Another Evening Report

[Phil Lilley]

Was hungry for more fish... so I headed out about 7:30 and just took the fly rod. I thought I could pick them off using a midge in a particular spot. It's just above the iron steps coming down the dirt bank from the condos at Fall Creek. I've been seeing trout midging in the seam the last couple of evenings I've gotten out. But again, the "fishing for food" curse got me again. I only saw a couple of rises while there and nothing on a soft hackle or a zebra midge.

So I dashed up past Lookout Island up to the next island on the right- actually it's a big grassy point that's flooded. There's usually a bunch of trout rising there- and this time I wasn't disappointed. They were there.

Still had a zebra midge on under an indicator 12 inches so started with that. Caught 4 rainbows- 2 under and 2 over 12 inches. Caught another short rainbow and they quite the zebra. Went to a soft hackle- they wouldn't look at it. Back to a zebra and caught one more rainbow over 12 inches and then it got too dark to see. Took only 3 eaters home.

When I cleaned them they had micro-small midge larva in their stomachs- but tons of them. No wonder they weren't REAL interested in my #16 zebras.

When I came up to the house, 2 college boys were studying in the den. So I threw in some extra potatoes. Then Caleb came home, then another kids showed up. I went and got some white bass fillets out of the freezer and started running water over them. Then another, and another. I think they could smell the fryer from all the way across the lake. Ended up frying 1/2 a sack of potatoes and a sack of fillets, with the small rainbows. They loved it.

[Bill Babler]

They never really leave. They just bring more home with them.

Foot note; And there always hungry.

Great Report

[WebFreeman]

I wish I would have been so lucky in college! You may have just adopted some kids.

[Terry Beeson]

Dang... I THOUGHT I smelled fish frying yesterday...