Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Fishing in the Grand Canyon?

Good memory Dalton, that WAS the coldest wet wading I have ever done!  Melody and I spent six days backpacking the Grand Canyon back in April of 2007.  It wasn't our honeymoon (that was Antigua), rather just a trip we did with a good friend who was turning 40 and wanted to accomplish the goal.  

We stuck to the "corridor trails" on that trip, and spent two successive nights at the Cottonwood campsite, right along Bright Angel Creek, which is where I had the best fishing.  Bright Angel Creek tumbles down the from springs along the North Rim (in fact, all of the water used by the park on the South Rim comes from the North Rim via a crazy network of pipes if I recall correctly).  Anyway, the Dry Fly fishing in Bright Angel is still to date the coolest small stream experience I have had.  I only fished a #14 orange stimulator the entire time and brought more 10-14" wild rainbows and browns to hand then I could keep track of.  They seemed to be in every likely lie and moved a good distance in the cold clear water for the dry.  Most seemed under-nourished though, with heads disproportionate to their long, lean bodies - a product of living in the desert environment I suppose.  

I'll post a little more tomorrow as I think of additional details that may be helpful (like carrying HALF the weight I did on that trip!).  Just wanted you all to know I saw the post in the meantime - I still follow the forum daily, it's kind of like reading the paper for me up here!  

Dan

On Thursday, November 30, 2017, Connor Donovan <donovac@gmail.com> wrote:

Bumping this to the top.  

Any TPFRers ever fish in the Grand Canyon?  Or above Lees Ferry?

Would love to hear about it if you have.  If not, I'll be sure to post a trip-report when we get back.

Thanks!

Connor

On Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 11:07:02 AM UTC-4, Connor Donovan wrote:

TPFR'ers,

Have any of you floated the Grand Canyon on a commercial or non-commercial trip?  If so, I would love to buy a few rounds of beers at the next Beer tie and hear all about it  - especially if you brought a fishing rod along with you. 

Not that this will be the focus of the trip but I've read some things about trout both big and small and my favorite fish of them all ....drumroll please.... stripers.

Thanks in advance! 

Connor

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