Monday, August 30, 2010

Good Fishing, Tough Catching

TIME: 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM

WEATHER:  Partly cloudy, low 90s,

WATER CONDITIONS:  0 Units, fog

LOCATIONS FISHED:  Norfork River, below Island below McClellan’s to near McClellan’s Dock

ROD USED:  8’6” 5 wt JWF Winston

FLIES USED:  Brown Wayne’s Fly, #14 Norfork River Tan Scud, #16 Red Zebra Midge, #18 Red Copper John, #18 Norfork River Olive Brown Scud

HATCHES:  Midges

OTHER:  Fished with Wayne.  We quickly fished Mill Dam Eddy in the fog, where I caught 4 fish on the red zebra midge.  Wading upstream, we each caught a couple of fish near the top of the island.  For the first time in a long time, I did not catch a fish in the riffle above the island, though it usually produces up to a dozen or more fish.  We waded upstream as far as water depths would allow, where Wayne caught several fish; I only caught one.  As I waded back downstream, I changed set-ups, and began getting takes, missing at least half the fish.  A 17-inch brown took the fly just upstream of the walnut tree, and a really large fish hooked up only momentarily before breaking off.  Further downstream, the plunge pool produced a few fish.  We waded downstream all the way to just above the second island above Ackerman/Handicap Access, but the fishing was very slow.  Each of us took just over a dozen fish today.  Fishing was tough for both of us, and we worked for every hook-up. 

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