Dry Fly Action

[Jeff House]

If you're heading to the park anytime soon make sure and have some ants with you. Fished Friday and caught 20-25 fish almost all on an ant pattern (caught a few on a griffiths gnat). My buddy mostly nymph fished and caught 2-3 times as many as I did but I bet I had more fun! Also fished the river for an hour or so before heading back to KC that evening and couldn't even get a hit. Tried nymphs and some streamer patterns but couldn't locate any fish.

[Trout Stalker]

I went down Thursday 8-14-08 thru 8-16-08 and used a Light Cahill & Renegades. Couldn't keep the trout of around 5:30 pm on both days. Blonde Mo Hair Leech was very affective in the morning also.

Also went to the river and caught sevral little small mouth bass.

TS

[buckowens]

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[DoveTail]

Also went to the river and caught sevral little small mouth bass.

TS

What fly patterns were you using for the bass?

[Paola Cat]

Jeff, Which Zone (area) did you get the most ant action in? I'm thinking about heading down on the 24th. PC

[Trout Stalker]

What fly patterns were you using for the bass?

Believe it or not, it was a Light Cahill and Renegades in sizes 14 and 16. They were not big fish, but they were fun to catch.

[brittsnbirds]

PC-

There was a guy fishing up from me with an ant pattern, hitting a few. Below Holland just above first handicapped access. He was putting it on the far bank. Very pretty cast around the trees.

Pat

[Jeff House]

PC - I fished Zone 1 from the spring down to the handicap ramp to start with. Then moved down to between the 2nd and third handicap ramps. Finished the day between the hatchery outlet and the whistle bridge. Two best areas for me were the cut in the bank between the spring and handicap ramp (right where it gets too deep to wade) and anywhere between the hatchery outlet and the whistle. I know most everyone you see in that area is fishing the far bank but I was working the fish on the close edge and middle. It was great fun as I could see them coming from 2 feet away.

Tried several foam patterns but the fish preferred a black dubbing ant with ginger hackle in a size 16. My buddy just ripped them on scuds of various colors and copper johns if you tire of the dry fly bite.

[Paola Cat]

Pat/Jeff ... Thanks for the info. Yep ... we've always got the standard patterns to turn to if the dry action slows. I sure do like to catch them on top though. PC