TIME: 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
WEATHER: Partly cloudy, low 80s,
WATER CONDITIONS: 0 Units
LOCATIONS FISHED: Norfork River, near Otter Creek
ROD USED: 8’ 6” 5 wt Joan Wulff Favorite Winston
FLIES USED: #14 Norfork River Gray Scud, Brown Wayne’s Fly, #20 Tungsten BH Flashback Red Copper John
HATCHES: None noted
OTHER: Fished with Wayne. We fished upstream today, above and below Otter Creek near McClellan’s. Wayne had 6 fish to hand before I got a first bite, then proceeded to a “honey hole” where he caught fish one after the other. Meanwhile, I fished hard, employing all the techniques that should’ve worked, with only limited results. Holes where we usually catch a dozen or more fish would produce only one or two, and the fish were smaller than we had been catching. The red Copper John has slowed considerably, or at least the version we were using today. Wayne and I tie it with turkey tail fibers for the tail in lieu of goose biots, and that pattern seems to work better. Wayne’s Brown Fly worked great for him, and just okay for me; I fished it under an indicator, but had better luck stripping it. I ended the day with a total of about 10 fish—to Wayne’s about 4 dozen! Go figure. That’s why he’s still the master.
No comments:
Post a Comment