DATE: Monday, 10/3/2005
TIME: 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
WEATHER: Low 80’s, partly cloudy
WATER CONDITIONS: 0 units
LOCATIONS FISHED: Norfork River, McClellan's near Ace in the Hole
HATCH: None
ROD USED: Winston 8’ 6” 5-weight WT Joan Wulff Favorite
FLIES USED: #14 gray Norfork River scud
OTHER: I fished with Slim. Fishing and catching began slowly, with the water level still receding after generation. Slim got the hang real quickly on dead drifting a scud, and did real well, saying something like, "I must've died and gone to heaven". He must have caught 40 fish in 3-1/2 hours, including several on a damsel fly nymph. We befriended and became acquainted with two very nice men from Huntsville, Alabama, Larry and Chuck. Using the gray scud and a drag-free drift, Larry ended up catching 11 fish before lunch, and Chuck caught 4 or 5. Chuck will work on his dead drift, and will catch many trout on his next trip.
The river was packed this morning, with a lot of folks in for Southern Council Conclave. There was probably a fisherman every 30 yards or so from McClellan's Dock downstream to the island. We didn't see any of the fishers catch more than a couple of fish each, except as noted above.
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