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Time: 11:30pm
Air Temp: 50°F
Wind: Calm
Weather: High Overcast, Light Rain

Well, Northland Services, the barge that I mentioned in the previous report, arrived this morning, only 5 days late. It appears that they were able to follow an icebreaker through the ice and into the port.

I worked late tonight but was still feeling like doing some fishing after dinner. With a little light rain falling, I headed out to the Nome River again to check out the action. The water was still clear, but with the slightly warmer temperature today and the light rain falling I anticipated that the water would be rising again soon. I found it tonight to still be clear, and I slipped into my waders and raingear. I fished for about an hour and a half, from 10pm to 11:30pm. I landed 12 Dolly Varden and lost several more nibbles. I again kept one for dinner, and released the rest.

I fished using a small fry pattern again; the Black Nosed Dace. Basically it looks like a pink salmon fry. I also landed one using Dave’s signature green Woolly Bugger. The flies I was using would handle about five fish before they were completely torn up. I cast directly across the current, then swam the fly downstream and around without striping. The strikes would come on the turn upstream. Very fast action tonight.

I had the barb pinched down on the hook and it worked really well. One baby in the bunch turned out to be about 14 inches. The next smallest was 17, and the largest of the evening measured in at 22 inches.

BR

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