steven tolly

I was down there around this time, with the higher water I struggled to get my drift down. Were you drifting a weighted rig? I have drifted on taney before with 15' of tippet below my indicator, but didnt have time to try that method. Heading back down in a few weeks and hoping to figure out a drift a little bit. Any help would be great.

Hey guys, I am headed down there in a few weeks and never been to this part of the White. I have fished Taneycomo for a lot of years with my dad, but this year I am hoping to do a little bit of wading. Any suggestions? Places we can wade in on different water level? Is there any wading if the water is up? We are getting a guide from Dallys for the first day we arrive, unless someone speaks up and tells me about someone else. Would love to boat and wade a bit over the day and find some places to wade the next cou0ple of days. Thanks in advance for any help. Steven

Been Fishing Taney for years and want to try some wading on the Norfork or White if at all possible. We are going to head down in Mid March and camp on the Norfork or rent a place. Where can we wade fish? Any flies I should be tying up for down there? If we want to rent a boat will that help us get to wading spots? We also debated about getting a guide a day, but I was not sure if we should go on the White or the Norfork. Good guides on the White? Thank you for any advice. Steven

Bill how much weight do you run on double scud rigs. I always end up extending mine to tick the bottom and adding weight. I know a lot depends on the flow, but I am always looking to perfect it. It has been my go to rig for years and I am always looking to get it a little better. Also how do you throw it on the spinning rods with 10 foot between the indicator? Slip bobbers?

Hey you mention a few jerkbaits. What ones should I look at ordering if we are coming down in August. We come down every march so we do not do much night fishing, but this year I want to try so I wanted to have a few good jerkbaits ready. Thanks.

Great post. Now I just need this weekend and another long week of work to pass so we can be there.

Interesting method. Any idea what size hook you would want on the jig head or if you need the specific gopher jig head? I guess I would assume a smaller hook, but senkos / zinkerz as they used are pretty thick. We are headed there in a few weeks and I always like to try something new.

Hey Phil in these articles you always mention 2lb line when the water is not running, should I spool my rod with 4lb and then just add tippet or just spool up straight 2lb. I have never casted with 2 or 4lb so I was just curious as to the down falls of using 2lb all the time. My medium action 6'6" rod is spooled with 4lb but my ultra light that I hope to use both with and without a float is not spooled yet and I was planning on just spooling it with 2lb. However I enjoy the ultra light more so I do not want to limit it to only being used when the water is off.

Great Report. Cannot wait to get there this Sunday. Sounds like I need to stock up on my pink Saun Jauns. I love fishing those for some reason.

Sounds like I should just get some prices from Phil. I will take a look at the others on the way down. We always have to stop at bass pro at least on the way and usually end up taking the boat down there at least one day. Now just to get through two more weeks of work.

Hey Phil and others We are headed down for our annual trip in a few weeks and I need to pick up a new spinning rod for the trip. What action should I go with for fishing a jig and possibly drifting power bait etc? I can always use one of my medium bass rods for drifting power bait, but was hoping to go with something lighter. I am sure I need something lighter to try casting a jig like I have been watching phil do, plus I might try drifting a jig under a float on it from time to time. We use our fly rods most the time, but I want to have a good spinning rod to play with when I want. Thanks for the help Steven

Hey guys we are headed down there in a little less then two weeks and was just wondering if there is anything I should pick up when we get there or on the way. We mostly fish out of the boat with the fly rods and occasionaly the spinning rod using midges, jigs, saun jauns and scuds is there any thing else working good right now. Last year the water ran hard the whole trip and we got to do some fun slip bobber fishing up at the darn and we caught some great fish doing it (thanks to Liley for setting us up). Any thoughts would be appreciated and at least keep me warm until we get there. Also I know they added some boulders up by the darn, but last year the water was running so hard they were not an issue, but I was just wondering at what depth they become an issue if you drift over them etc. The water level compared to units running has always been a mystery to me if anyone knows about it that would be great. Like is 703 safe to go up to the darn or do you need more etc? Thanks Steven

Thanks for the info guys. When I first read something about them opening the flood gates I said ah hell there goes the fishing. Then it occurred to me it might mean a flood, now it sounds like it might help the fishing if it even happens. Either way we will be there trying to figure something out. Thanks to all the post on here I have a lot of new plans although my plans for fishing never seem to work. Always seems like the fish have different plans. Thanks for the info we will try to stop by the shop when we are down there. Although it is hard to leave home right now the warm weather up here in Iowa has our big bass going crazy, had a great day on the water Sunday catching big fish all day.

Does the opening of the gates immediatly mean flooding or can the river take so many days of it before the places along the river start to flood?

Is there any fishing on the upper Taney when the flood gates are open? We are headed down Sunday for 5 days. We are all bringing our boats, I was hoping to do some wading but we are open to anything. hopefull they will not be open, but just wondering what we do in case they are open. Also I have heard when the gates are open the bass move up there is that something anyone has scene before?