Well after almost two years of very little fishing I finally got on the river
and had one of those real good days. They have been running a lot of water
since they shut down in March when the guys were here for the Sowbug. I did get
a few times that I fished from the dock with high water and did fairly well.
Yesterday they shut down because of flooding downriver and will be shut down
for a few days. I have a friend visiting from California who has never been
here. Just his good lick to hit it like yesterday. We headed up to Tucker
Shoals about 8 AM., Forecast was for rain and high winds. The bend at Tucker is
kind of protected by a ridge and trees so we could tolerate it well for a
while. I started out with a Green soft hackle. Picked up a trout or two but
they were not really interested in it. Changed over to my Still Born Emerger
and from the first cast with it I was catching some real nice Rainbows up to
15". They stopped hitting the emerger so I
switched over to a Peacock and Bronze. Again I caught trout from the first
cast till it too would not work. Changed over to a small Black Midge. Same
here, they would hammer it for a while then ignore it. Headed up the river
above my friend and tied on a Chili Pepper. From the first cast I started
taking trout of some nice large sizes up to18 and 19 ". Finally I hooked into
one that was the largest for the day butI did not land it. It was bigger than
my 19" landing net and I could not keep it from falling out. I tried to slide
my fingers down the tippet to the hook to give it a twist out but the trout
made a good shake and broke off. That was the only Chili Pepper I had with me.
I tied on another Peacock and and Bronze and fished till the wind got so bad
that we had to quit. Tom and I had caught over 30 trout each. I stopped in the
middle of this message to go out again but today it was a whole different
story. I had called another fishing buddy to go
with us late afternoon, Dean is a trout magnet. He only fishes small midges in
sz 20 and smaller and uses an indicator Well he made Tom and I look sick. I
could not buy a bite on several flies while he was hooking up every time I
looked up. He was doing that till the water started rising , the dam had turned
on one unit. Dean caught 34 trout. Dean had rigged me up with a sz 20 Zebra
Midge like he was using. I did not even get a hit on it.I guess I am just not a
indicator fisherman. Removed all of this and tied on my Stillborn emerger and
caught six trout, Two browns, three Rainbows and one Cutthroat in about 30
minuets. Several flies we had used yesterday would not even get a tap today.
Arkansas Tony
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