TIME: 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM
WEATHER: Partly cloudy, low 90s,
WATER CONDITIONS: 0 Units
LOCATIONS FISHED: White River, Upper Rim Shoals
ROD USED: 8’6” 5 wt JWF Winston
FLIES USED: Brown Wayne’s Fly, Chernobyl Ant, Zebra Midge, Cream/Copper Midge, Parachute Hopper
HATCHES: Midges
OTHER: Fished with Ed. Our intent was to boat fish using hoppers and droppers, but water levels were unexpectedly low; we opted to wade Rim Shoals. The water was still falling when we entered. I fished in front of the parking lot and caught a half dozen small rainbows. I didn’t catch a single fish in the various riffles crossing to the island. The back side of the island had some rising fish, and I managed to fool 4 of them with the Chernobyl Ant drifted over a small riffle. The end of the island only produced a couple of fish for me, but Ed hammered them—maybe a couple of dozen fish—as did an acquaintance of ours from Memphis, Bruce, who has relocated to this area. I fished my way back upstream catching a nice 16 to 17-inch cutthroat on a parachute hopper. I missed a couple of others. I was surprised at the lack of numbers of fish and the size of fish as most were only slightly larger than stockers.
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