Thursday 3/27 Report

[WebFreeman]

Didn't leave Republic until 11-ish. After lunch on the way, stop at Tim's for bugger jigs, tags, etc., it was probably 12:30 or 1 before we started fishing. Had my wife, 6-yr-old and 2-yr-old daughter. Started my daughter w/ a mepps spinner. She can chuck it pretty well on her Zebco. My little one was digging through my tackle box looking for something dangerous. I set my wife up w/ a san juan in brown under a float w/ some weight. It was real windy. None of it worked. Not a bite. The sun had come out and tied a record high of 78 degrees. We all got hot and went to the hatchery and spring to feed some fish.

Broke for an early dinner and were back on the water at about 5:30. We were a couple holes up from dry hollow. Tied on a ginger bugger jig. Kids were throwing rocks. Water was moving pretty good a had some color to it. I'd throw into the current and let it wash into the eddy back up stream. Had all my hits just holding it still in the eddy. Ended up w/ 3. Two pretty small and one pretty decent--13-14 inches. Left the camera at home.

The REALLY fun part was driving home. Just outside of Purdy we had a nice super cell t-storm blow up. Marble size hail. It was like a blizzard--white out conditions. We pulled over for a few minutes then just powered through. It was pretty scary. This was just down the road from the mobile home park that was destroyed back in Jan.

Anyway, it was a good day all in all. The park wasn't too busy. We always had a hole to ourselves.