Tough Start, but Okay Day

TIME:  1:00 PM to 4:30 PM

WEATHER:  Partly cloudy, windy, high 70s

WATER CONDITIONS:  0 Units

LOCATIONS FISHED:  Norfork River, Mill Dam Eddy to 1st Riffle above Island below McClellan’s

ROD USED:  7’9” 2 wt Winston

FLIES USED:  #16 green body, tan winged caddis, #16 partridge and green soft hackle, Olive Wayne’s Fly, #20 Black/Silver Zebra Midge

HATCHES:  Midges, Caddis

OTHER:  Fished with Ed and John.  Ed fished Mill Dam Eddy while John and I worked our way upstream.  Fishing was very slow, and despite some caddis coming off, the fish were not rising to the hatch.  We fished one of my favorite areas above the island, with very limited success.  Moving to the riffle above the island, we again had limited success until Ed came up and alerted us to catching fish on the Zebra Midge.  Dropping the Zebra Midge below Wayne’s fly proved the ticket, as John began catching fish, including some nice ones.  Ed fished the other side of the riffle and caught fish as well.  John moved up to the plunge pool and caught several fish; he fought and landed one of the largest and prettiest cutthroats I’ve seen in the last several months.  I threw a soft hackle in the plunge pool and caught a couple of fish.  As it ended, we had a pretty good day.