It's a busy Monday, so yesterday's fishing report comes to you mostly in the form of pictures - the kind that reveal a lot more about the experience than they do the flies or gear used.

The facts? No Blue Winged Olive were seen, and out of desperation, Wayne and I threw - and got a half-dozen grabs - on the big October Caddis dry. We didn't land any of them, but loved just getting bit - not an easy thing to see when the snow flurries rolled through:


Temperatures were below freezing, but it's always easier to fish in snow than rain.


At times the snow came down hard enough that it made a frying noise in the trees.




That's me & Wayne before we left - we look disappointed, eh?


This shot from the bridge in South Dunsmuir (which was damned slippery).


Wayne shot a few of me, looking stylish as always, this time in a Patagonia soft shell, which we'll talk about  (Wayne Eng photo)


The October Caddis Dry produced swirls (if not trout).


The river is dark, cold and other-wordly beautiful.

Fishing in a heavy snow is an odd experience; the snow passes through the air and disappears into the water like it never existed, as if moving from one dimension to another.

See you in winter, Tom Chandler.

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