TIME: 12:45 PM TO 3:15 PM
WEATHER: PC, Low-60s, windy with west winds
WATER CONDITIONS: 0 units
LOCATIONS FISHED: Norfork River, 2nd Island above Ackerman/Handicap Access
FLIES USED: #20 Kay's Gray, #20 Ginger Cockleburr
ROD USED: 9 ft 5 wt Winston
HATCHES: Midges, Blue Winged Olives
OTHER: Fished solo, then with Kay. Caught 8 fish – one cutthroat and 7 rainbows – 3 on Kay's Gray and 5 on the Ginger Cockleburr. Kay hooked up with a San Juan worm.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Norfork River
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Ron on the Norfork
TIME: 3:00 PM TO 4:45 PM
WEATHER: PC, Low-40s, windy
WATER CONDITIONS: 0 units
LOCATIONS FISHED: Norfork River, 2nd Island above Ackerman/Handicap Access
FLIES USED: #14 Gray Norfork Scud, #14 T-Worm
ROD USED: 9 ft 5 wt Winston
HATCHES: Midges
OTHER: Fished with Ron and Mellisa; it was Mellisa's first time to successfully fly fish. After a brief casting lesson, and some disscussion about drag-free drifts, she caught a rainbow on the T-worm , and missed a couple of others. Ron caught 3 fish on the gray scud. I fished very briefly, about 15 minutes, and caught 3 fish on the gray scud. Fishing was very difficult, it was windy and cold, and we fished less than an hour and a half.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Norfork River
TIME: 11:00 AM TO 2:30 PM
WEATHER: PC, Low-50s
WATER CONDITIONS: 0 units
LOCATIONS FISHED: Norfork River, 1st and 2nd Islands above Ackerman/Handicap Access
FLIES USED: #14 T-Worm, #20 Furnace Cockleburr, #26 Parachute Black Gnat
ROD USED: 9 ft 5 wt Winston
HATCHES: Midges
OTHER: Fished with Wayne. Wayne and I both struggled, by Wayne’s standards, but each of us picked up a dozen or so fish. Fish were moderately rising to midges, and I took about half of mine on the #20 Furnace Cocklebur and the other half on the #26 Parachute Black Gnat. One 12-inch brown jumped completely out of the water to take the fly in mid-air, and another brown took a fly right next to a boulder sitting in an area where I typically would not fish. All in all, it was a really fun day as I always immensely enjoy fishing with Wayne, and we had the water to ourselves.
WEATHER: PC, Low-50s
WATER CONDITIONS: 0 units
LOCATIONS FISHED: Norfork River, 1st and 2nd Islands above Ackerman/Handicap Access
FLIES USED: #14 T-Worm, #20 Furnace Cockleburr, #26 Parachute Black Gnat
ROD USED: 9 ft 5 wt Winston
HATCHES: Midges
OTHER: Fished with Wayne. Wayne and I both struggled, by Wayne’s standards, but each of us picked up a dozen or so fish. Fish were moderately rising to midges, and I took about half of mine on the #20 Furnace Cocklebur and the other half on the #26 Parachute Black Gnat. One 12-inch brown jumped completely out of the water to take the fly in mid-air, and another brown took a fly right next to a boulder sitting in an area where I typically would not fish. All in all, it was a really fun day as I always immensely enjoy fishing with Wayne, and we had the water to ourselves.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Norfork River
TIME: 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM
WEATHER: PC, Low-50s
WATER CONDITIONS: 0 units
LOCATIONS FISHED: 2nd Island above Ackerman/Handicap Access and 1st Island below McClelland’s
FLIES USED: #14 Gray Norfork River Scud, #14 T-Worm, #20 Furnace Cockleburr
ROD USED: 9 ft 5 wt Winston
HATCHES: Midges
OTHER: Fished with Mel and Slim. Initially, the Norfork was running 2 units so we headed off to fish Roundhouse on the White. Kay called and said they turned the Norfork off, so we turned around and headed back. Supposedly it was turned off at 8:00 AM, but for some reason, it did not get turned off until 9:00 AM, so we waited, and waited, etc. Finally, we waded in while the water was still high, and the fishing was terribly slow. We then worked our way upstream to the island below McClellan’s. Slim managed to catch a few fish on the way up. We got into slow rising fish at the tip of the island, and managed to fool some pretty nice fish on dry flies. I caught more than a half dozen on the #20 Furnace Cockleburr, and Mel and Slim also caught fish.
WEATHER: PC, Low-50s
WATER CONDITIONS: 0 units
LOCATIONS FISHED: 2nd Island above Ackerman/Handicap Access and 1st Island below McClelland’s
FLIES USED: #14 Gray Norfork River Scud, #14 T-Worm, #20 Furnace Cockleburr
ROD USED: 9 ft 5 wt Winston
HATCHES: Midges
OTHER: Fished with Mel and Slim. Initially, the Norfork was running 2 units so we headed off to fish Roundhouse on the White. Kay called and said they turned the Norfork off, so we turned around and headed back. Supposedly it was turned off at 8:00 AM, but for some reason, it did not get turned off until 9:00 AM, so we waited, and waited, etc. Finally, we waded in while the water was still high, and the fishing was terribly slow. We then worked our way upstream to the island below McClellan’s. Slim managed to catch a few fish on the way up. We got into slow rising fish at the tip of the island, and managed to fool some pretty nice fish on dry flies. I caught more than a half dozen on the #20 Furnace Cockleburr, and Mel and Slim also caught fish.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Norfork River
TIME: 9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM
WEATHER: PC, Low-50s
WATER CONDITIONS: 0 units
LOCATIONS FISHED: Norfork River, 2nd Islands above Ackerman/Handicap Access
FLIES USED #14 Gray Norfork River Scud, #14 T-Worm, #20 Furnace Cockleburr
ROD USED: 9 ft 5 wt Winston
HATCHES: Midges
OTHER: Fished with Mel. It was a SLOW bite, and no fish were interested in the scud. I did manage to catch only 4 or 5 fish on the #20 Furnace Cockleburr. Mel also managed to fool a few fish. He fished the previous afternoon and did fairly well on a dry fly.
WEATHER: PC, Low-50s
WATER CONDITIONS: 0 units
LOCATIONS FISHED: Norfork River, 2nd Islands above Ackerman/Handicap Access
FLIES USED #14 Gray Norfork River Scud, #14 T-Worm, #20 Furnace Cockleburr
ROD USED: 9 ft 5 wt Winston
HATCHES: Midges
OTHER: Fished with Mel. It was a SLOW bite, and no fish were interested in the scud. I did manage to catch only 4 or 5 fish on the #20 Furnace Cockleburr. Mel also managed to fool a few fish. He fished the previous afternoon and did fairly well on a dry fly.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
White River
TIME: 8:30 AM TO 12:00 PM
WEATHER: PC, Mid-70s
WATER CONDITIONS: 0 units
LOCATIONS FISHED: Bottom of Roundhouse Shoals and downstream of Ships Ferry Access
FLIES USED: #14 Beadhead Flashback Pheasant Tail Nymph dropping a #16 Tan Scud; Peacock Ice-T Mini
ROD USED: 9 ft 5 wt Winston
HATCHES: Midges
OTHER: Fished with Kay and Ron. Initially, we fished Roundhouse Shoals, but very little action. I caught one fish. Moved to Shipps Ferry; water was a little high, but we fished the #14 Beadhead Flashback Pheasant Tail nymph solo. Both Ron and I caught a couple of dozen fish each; my largest fish was a 15-inch rainbow.
WEATHER: PC, Mid-70s
WATER CONDITIONS: 0 units
LOCATIONS FISHED: Bottom of Roundhouse Shoals and downstream of Ships Ferry Access
FLIES USED: #14 Beadhead Flashback Pheasant Tail Nymph dropping a #16 Tan Scud; Peacock Ice-T Mini
ROD USED: 9 ft 5 wt Winston
HATCHES: Midges
OTHER: Fished with Kay and Ron. Initially, we fished Roundhouse Shoals, but very little action. I caught one fish. Moved to Shipps Ferry; water was a little high, but we fished the #14 Beadhead Flashback Pheasant Tail nymph solo. Both Ron and I caught a couple of dozen fish each; my largest fish was a 15-inch rainbow.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Norfork River
TIME: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
WEATHER: PC, Mid-70s
WATER CONDITIONS: 0 units
LOCATIONS FISHED: 2nd Island above Ackerman/Handicap Access
FLIES USED: #14 Gray Norfork Scud, #20 Dunn’s Dun
ROD USED: 10 ft 4 wt Winston
HATCHES: Midges
OTHER: Fished with Kay and Ron. Upon Ron’s arrival we immediately slipped into waders and began fishing. The Norfork fished really slow, but Ron managed to pick up 4 fish on the Gray Scud. I caught 4 fish as well. Ron is becoming an excellent fly fisher, and just needs to spend lots of time on the water. Kay picked up a couple fish downstream in a very difficult area. None of us caught any real big fish; most were in the 12-14 inch range.
WEATHER: PC, Mid-70s
WATER CONDITIONS: 0 units
LOCATIONS FISHED: 2nd Island above Ackerman/Handicap Access
FLIES USED: #14 Gray Norfork Scud, #20 Dunn’s Dun
ROD USED: 10 ft 4 wt Winston
HATCHES: Midges
OTHER: Fished with Kay and Ron. Upon Ron’s arrival we immediately slipped into waders and began fishing. The Norfork fished really slow, but Ron managed to pick up 4 fish on the Gray Scud. I caught 4 fish as well. Ron is becoming an excellent fly fisher, and just needs to spend lots of time on the water. Kay picked up a couple fish downstream in a very difficult area. None of us caught any real big fish; most were in the 12-14 inch range.
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