little difficult to fool into taking. As the day progressed the trout started looking up and it wasn’t long before we started using dries. My client had several takes on parachute mayfly and caddis patterns which was visual and exciting! Despite hooking a few, most didn’t stick and only a few more fish came to the net for the day. My client Jeff did really well with his presentations but it was just one of those days where luck wasn’t completely on our side, as of the 8 takes he had for the day we hooked up to 5 and finally landed 3. It was a fun day for both of us as the weather proved to be magic and we spotted and fished for plenty of fish. I finally arrived home and got into bed at just before 12:30am the next day. Man what a long day but so worth the effort!