BassHunter132

I'll be there. Is it still starting at 9am? How early should I show never been there.

Good call on the soft hackles. As far as patterns I like rusty dun with a copper tungsten bead and copper wire for midges. Size 18. Grey or tan on scuds. Pink on the San Juan's. Green or ginger on the leeches and buggers. And miracle fly for the eggs. Also forgot to mention black micro jigs. They are a good winter pattern just swing them or drift them under an indicator.

Midges, Scuds, Eggs, San Juan, Mohair Leeches, and Woolies would be a good box for Taney. I personally would start with a size 18 rusty or rusty dun midge under a palsa indicator and see what that gets you.

Crane Creek, Mill Creek, Capps Creek, and Hickory Creek just to name a few. Depending on when you go be on the look out for Redds.

Sounds good to me count me in. Let me know if I can help with anything.

Sounds like fun. What are the rules and entry?

Wow!! Nice fish.

Well put.

Awesome pics. That sucks that you found a dead brown saw a dead one myself Tuesday up by outlet one probably 18 inches or so.

I like the no fishing the outlets idea. I saw someone catch (snag) a brown that was probably 22 to 24 inches out of outlet two this weekend. After fighting it for probably 15 min he then grab the fish with no net, took to the bank, dropped it on the bank 3 times, took a picture, then dropped it in 6 inches of water and kicked it after realizing that it wasn't swimming away. Didn't see if the brown lived or not (probably not) but that is ridiculous. I don't even see how you can feel good about catching that fish when all you are doing is snagging. I believe if they restricted the outlet fishing it would stop a lot of the bigger fish from being killed or injured and it would also allow for better fishing throughout the lake.

That's awesome!!

Not really for big fish but, size 18 midges with 7x flourocarbon tippet usually does good for me.

Great article!

Thanks you. The fishing was pretty good. Casting was tough because of the wind but, caught quite a few rainbows and hooked up on another brown but it broke off. Water generation makes the wading tough but when it is one unit I can usually fish down by the big hole without to much trouble.

Caught and successfully realeased this male brown today. Definitely over 20" but the picture doesn't do it justice. I was more concerned with getting it back in the water than taking pictures. Caught it out of the big hole on a size 18 rusty dun midge.

Below outlet two is good. Try using size 18 rusty and rusty dun midges.

I normally will use 7x flourocarbon tippet and a palsa strike indicator with the midge between 6 and 24 inches below the indicator depending on water depth and what the fish are doing. I also try to get a very long drag free drift and often use a reach cast to help with this. I believe Phil Lilley has a post on here about using the same set up.

I have found that how you fish is much more important than what you are fishing with but I will say there are certain patterns that are a lot more productive than some.

Thank you. I will try it out tomorrow.

This is probably my most productive midge pattern. It's tied on a size 18 tmc 2488 with Rusty Dun 8/0 thread 5/64 tungsten copper bead and small copper wire. Very simple but very effective. I try to use as little thread as possible to keep it small.

Wondering what some good daytime patterns for browns would be. Unfortunately I am limited to wade fishing. Fished Taney a lot up below outlet two and have caught tons of rainbows but I have only caught one brown. Don't know if I need to move lower or try different patterns. Any help would be appreciated.

Don't know that you can walk the course area but the river access by the driving range you can defintley fish and it is a pretty good spot too.

Lost my bag net below outlet 2 somewhere. It is a solitude San Juan rubber bag. If found please call 4174252539. Thanks.

Thanks for the info.

Going to make a day trip this weekend. Have never fished Bennett before and didn't know what to expect. Will be fly fishing and wasn't sure if conditions will permit wading or if I need to explore more options. Also any recommendations for flies would be helpful. Thanks.