Depuy's Spring Creek Lower Warming Hut

Not many anglers are willing to venture out for a guided trip on the 1st of December but I found a couple of guys who were up to the task. It actually was a perfect day for fishing with air temps in the low 40's and not a breath of wind in the Paradise Valley. We arrived at the creek around 10 am and the first order of business was to get a fire going inside the warming hut. I had two anglers from Atlanta Georgia with me for the day and they were certainly going to get cold. We proceeded to get into our gear and headed out to the creek where there were still three brown trout chasing each other around in the shallow spawning gravel at the lower hut. Neither of my clients had ever witnessed anything like it before so it made for a great start to the trip. I explained to them what was going on and we proceeded to the deeper run below the spawning areas to try and catch a few fish that were not in the throws of love making. Neither of the two had done any fly fishing so getting them to cast far enough to get a good drift was the first challenge of the day. Both of them picked it up fairly well and we managed to get Scott hooked up with three fish, of which he lost all of them. Sidney was the second angler and he did not receive as much of my attention because he had tried fly fishing once before and he had a few more skills than his buddy Scott. Sidney did manage to hook and land one whitefish all on his own which was a good accomplishment for him. Both anglers were ready for a break by this time and they both looked a little cold so we headed into the hut where I feed them what they referred to as " The Best" Grilled Cheese sandwich they had ever eaten. The key to a great grilled cheese sandwich is some good bread and real butter. I have found over the years that many of my clients really appreciate real mayo and real butter, because their wives don't feed it to them with all the no cal, low fat garbage that is out there today. After lunch we ventured up to other portions of the creek because they wanted to see some of the sites on the ranch. We fished for a bit at the Upper Hut and Sidney hooked three more fish and landed one while Scott managed one more hook up, but had no luck in landing the fish. All in all we had a wonderful day and they both really enjoyed the experience that you can have at Depuy's Spring Creek in the winter. It is hard to beat having your own huts that you can come inside and warm up in between cast.

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