DATE: Thursday, August 31, 2006
TIME: 3:30 PM to 6:00 PM
WEATHER: Low 80s
WATER CONDITIONS: 0 units
LOCATIONS FISHED: Norfork River, Cook’s Island to top of 2nd island above Ackerman/Handicap Access
HATCH: One caddis and one crane fly
ROD USED: Winston 7’ 9” 2-weight LT
FLIES USED: #20 furnace cockleburr, #18 gray elk hair caddis
OTHER: I fished solo. Fishing was challenging and it was intense trying to "outsmart" the little animals with pea-sized brains. It reminded me of the old days when I fished almost exclusively with dry flies. Regardless, it was fun to concentrate so much. I struggled for about 45 minutes before catching my first small fish in shallow, fast water on the cockleburr. Then I managed to take another, but that was it. After fishing my way upstream, I finally took a chance and switched to a #18 gray caddis and immediately was rewarded with a fish, then another and another. On one drift, a large cutthroat came out of nowhere and gently took the caddis. I braced for a fight with the 2-weight, and it lasted all of 2 seconds as the big fish broke me off. I guess the cutthroat to be over 18 inches. I managed to take a couple more fish on the caddis. It was another great day in paradise.
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