BKB

My report: Sunday 12:30-5:30 Got to TanVat access and was packed with swimmers! Waded downstream. Caught one rainbow right away in the riffle right below the access. Walked down to Baptist with a few hookups, but no catches. Turned around at Baptist and headed back upstream. That's a tough walk when your hot and tired! My legs are still sore! Caught two on the way back up in a nice looking hole with a lot of current and two big rocks in the middle of 5 foot deep water or so. All 3 caught on orange glowball. Monday 11:00-4:30 Couldn't sleep in hotel, so didn't get up as early as I would have wanted. Headed upstream from TavVat. Had a great day.. lots of fun! Walked up to an area that I think I've heard called the Rock Garden on this board before. I found my new favorite spot! Current with boulders strewn throughout. Very picturesque! Caught 15 rainbows today with the largest being about 17" I had one on for about a minute or so that would have gone over 20 easily and it was fat! Broke my line after lodging itself under a rock shelf! Also saw one huge brown (I mean big!) that wasn't interested in anything that I had to throw at it. Caught fish on a variety of flies, the winner was a chartruse brassie followed by a size 22 black and white midge, and a size 16 tan scud. My overall first time ever on the Current River thoughts: Great river and scenery! Was a bit shallower than I had envisioned it. Not a lot of what I would call "fishy" looking water between TanVat and Baptist. Some decent looking spots, but many 1/4 mile long featureless one foot deep sand bottomed stretches than I care to walk through again! I'm sure some people love that, but not me. The stretch above TanVat had more fishy looking spots in my opinion. I certainly caught more there! Fish seemed to be picky, but if you got your drift and mend right, the bites were on. I will be back!! BTW....Saw three water snakes right at the TavVat access...the swimmers had no clue!

Wow...Thanks guys.... So, the water is not up enough to change from "normal" tactics? I've fished at Bennett a few times this year and the only thing that worked was huge jigs or glowballs fished on the bottom. I'm hoping the Current isnt up that much. I'm headed down Sunday, probably arrive around noon, fish till dusk, fish all day on Mon, fish Tuesday AM and come home.

I am planning my first ever trip to the upper current. I consider myself a beginner flyfisher. I'm thinking that I will spend most of my time upstream and downstream of the Tan Vat access. Here are my two questions: #1 What should I use this time of year? How about time of day..morning, afternoon, evening...? I am most comfortable fishing nymphs and dries, have never fished streamers, etc... #2 What is the river like now? Still up? Clarity? Wadability? I can see the USGS streamflow info and it looks high, but I have no frame of reference. I appreciate any help to make this a good first trip to the current for me!

Count me in...it's 4 minutes from my house!

Ahh...I certainly hope so!

You walk all that way back upstream??? Why not just float from Huzzah Valley to Scotia? You would cover the same water and wouldnt be walking/paddling upstream for 5 miles.

I will echo the statement about the rumbling sound that went with the first shake this morning. Was pretty strong here in St. Charles County.

Welcome. I grew up fishing the Huzzah about every other weekend during the summer and it is still one of my all time favorite streams to fish! Like the previous poster, I expect reports from the area! LOL

I was finally brave enough to try this section of stream out last November. It is quite the hike down to the steam! Fished from about 12:00pm till 4:30pm. I choose to walk upstream from the access point up to about 500 yards downstream of the confluence of the Dry Fork. I caught a few just upsteam of the access point and then nothing until I caught one at the farthest point that I walked upstream. In fact, didn't even see a trout in between catches. There is a great looking spot about halfway upsteam, I believe it is called the Cabin Hole due to a cabin located un the upper bank. The walk back uphill made me realize why they call it Cardiac Hill. After a day of walking in the steam, walking up the hill with waders/cold weather gear on was quite the workout. I am 30 years old and in decent shape...and I still worked up qite a sweat. I then drove down to the Suicide Hill Access......again, aptly named! It's a bluff with a semi-worn trail! I'd have to be escaping from a hungry bear to go down there! Overall, it's a neat section of stream and I will probably be back. Although, I do like walking down from the trout park to the Dry Fork as well. The poster who warned about the car break ins is correct. Had a friend who has a window smashed and some stuff taken there a few years ago! BRYAN

What's the moral story of the thread??? CATCH AND RELEASE WORKS!!!

I am leaving tomorrow morning and spending 2 days at Bennett...will let you know when I get back on Thursday. BTW....anyone have any suggestions on how/what to fish on my flyrod? Im relatively new to flyfishing....I'm bringing my spinning rod just in case, but would really like to use my flyrod as much as possible.

I like the cabins in the park. In fact, I'm staying in one of the duplex units near the spring tomorrow and Wed. nights. The units that are down by the Niangua boat ramp in the park are also nice. I have stayed at the Bennett Spring Inn before...it's ok...it does not seem to be aging well. There is also somthing to be said for staying IN the park while fishing there!

Yeah...used to catch a ton of these in the middle section of Meramec Springs...havn't caught any the last 5 years though.

Was there for the first time last March. Only saw one trout in the lake, but it was HUGE!!! It was at the farthest distance away that I could cast and it only "inspected" my lure once. It easily would go 10 lbs!