hoytman

Thanks again everyone for the advice earlier on floating the eleven point for our first time. Our plan is to cut the distance and float Greer to Riverton from Friday morning through Sunday morning/afternoon. In regards to the White Ribbon area, besides trout, is it worth chasing smallmouth in this are at all? Knowing it's more of a trout area, I was curious what the over all smallmouth action is like before Riverton. Thanks.

Do you guys think the Cane Bluff put-in will be floatable by June 28th? We were thinking of putting in there to start and take advantage of the smallmouth fishing. It sounds like it usually isn't floatable that late in June though? Thinking of shortening the float as mentioned, and if we where able to put in at Cane Bluff and float to Whitten, that would give us a solid 20 mile float and we would have the best of both worlds between trout and smallies. Also, anyone have any experience with Richard's Canoe rental down there? We are currently set up to rent some canoes from them and was curious to how the operation was.

Thanks everyone. The information provided is more than I could ask for. I will certainly give a report and hopefully have some pics to provide after the trip. Cutting the trip length is something I have thought about as well too, as Mark advised. I've been guilty in the past of trying to fit too much river in one weekend possibly, and not taking time to slow down and hit some of the better areas of a river. Good to know about the gravel bars as well. Thanks again.

Hello, I am new to the forum and looking to soak up as much information regarding fishing the Eleven Point for my first time. I spent the last several years fishing the Big Piney and Gasconade with great success with my fly rod and want to continue that success on the Eleven Point. Our trip is the last weekend of June and our plan is to fish from Greer to Hwy 142. I have been fly fishing for the past 5 years or so, but mainly on Ozark streams and ponds for smallies, large mouth and bream. I have not yet caught a trout on the fly, and I anxious to hopefully find some success. I know that June may not be the ideal time to do a float for trout compared to say Spring and Fall, but I am curious to what may be the best way to fish the river this time of year. Per this forum and other articles, I have stocked up on some M.O.A.T. nymphs (brown, size 6 & 8), sculpin "sculpzilla" #8 flies, and plan to get my hands on some Don's Crawdad's this week. Any additional thoughts on fly selection for this time of year? It sounds like from what I've read, you have to fish deep to have success. Can anyone advise how deep is deep? I plan to bring down a 9ft. 6 weight rod, with floating line attached to either a 5X or 4X 7 1/2 ft. leader. So I am open to any suggestions on my set up as well if needed. Lastly, out of the 8 of us floating the river, most do not fly fish and will be bringing their spincast. I have suggested in the blue ribbon area that they may want to try maribou jigs (black, white, olive)? Also I've read that spinners are a good way to go, but I have had trouble finding specifics on color and sizes? Thanks in advance on any tips and/or advise you can offer!