Anemec

Wow. That is a HOG. Sounds like my 8wt will see some use soon. Maybe this weekend. Thanks for all the info. Maybe I'll see you down there.

Thanks Chance. How big is your big fish? Reason I ask is I was going to use my 7wt which I use for Silvers, Steelhead and Bones. But if there are some big bruisers in there I might use my 8wt or even haul out my 9wt instead. This time of year what size of clousers or deceivers are you using? 2, 1, 2/0, 4/0? I guess I can look for myself. But I would love to tie a few in the right size before heading down there.

Hello. I live in Tulsa and while being an avid out-of-state fly fisherman I have rarely fished in-state for much besides largemouth in a few farm ponds and trout out of the Beavers Bend area and the lower Illinois. But I have been wanting to fish a bit closer to home. So a bit of googling got me here. I have used the river trails for decades and watched people fishing but not tried it out myself. But after reading through some of the posts here it seems the fishery can be quite good (as long as the dam is not broken upriver). So my questions are these - since it is mid-summer, is the striper fishing mostly in the early and late hours when the sun is not yet hitting the water? Do they mostly hang in deep water at this time of year, or are they feeding on the surface? Is the habitat generally from the PSO plant and that big wave up to the low water dam? Or, will they hang in the brush and current between the PSO plant and 44 our even further south? It seems like clousers and deceivers are the name of the game normally, is that true in the middle of summer as well?and what sizes generally? And finally, should I just head down to the Lower Illinois River instead, now that the water is going down and fish from the gravel pit to the Arkansas and wait for fall and better water here on the homefront? Cheers.