DATE: Monday, 8/22/2005
TIME: 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM
WEATHER: Mid to high 80s, partly cloudy
WATER CONDITIONS: 0 units
LOCATIONS FISHED: Norfork River, top of 2nd island above Ackerman/Handicap Access
HATCH: Small cream midges
ROD USED: Winston 7’ 9” 2-weight LT
FLIES USED: #14 black cockleburr, #14 black ant, #14 olive cockleburr, #22 CDC cream midge
OTHER: I fished with Wayne. Fishing gulping fish in flat water this time of year has a way of humbling people, and I'm no exception. I threw everything except the kitchen sink to the fish, and only managed to catch a half dozen or so. I was able to entice a few on a simple black cockleburr (black dubbing and black palmered hackle), a black ant, and a CDC cream midge fly. On a number of occasions, when the line would fly over the water, fish would scatter like crazy; they are so spooked. I did manage to catch a couple at Elisabeth Creek, and missed several more, but they, too, were skittish. Fish were gulping like crazy at Mill Dam Eddy, and looked like easy pickings, but NO WAY. They struck the ant with ferocity the first half dozen casts, but then totally quit, and would not strike anything. They wouldn't even move to look at my flies. Anyway, Wayne—knowing my weakness for dry fly fishing—had enticed me to fish for rising fish, and sure enough got me hooked again. Though I didn't catch many fish, it was a blast, and time flew by. Wayne caught lots of fish as usual, and just seems to know when and where they are, and what they are hitting.
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