Caddis Nirvana

An epic outing on local waters for me and JP. The timing was perfect.
We left town, drove to get our 2010 fishing licenses, arrived at the stream, loosened up our arms on a few rising fish and then WHAM! Full blown caddis hatch. In the pic above you'll see JP is sitting on the bank landing (another) 10"-12" brown on a size 16 elk hair caddis. The fish were so hot on the hatch that he had between 15 and 20 trout rising in front of him on this run. I could lie and say he was sitting to keep his profile down, but the fact is, sitting was just the most comfortable method of being there, and there was no reason to move. This kind of fishing happens so infrequently that JP had yet to experience anything like it. It was (maybe) the 2nd or 3rd time I'd attended one of this intensity on this stream. At one point I asked him to express his mirth at a lower volume for fear that our "secret" would be revealed to others. Although a number of fish were landed, we didn't beach any whales...nevertheless, the sheer number of takes, misses and rising fish undid all of our life's ills.