First Time On The Nfow

[Kansas Fly Fisher]

Sue and I made our first trip to the NFoW the first of July. The fishing was a bit tough for a first timer since I really didn't have the knowledge of the river I needed to know where the fish tend to stay and what they preferred to hit on. Tried an Elk Hair, a midge, a leech and a bugger and only ended up catching two on the Elk Hair. Even thought the fishing was tough it was a great time. I was wading the stretch of water between Jack's Riffle and campground 4. Then I went and tried the area round campground 8 with no luck. Gave up on the fishing and decided to float the river. Sue had never been in a canoe and thought it looked like fun.

We floated from Hammond to the Falls, a 7-mile trip down river. Sue had a blast and is already talking about going back and doing it again. Next time she's thinking of doing it in a kayak! The river was beautiful and since we started late in the day we had it all to ourselves. Saw a couple of people fishing on the way down but that was it. Wildlife was out and putting on a show for us the entire trip.

I cannot say enough nice things about the River of Life Farm and Myron. Myron is one of the nicest people I've met. He is willing to help out in anyway possible and the rooms were absolutely beautiful! If you ever find yourself in the area and needing a place to stay or are planning a family trip to the area you have to give them a call. I promise you won't be disappointed!

I didn't get to meet Brian and I'm sorry about that. Myron said he was at "his real job." Next time I will definitely plan a trip with him to learn the "lay of the land." We are already planning our next trip down and will stay more than overnight. This is one of those places you can spend your entire vacation at and have a relaxing and enjoyable time. There's plenty to do including swimming, wade fishing, float fishing, canoing, kayaking, hiking and just plan relaxing around the lodge. They have even added a massage therapist!

This was the high light of our vacation and my only regret is that we didn't go there first! Probably would have ended up staying there the entire vacation. Instead, we stayed there last after visiting Bennett Spring and Montauk.

[Danoinark]

John

Sounds like you and the misses had a great time. I have never fished the NFOW and you sure have added some impetus. Hope all is well with you.

Dano

[hfdhoosier]

Glad to hear you had a great time. My first and only time on the NFOW was similar. It was before I joined this great forum and I was clueless on how to fish the river. I will agree, the river and scenery is just plain beautiful.

How did you do at Bennett and Montauk. Sorry we missed you at Bennett. Take care brother.

[Brian Wise]

Glad you guys had a good time!!!

Getting the misses to enjoy it is half the battle....now it's going to be easy to come back.

Sorry I missed you,

Brian

[Kansas Fly Fisher]

How did you do at Bennett and Montauk. Sorry we missed you at Bennett. Take care brother.

Water was up and murky at Bennett and since I like to site fish there the fishing was a bit tough. I ended up with five total but they were hard to come by. I really didn't see many others catching fish around me so I feel good about my five.

Montauk was beautiful. I will need to go back and spend some time there as well. There's a lot of water and I didn't have much time. It's another one I would like to have someone to fish with that knows the stream or have plenty of time to explore. Didn't do well there, but the water was clear and the fish big.

John