Crittenden Reservoir 6-19-2010

The forecast was calling for clear skies, and with nothing else that we had to be to on Saturday Sam and I decided to fish Crittenden reservoir in Nevada. Sam arrived at my home at 5:00 AM; we quickly loaded his stuff in the truck and were off.
We stopped in Wendover to get gas and have a potty break and then off to Montello. At Montello we stopped at Alan Wilsons home to pay the fishing fee.
Here are some pictures of Montello, looking south then north and a picture of one of the two bars in town. Not much out there, but they do also have a Post Office.














We arrived at Crittenden around 9:00 AM, set up the boats and by 9:20 Sam had the first fish on and it was a nice one. I didn’t land my first one till noon, a fat little 12-incher.














The weather was great, partly cloudy, temperature around 80 deg. We did have some strong gusts of wind off and on that didn’t last long and the fish didn’t seem to mind.














There were several hatches going on, callibaetis mayflies, damsels and midge. The fishing was at its peak from around 2:00 – 4:00 with Sam picking up several during that time. While watching Sam bring one in I had a hit that pulled my line out of my left hand and almost yanked the rod from my right hand, after that I fished for an hour with some bites, but no hook ups while Sam kept catching fish. Finally I took a closer look at my fly and found it had broken off at the bend. Two casts after changing my fly I hooked into a nice one that swam right between my legs, wrapped around my anchor rope and broke off.




















Here are some pictures we took on the way home after a fun day of fishing.