TIME: 10:15 AM to 11:30 AM
WEATHER: Mid to high 70s, sunny, breezy
WATER CONDITIONS: 0 Units
LOCATIONS FISHED: Norfork River, Upstream riffle above Ol’ Charlie’s
FLIES USED: #14 Norfork River crane fly, various midge and midge emerger patterns
ROD USED: Winston 8’ 6” 5-wt WT JWF
HATCHES: Crane flies, midges
OTHER: Fished solo. I waded in near the upstream riffle above Ol’ Charlie’s, to find this section of the river completely void of fishers. I caught a nice fish on the first cast, and continued to catch fish on almost every cast for about an hour, catching at least 30 fish, and probably more. A prolific midge hatch began and the fish keyed on them like crazy, completely leaving the crane fly imitation I had on. I tried almost every midge emerger pattern I had, then almost every midge, with little success.
As I was walking out, there were a bunch of fishers near the stocking chute at Ol’ Charlie’s; the fishers must like catching fish in a barrel because that’s just about what it is like.
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