DATE: Tuesday, 4/19/2005
TIME: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
WEATHER: Mid-70s, sunny, strong wind (15+ mph)
WATER CONDITIONS: 0 units
LOCATIONS FISHED: White River, immediately downstream of Beaver Dam
HATCH: Slight midge hatch (fish were moderately rising to hatching insects
ROD USED: Unknown
FLIES USED: #20 miracle midge, #14 furnace cockleburr, #16 bead head pheasant tail
OTHER: I fished with great friend, Wayne. It was great to be back on the water; I haven't fished since early March. The Beaver Dam tail water IS NOT the glorious Norfork River, but it was okay. The water was skinny, and there was little to no structure in the stream. There was almost not enough flow to drift a nymph and strike indicator. I managed to catch 7 rainbow trout, and all but one were caught on the bead head pheasant tail fly. All the fish, except one, were full of color, and had a lot of spunk; the largest may have been 14 inches. There were several other fly fishers on the river, fishing mostly downstream. I will fish this tail water again, but definitely prefer the White River below Bull Shoals Dam and the Norfork River.
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