Alyssa makes a Nunya visit and makes the Blog!

I got an early Father's Day present today with a fishing trip with Alyssa to Nunya and Little Nunya.

We woke up early (5 am) and made it to Ritzville for the #7 breakfast.  Alyssa went with pancakes and sausage, so I blame her for any poor results.

We arrived at Nunya to find two other groups there.  One guy and his wife came back from fishing below the bridge.  He hadn't turned anything, so we hopped in and started working our way up.  We turned one on a black wooly buggar in the first holes.  We picked up a nice brown just above the crossing right on the bank.  Alyssa fought it like a champ.  It was a nice brown that jumped several times.

As you can see from the photo below, Alyssa gets her fish holding skills from Rick.

Visibility wasn't great, but wasn't terrible (about 18 inches).   Water levels were good.

We hooked and landed a nice rainbow at the corner bank hole crossing again.  Alyssa fell in trying to get the pose for that one.  (Enter the reference to Rick's posing skills again.)  So that ended our Nunya trip.  It was time for lunch as well, so back to Ritzville!

After some nutrition (or at least calories from Zips) we headed up to Little Nunya so Alyssa could get some easier casting and faster action.  She managed to cast, hook and land 4 all on her own below the bridge.  She was really getting the hang of it.  One of them was a nice little brookie pictured below.

Perhaps the most amazing feat was in the slow pools above the bridge at Little Nunya, I was able to cast, hook and land about 10 without spooking the others.  There were literally HUNDREDS of trout schooled and swimming in the pools!  I've never had much success there, so the 5 pm lighting must have been good.  They were rising, but were all caught on purple Pyscho Prince Nymphs.  (Need to order more caddis green!)

It was a great day with a great fishing buddy!