Tuesday, February 14, 2006

DATE: Tuesday, February 14, 2006

TIME: 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM

WEATHER: Low 60s, overcast, windy, with a cold front slowly moving in, barometric pressure is very low

WATER CONDITIONS: 0 units

LOCATIONS FISHED: Norfork River, McClellan’s downstream of Otter Creek; White River, Rim Shoals

HATCH: Midges, with an occasional #16 black fly (either a caddis or stone fly)

ROD USED: Winston 8’ 6” 5-weight WT Joan Wulff Favorite

FLIES USED: #14 gray Norfork River scud, #20 olive cockleburr, #14 bead head flashback pheasant tail

OTHER: I fished with Dick and Ed. We all caught fish. Dick started off with a bang, catching 6 fish to my one. Then, Ed caught fire and caught fish after fish. I managed to take several on gray scud, then some more on the Dunn's Dun at Ace in the Hole. It was good to see it work again after such a long absence. In the afternoon, Ed and I fished Rim Shoals, and Ed managed to take several on the Big Ugly, and I caught a half dozen or so on a bead head flash back pheasant tail. The water level at Rim Shoals was a bit high, and the wind was fearsome. All in all, it was a great day on the water, with lots of fish being caught.

Though we did not fish together, here are a couple of photos of fish Wayne caught today.