Members vince Posted March 6, 2006 Members Posted March 6, 2006 Fished Sat put in at twin bridges and went up. Caught whites in water from 20ft to 3ft. Fished jigs, hair and rubber, best colors white or chart. Caught lots of fish, from 6in to @ 2 1/2pds. More 6 to 10 inch fish with several larger mixed in. vince.
Kansas Fly Fisher Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 Hey Vince, how far up did you go? Thanks, John Born to Fish, Forced to Work KSMEDIC.COM
Members vince Posted March 7, 2006 Author Members Posted March 7, 2006 John we stayed below hwy 10 bridge. Vince
Bill Butts Posted March 7, 2006 Posted March 7, 2006 Greetings, Nice to see some Whites showing up early in some fishable water. Had a call from a buddy yesterday who said he had made multiple trips to the Spring River (OK) over the past 8 days (it's a 3 hour drive for him) and that they had really caught a lot of fish. They mostly fish the water above the 10C bridge within the first mile. They use light ultralights with 4# line with small plastics, but I didn't ask the colors (it's not critical if you are on the fish). I was amazed that it sounded like the water was in good shape. It is flowing around 135-140 cfs whereas last year we were easily wading and caught lots of fish when it was flowing 1000-1800 cfs. Vince, I've always wanted to see if there are wadable gravel bars and shoals below the bridge. I would assume right now there would be. ?? The Spring River is one of the greatest rivers I've fished for quantities of Whites and nice easy wading. The run also lasts for several weeks. Bill Butts Springfield MO "So many fish, so little time"
Members vince Posted March 7, 2006 Author Members Posted March 7, 2006 Bill, the shallowest water I saw on the depth gauge was 5ft I wasn't running the boat so I imagine he was keeping it in runable water. The only waders I saw was when we got to the bridge, we saw three above the bridge. We didnt stay there but went back down. I think above would have some good water to fly fish in. Vince
Bill Butts Posted March 7, 2006 Posted March 7, 2006 Vince, I'm pretty sure the guys you saw were my friends from MO. They would have been fishing with spinning rods. You didn't mention whether there is wadable water below the bridge. The Google Earth satellite photos of that area are poor quality but don't appear to show any downstream of the bridge. I've been told there are some, by fishermen. ??? Bill Butts Springfield MO "So many fish, so little time"
Members vince Posted March 9, 2006 Author Members Posted March 9, 2006 Bill, there weren't any gravel bars showning below the bridge, but they may have been just below the waters surface. Vince
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