Fishing Report

[Phil Lilley]

I only do this report every 4 years so listen up!

Generation has slowed all during the week. Today is no different, starting fairly heavy early and dropping all during the day but never going all the way off. Tomorrow may be more of the same or none at all. I'm guessing none.

Our trout are revidalized from the running water. Good and strong and always hungry... well almost always. There's been a fair amount of pressure on them last weekend and even during the week this week but still people seem to be really good, drifting in front of our place using power eggs and gulp eggs and catching rainbows. I've seen some decent ones and some small ones. If you get lucky and the water is running, remember to drop the weight size as the water drops and you won't get hung up as bad.

Down past Cooper to Monkey Island, rainbows are keying in on spoons pretty good- little cleos in nickle and gold with alittle red or blue mixed. Also your spin-a-lures.

From Fall Creek to Short Creek, jig and float using the regular colors- olive, brown and black and of course sculpin mixed with colors like ginger and peach with an orange head. Fish it 4-6 feet deep. If they're running water, use a 1/32 and if they're not- 1/50 to 1/125th or a micro. 2 pound line always catches more fish.

Might try throwing a crank bait up around the docks drifting down.

Above Fall Creek, white jigs if the water isn't running is still doing well. If not, back to the old tactics like jig and float, throwing a straight jig or fly rodding it.

Flies- scuds and midges should be a killer this weekend. 6x tippet and a scud fished on the drop off and on the bottom- try gray shades as well as brown, tan and olive. They don't seem to be real picky on the color or size. #14- #16 is good. Also Zebra Midges fished shallow on the flats and deeper in the channel. If there's a chop- strip a soft hackle or a wooly.

[Thom]

You got my interest. If my trip to San Antonio goes well monday and Tuesday I plan on stopping by Taney during the later part of the week on my way home. Put some back in for me for Friday Sat or Sunday.

[Jeremy Hunt]

I fished today as well. I fished the slack water down by the steps at marker 7 if you're walking the trail. I would say three hundred yards past outlet one. I was fishing two midges with a black zebra midge for the first fly and primrose and pearl as a dropper. I was fishing the lead fly about two feet below the indicator and the dropper was about eighteen inches below that. I had most of all my hits on the primrose and pearl. I fished for about three hours until the water started to rise again around 3pm. They were running two units, but they weren't a full two. It got a little deeper and we couldn't stand in the same spot we had most of all our luck at. I would say then it was a full two units with the tailwater level at 705.3. We hooked alot of fish and had plenty of doubles. We decided to call it a day and on the way out I went for a swim, but not all the way in. I'm sure it was a good show for some of the guy's watching. There's one guy wading way out in the center of the river that made friendly conversation and told us he wasn't doing so good. He asked what we were using and I told him midges, but since he was in the faster water I told him to switch over to a san juan worm and he started hooking fish immediately. I’m glad I could change his luck. I guess if you were wading it really depended on where you fished. I did see some fish caught in the outlets, but that’s always a guarantee.

[Phil Lilley]

Nice report.

We worked on your boat most of today... tough getting all the varnish off but we did. One side has a new coat but it got too late for the other side so Jim and Phyliss will finish it tomorrow, I think. Depends on how fast the coats dry.

[Jeremy Hunt]

That's sounds great. I thought some of those areas would be a little tough. I think a little later I'm going to swing by and take a look at it. You feeling better?

[flyfishinggolfer]

I only do this report every 4 years so listen up!

Generation has slowed all during the week. Today is no different, starting fairly heavy early and dropping all during the day but never going all the way off. Tomorrow may be more of the same or none at all. I'm guessing none.

Our trout are revidalized from the running water. Good and strong and always hungry... well almost always. There's been a fair amount of pressure on them last weekend and even during the week this week but still people seem to be really good, drifting in front of our place using power eggs and gulp eggs and catching rainbows. I've seen some decent ones and some small ones. If you get lucky and the water is running, remember to drop the weight size as the water drops and you won't get hung up as bad.

Down past Cooper to Monkey Island, rainbows are keying in on spoons pretty good- little cleos in nickle and gold with alittle red or blue mixed. Also your spin-a-lures.

From Fall Creek to Short Creek, jig and float using the regular colors- olive, brown and black and of course sculpin mixed with colors like ginger and peach with an orange head. Fish it 4-6 feet deep. If they're running water, use a 1/32 and if they're not- 1/50 to 1/125th or a micro. 2 pound line always catches more fish.

Might try throwing a crank bait up around the docks drifting down.

Above Fall Creek, white jigs if the water isn't running is still doing well. If not, back to the old tactics like jig and float, throwing a straight jig or fly rodding it.

Flies- scuds and midges should be a killer this weekend. 6x tippet and a scud fished on the drop off and on the bottom- try gray shades as well as brown, tan and olive. They don't seem to be real picky on the color or size. #14- #16 is good. Also Zebra Midges fished shallow on the flats and deeper in the channel. If there's a chop- strip a soft hackle or a wooly.

I am listening, I am listening!!! My friends and I are coming down this weekend and will need all the help we can get. Any color zebra midge? Wooly? I am tying flies for this weekend and want to give my friends some winners! Thank you for the input and your time.

Fly

[Jeremy Hunt]

Where do you like to fish? Have you fished Taney? This will help me choose the flies you need to tie.