Wednesday, July 10, 2013—The White River at Rim Shoals

DATE:  Wednesday, July 10, 2013
TIME: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
WEATHER:  Low to mid-90s, mostly sunny, wind
WATER CONDITIONS:  2 units and dropping to 0 units
LOCATIONS FISHED:  White River, Jenkins Creek to Lower Rim Shoals
FLIES USED:  Cerise San Juan Worm, #14 Super Fly, Brown Wayne’s Fly, #14 Furnace Cockleburr
ROD USED:  N/A
HATCHES:  Midges, sulphurs

OTHER:  I asked to be the "Boat Boy" for long-time fishing friends, Ed and John.  After launching at Rim Shoals Access, we motored upstream to Jenkins Creek, and then drifted down; both Ed and John caught fish.  We continued this drift for another hour and a half, with Ed and John catching fish on most drifts.  As the water dropped, however, the fish quit biting.  We motored downstream and drifted from Upper Rim Shoals to Lower Rim Shoals, and again Ed and John caught fish on each drift.  At about 11:00 AM, the fish quit biting and we toyed around with a furnace cocklebur.  John had 4 fish on his first drift fishing the cockleburr, catching a couple on top and a couple stripping the fly.  I left them at 12:00 noon to take care of some chores at home, but as always, we had a blast.