TIME: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
WEATHER: Partly cloudy, low 90s,
WATER CONDITIONS: 0 Units
LOCATIONS FISHED: Norfork River, Island above Ackerman/Handicap Access
ROD USED: 10’ 4 wt Winston
FLIES USED: #14 Norfork River Gray Scud, #20 Tungsten BH Flashback Red Copper John
HATCHES: Midges
OTHER: Fished with Charlie, Wayne, and Bill. Bill walked upstream and fished the area up to and above the island below McClelland’s. He had an awesome day; we’re going to have to do something to slow him down! Wayne and I had the honor of fishing with our neighbor, Charlie, and it was a hoot. Charlie picked up specifics very quickly for the area we fished, and hooked 9 fish. During the process of acquainting him with the water we fish, the flies, and specific techniques, I was privileged to learn a couple things as well. First, Wayne illustrated and taught the preemptive mend, i.e. mending just before required, providing a little longer drag-free drift. Also, he taught me how to tie Wayne’s knot for connecting leader to tippet or tippet to tippet, and discussed tying on the fly using just a clinch knot rather than an improved clinch knot. Having watched him hook and land thousands of fish with very few misses, these are something to be tried! It’s always a great day to learn a few new things, particularly from the master. Now, if we can just slow Bill down; maybe a “Nancy Kerrigan” is in order.
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