A group of us were out on Parade Day in drift boats from 22X to MacKinnon. We had heard that the fishing hadn't been great and that the water was too warm (so much so that there had been some dead fish in the river). However, we had a very good day fishing nymphs in the deep runs. Probably 10-20 fish hooked each with about half of them getting off from crazy acrobatic fighting. Most of them were stocky extremely heathly rainbows in the 17-19 inch range. No surface activity to speak of, but I think if you are willing to nymph fish, there is good fishing to be had. Fish caught on stonefly (Jimmie Legs) and leech patterns, with some on beadhead Hare's Ears.
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