mdrstl

Never been a problem for me

Good news. What did you catch them on (if you don' mind)?

When you say "Lane Spring Closed" do you mean the gate was locked or locked and a sign stating do not enter?

if you have a car, I'd fish both; Tan Vat in the morning then drive down to Baptist. If you like fishing tricos and they are out, I find Tan Vat to have more rising fish, plus a few more of the dumb stockers which take my wooly bugger. the caddis and little white flies can be pretty active later at Baptist. They both have good water, so going where there are less people typically dictates where I go. the walks down suggested by nortrad help the crowd issue. M

I had quite a bit of luck yesterday from the swimming hole down swinging light olive crystal bead head wooly buggers during the first part of the day and one on a caddis about noon. I went cold at Babtist in the afternoon, but for a nice brown on a SJ worm, but one of my fishing buddies did well using psyco prince and other nymphs. The water was a great level for fishing.

Mind sharing what they were hitting on in the blue ribbon area? I'm heading down for the day thursday with a couple of friends, all fly fishing. Thanks for the post. m

If you go to the Wild Trout Creeks and Steams section of this forum; Started by yummysmokedham, Sep 17 2009 10:51 AM there is some info.

A friend and a few of our boys spent a few days post-Tday in the Park. The water is very low and clear, but we did have some luck on BH wolly buggers (chrystal light green), SJ worms dropped off the buggers and crackle backs when the fish were coming up. The surface activity happend late in the day and after the post sunrise warmup. I also had some luck on a light hatch of tiny white flies using a small PMD. Note that I've never mastered a nymph below an indictor so my lack of report on that approach is due to ignorance not bad results. we didn't make it out of the Park so don't know how this translates to the Blue Ribbon area. Some of the hatches extended past the 4pm siren so you may be better off down stream. Regardless of the reports, when a wife tells you to go fishing, you should listen.

Great report and thanks for posting. My dad taught me to trout fish at Montauk, not that I listened much or had near his patience for standing in a cold stream, especially after i discovered beer. He taught me to fly fish many years later, staying at the old cabin at ROLF with my brother, brother in law and nephew, then passed away way too young just a few years after that. I'll be fishing with my son/his grandson that he never knew this weekend at Montauk. My son won't be listening to me, but he will be using his grandpa's gear. . those of us who have been foturnate enough for father/son fishing know the old saying "Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime" has little to do with food.

According to the Forest Service web site it closed 10/31. It's not a bad walk from the gate to the river, kind of like Cardiac but paved. Campgound closure keeps most folks off this stretch of the river.

Anyone know what the half dozen or so streamside survey flags are about just down from Tan Vat?

Below is some information regarding the fence I posted after a trip in May when I first saw the fence> I headed out around noon and decided to try downstream from the gravel pits. No luck there during about 30 minutes of fishing but I picked up some interesting information. First thing I noticed was someone had placed some trailers and fencing with “Posted” signs around the property which contains the water filled pits. This included strands of wire across the river. A real nice guy who owns some property further downstream stopped to chat and he said some religious group bought the land and had fenced it in. He indicated the primary reason was to keep out other’s cattle and driven by an interest to deter fishermen or garrote giggers. He provided other bits of information readers of past postings may find interesting. He named the lady who owns the property around Vida slab, saying she’s real nice but has had some problems with some of the fishermen. When I asked him about public access, he said that the LP is a Creek, not a River, which means those who own land on either side own the ground below, though folks can legally canoe through. I have no idea how accurate he is about this, but he’s owned his property for quite some time and the matter of fact manner of his statements indicate that is what one land owner believes. How was the fishing? I haven't been back since that last trip due ot the heat.

I probably shouldn't have referred to these as pits. the area i was referencing is quite a bit downstream from Lane Springs, just down from the low water bridge and the land with the long narrow body of water you can see where CR 237 and 235 split. This fairly large body of water (1,000'x250'?) looks to me to have started out as a former gravel surface pit. Based on what i've heard in the forum and seen from the road, I've not fished up from 63.

I had an interesting day on the LP Thursday. I got to the Lane Springs gate before 6am and was happy to see it open. The web indicated it “could be closed between 10pm and 6am”. I spoke with the camp attendant as I was leaving and she informed me she typically doesn’t lock it at night unless needed to deter late night beer runs. The fishing started out good, two decent rainbows on an olive bh wooly. Things stopped for a while which might have had something to do with the bunch of otters and a bald eagle I saw cruising the river. I caught a couple LP little ones on hare’s ears a bit later. After losing my fly to a hard strike (weak knot?), I tied on a sparkle olive bh wooly and caught a 15+’ rainbow a bit downstream where swift water entered a deep hole. The fish tail-walked twice, something I last saw on the LP from another large fish I hooked last June but didn’t land. That was in a different hole so if the otters, eagles or meat fishers didn’t get her, there are at least two very nice rainbows in the LP willing to take a fly during the summer. I headed out around noon and decided to try downstream from the gravel pits. No luck there during about 30 minutes of fishing but I picked up some interesting information. First thing I noticed was someone had placed some trailers and fencing with “Posted” signs around the property which contains the water filled pits. This included strands of wire across the river. A real nice guy who owns some property further downstream stopped to chat and he said some religious group bought the land and had fenced it in. He indicated the primary reason was to keep out other’s cattle and driven by an interest to deter fishermen or garrote giggers. He provided other bits of information readers of past postings may find interesting. He named the lady who owns the property around Vida slab, saying she’s real nice but has had some problems with some of the fishermen. When I asked him about public access, he said that the LP is a Creek, not a River, which means those who own land on either side own the ground below, though folks can legally canoe through. I have no idea how accurate he is about this, but he’s owned his property for quite some time and the matter of fact manner of his statements indicate that is what one land owner believes. Another tid-bit he passed on; many years ago there used to be a hatchery on her property which was washed out during a flood, and that's why he figures you see different types of trout in this strech of the river (creek). I stopped by Maramec Park and fished down from the bridge on the way home. I saw a bunch of trout but could only get a few smallmouth to take my fly. The thing I found amazing were the canoes I saw on the way out around 4:00. There were about 4 canoes with dads and little kids or husbands with plump pale wives just down from the park. They were obviously all happy folks and must have been oblivious to all the miles and that long stretch of slow water between them and Scotts Ford. A remote camera in those canoes would probably provide good fodder for another painful reality show. Not the world's greatest day of fishing, but a great day on the rivers.

I use tiny (23?) tricos with a scarlet post I got from a friend. he gets them from someone he reportedly met at Babtist. If you can see the fly, it's a hoot to fish when they are sipping FYI; when I said i was the one at Baptist, just want to make sure you (all) realize i wasn't the one you mention with a brown on a stringer. I can fit the idiot category, but i don't keep fish. Inlighting to hear you were wet wading. It was pretty amazing how quick you went from getting to the lot to the water.

that was me. If you were the one in the Highlander, I was the one at Baptist on my return run. FYI: though early didn't help (at least me) this time, getting to Tan Vat early has helped at times when the tricos are out.

I spent the night on downstream from Baptist Sunday evening so i could fish late and early and it did not help a bit. Only one brown late afternoon and i threw a lot of crystal BH wolly buggers and sculpins into the evening and from 6am to late morning. I wish i'd tried the Royal Wulff or even the egg pattern. I gave up on the Current and finished the day with better luck on the Little Piney (San Juans and hares ears).

It’s interesting how my post degraded. I find it ironic as I learned about the Little Piney from this forum and posts from the knowledgeable fly fisherman have helped my fishing and led me to quite waters. Posts from the educated and informed reiterated the importance of treading lightly, not infringing on other’s water, fishing barbless and picking up trash others have left behind. I’m not going to address all the misconceptions from the ignorant. It is a good point that the time spent taking pictures or the placement of fish during this activity could harm them. I’ve enjoyed pictures posted by others and look forward to seeing more in the future from those of you willing to wake the clowns.

I think I figured out how to attach the picture of the deflated and deformed trout, plus one of the pretty red ones.

I hiked to Lane Springs and fished the Little Piney yesterday until ~1. Fishing was not quite the same as in November but caught about a dozen down from the springs ranging from a few little ones with par marks, a few pale plump 10 inchers, a couple of beautiful ones a bit bigger with red gill plates and three long skinny bows which almost looked deflated. Would these be females post-egg deposit? I have a few pictures but can't figure out how to post ("you are not permitted to upload this kind of file") I decided to head over to below the gravel pits and was surprised to have a bit better luck, catching 7+ in about an hour. Nothing big, but only a few were the pretty dinks. Only saw one person all day, the wind made it interesting at times and the water was clear and almost as beautiful as the weather

for those interested in reading about the Current characters from some time back, read Stars Upsteam by Leonard Hall. It's more about floating than fishing but a great read for anyone who loves the river.

FYI; I had pretty good results on a Bead Head Wooly - light olive with some sparkle, a few weeks back. A number of smaller (but great) trout hit on a San Juan dropped off the back. I took it off as I'm a good example of a dropper being "two flies fished poorly" comment. M

Thanks for the info and the web site. Matt

Has anyone heard what the schedule for will be for access to the Lane Springs campground for the days going forward? If not, any suggestions where to check for this information? thanks Matt

Thanks. that's what I thought and developing my own personsal experiance with the LP is a goal i can get into. MDR