Kinni and Willow Race trout fishing

Brian and I hit the Kinni Tuesday morning and with the weather forecast we didn't know what to expect.  He was out Saturday and had a great day so we were hoping for the same.  Fortunately it started off great.  We each had a bunch of fish right away on hare's ear, princes, orange scuds, etc.

We fished the Kinni for a few hours and fishing slowed so we went to smaller flies.  We picked up a few more fish but were losing patience.  We packed up and took the short trip over to the Willow Race and the break helped us refocus and we picked up another bunch of fish with Brian getting this nice brown.

That was my first time on that river and I really liked it - it was a good change of pace.  Much thicker brush along the stream but a lot of pools and nice tailouts.

We didn't cover too much water before the snow started to fly and I remembered I had 3 boys I needed to take care of.  Overall I think we at least had a dozen fish a piece with Brian besting me as usual - and he gives me first dibs most time.  He was even retying flies and untangling lines - what a guy.