I woke up early this morning and headed out the door. Out of habit, more than anything else, I decided that I was going to hit the West Carson at my usual spot. After getting some coffee at the local 7-11 and driving the short 12 minute drive to the river, I found myself stringing up the rod is some chilly morning temps and a medium velocity wind. Gonna’ have to dress in a long sleeve and wear waders and shed layers when it warms up.
As I stood over the bank at the gaging station hole, I saw tons of bugs on the water. I knew that this would be another great dry fly morning despite the wind. I quickly waded into position and checked out the bugs flying around. Seems that there were a good combination of midges, PMD’s and even some Yellow Stoneflies floating around. A few larger drakes were still fluttering around, and I had a nice Callibaetis land on my rod tip. Don’t know why I saw the lone Calliebaetis, but I just assumed that it was “gusted” to the river from one of the nearby lakes. There might even be a small hatch of Calliebaetis on this river.