TIME: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
WEATHER: Partly cloudy, breezy, low 60s
WATER CONDITIONS: 0 Units
LOCATIONS FISHED: Norfork River, Mill Dam Eddy to the Plunge Pool below Otter Creek
ROD USED: 8’ 9” 5 wt JWF Winston
FLIES USED: #16 green body, tan winged caddis, #20 Kay’s Grey, #20 Furnace Cockleburr
HATCHES: Midges, Crane Flies
OTHER: I fished with Wayne and Bill. We walked in at Mill Dam Eddy; Bill remained downstream to fish the riffle below the island, while Wayne and I walked upstream. Wayne stopped to fish the run beside the island and I walked upstream to fish the left hand side of the shoal above the island. There was a tremendous crane fly hatch and the fish were definitely keying on them. I threw everything in my fly boxes that looked like a crane fly and the only thing that remotely worked was a #20 furnace cockleburr. Wayne fished the pool below the riffle and worked his way downstream to the pool below the island, catching several fish on his fly. Bill caught several fish along the island rising to caddis and caught fish in the pool above the island. I also fished the left hand riffle in the plunge pool but only caught one fish. With sporadic sunshine, a stiff breeze, mostly overcast skies, and finicky fish, fishing proved very difficult. I ended the day with 8 to 10 fish, and no big fish.
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