DATE: Tuesday, July 9, 2013
TIME: 8:25 AM TO 10:35 AM
WEATHER: Low 80s, partly cloudy, windy
WATER CONDITIONS: 0 units
LOCATIONS FISHED: Norfork River, Riffle Across from Ol' Charlie's and Riffle at top of Island
FLIES USED: #20 Kay's Gray, #14 Furnace Cockleburr, #14 Pink Cockleburr
ROD USED: 7' 9" 2-wt Winston WT
HATCHES: Midges, occasional sulphur, occasional caddis
OTHER: I fished solo. A single fisher was fishing near the stocking chute, and had a fish on as I waded across; the area was stocked last week. Otherwise, no one else was in sight, even across from Ol' Charlie's and it has always been a good place to fish dries, midges, and emerges. There was a heavy mist over the water, but fish were still sipping midge emergers. I tied on a #20 Kay's Gray, and took an occasional fish until the mist burned off. And then, fishing picked up. A sulphur would hatch here and there, so out came the pink cocklebur. Sure enough, the first cast produced a fish, and they continued taking the fly until I moved upstream at about 9:45 AM. Fish in the upstream riffle also liked the pink cockleburr, and were a bit larger and heavier than those in the downstream riffle. Some put a significant bend in the 2-weight Winston. With generation forecast to begin at 11:00 AM, I left the water early, having caught about two and a half dozen fish, all on dry flies. It's so fun to cast to a rising fish, and catch it, or even to get a brief hook-up. It doesn't get much better!
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