Tuesday, June 12, 2012—First Fish on a Dry Fly

DATE: Tuesday, June 5, 2012

TIME: 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM

WEATHER: Low to mid-80s, mostly sunny, light wind

WATER CONDITIONS: 0 Units

LOCATIONS FISHED: Norfork River, Riffle above the Island below McClellan’s

FLIES USED: Brown Wayne’s Fly, #20 red/silver Zebra Midge, #16 Parachute Sulphur Dun

ROD USED: Winston 7’ 9” 2-weight LT

HATCHES: Midges, sulphurs

OTHER: Fished with Whit and Patty, friends from Little Rock.  As a relatively new fly fisher, it was Whit’s first time to fish with dry flies.  We began in the tail out below the riffle with Wayne’s Fly and a red/silver zebra midge.  The bite was slow, yielding only a few fish.  The first sulphur came off about 9:30 AM, and we switched immediately to a #16 parachute sulphur dun.  The fish really liked the selection and took Whit’s fly steadily, including his first fish ever on a dry fly, shown in the photo above.  He took a couple of dozen fish before the hatch ended, and Patty took quite a few fish as well, though we had her positioned in a less desirable area.  In between various coaching sessions, I took about a dozen fish.