Great Day on the Norfork

DATE: Sunday, 3/6/2005

TIME: 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM

WEATHER: High 60s, partly cloudy, moderate winds

WATER CONDITIONS: 0 units

LOCATIONS FISHED: Norfork River, McClellan’s to Mill Dam Eddy

HATCH: Significant midge hatch, some tan caddis, some crane flies in the air. Fish were moderately rising to hatch

ROD USED: Winston 10’ 4-weight WT

FLIES USED: #16 gray Norfork River scud, #14 furnace cockleburr, #14 weighted red San Juan worm

OTHER: I had a great day on the water, catching 15 or so fish—two on the gray scud and the rest on a greased #14 furnace cockleburr. It was good to be dry fly fishing once again, and the fish weren't bashful—nothing big was caught, but most were in the 15-inch range—one was a cutthroat and the rest were rainbows. I am fortunate to be blessed with so many friends. Other than Kay, one of my very best friends in the world is Wayne, and he is second to none in catching fish. He has taken time to give me bunches of pointers on fishing the Norfork at different times of the year, and, in fact, fishing the Norfork under just about any circumstance. His word is true, and I follow his direction explicitly. Without a doubt, Wayne is a human fish catching machine, and those of us who know him and fish with him are fortunate indeed. Today was no exception, and Wayne gave me some invaluable pointers about fishing parts of the river in March. Enough for today, and let's keep our fingers crossed for wade fishing tomorrow.