DATE: Monday, July 8, 2013
TIME: 8:25AM TO 12:15 PM
WEATHER: Low 80s, partly cloudy
WATER CONDITIONS: 0 units
LOCATIONS FISHED: Norfork River, Riffle Above the Island Below Otter Creek to Mill Dam Eddy
FLIES USED: #14 Gray Norfork River Scud, #20 black/copper Zebra Midge, #14 Furnace Cockleburr, #14 Pink Cockleburr
ROD USED: 8’ 6” 5-wt Winston JWF
HATCHES: Midges, occasional sulphur
OTHER: I fished solo, beginning an upstream wade at Mill Dam Eddy, and walking upstream to the pool above the island (between the riffle and the island). I fished the gray Norfork River Scud with the Zebra midge dropper, for several minutes without any action. About halfway up the pool, I began catching fish (8:54 AM).
The second fish proved to be a large, slender brown, the longest fish of the year —so far; it was the skinniest large fish I have caught on the Norfork. The action was slow, but the fish hooked-up consistently. I took a dozen fish out the pool, and all but the brown were small. The riffle produced several fish on the furnace cockleburr, but they fish were sipping rather than slamming the fly. Some takes were so innocuous that they were hard to detect, except for watching the fly very carefully and actually seeing the fish sip it in. A couple of the fish would easily measure 15 inches, but most were smaller than what I had caught there previously. The plunge pool below Ace in the Hole did not yield any fish, though there were lots of sippers; I only threw a half dozen casts. Downstream, along the island, the fish were taking the furnace cockleburr on top, but mostly on the swing. I caught 10-12 fish along the island, including a nice 15-incher. It was a good day, but fishing was tougher than usual—the dog days of summer!
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