Fishing Report Sept. 1 2008

[timsfly]

Water is still in fine shape, this is the best shape the park has been in for the past few years, I can't remember when we had this good a flow of water in sept.

We are still getting in some good dry fly fishing, beetles, ants, grasshoppers, stimulators, cracklebacks, caddis, griffiths gnats, lt. cahills, and adams are all working great right now. Water is pretty clear so fishing a 9' 7X leader will really help you right now, you can use 6X but it will cost you a few strikes.

Nymphing has been good also, pheasant tails, burlaps, sow bugs, and copper johns are all catching fish right now, I use these nymphs a lot, and use a small micro egg, zebra midge, or a very small copper john as my trailing fly, I find using 2 flies right now really increases my catch rate right now.

I will set this up using a #14 or #16 lead fly, I will place a #4 or #6 lead shot about 8" above this fly, and I will then tie on about 20" of 7X tippet to the hook shank of my lead fly and tie a small #20 or smaller nymph to this line, I will usually use a small pinch on float about 3' above the last fly, so I'm fishing about 36" most of the time, this method has really worked this summer.

San juan worms, glo-balls, thread jigs, have all been good this past week, fish these under a 1/2 teardrop float if you are using a spinning rod, and a pinch on float works well when fly fishing.

I do well using the tan, olive or the black woolybuggers right now, bigger ones in the mornings(#8's or #10's) and smaller ones in the afternoons(#14 baby buggers)

Marabou jigs are very effective now, the black/yellow, green/yellow, white, tan, and the brown/olive have all been working well.

Micro jigs are good now also, the olive, white, black/yellow and the tan have been working best.

Power eggs in the white, hatch brown, and the orange have all be good this week, if you are using plastic worms, then the orange, white, cheese yellow and the pink have all been working well.

Spin fisherman you need to use the 2lb ling right now, maxima, p-line, vanish, or the seagaur is best, don't use stren, trilene or any of the braided lines out there, these will spook the fish when the water is this clear.

In zone 3 minnows, nightcrawlers, and white powerbait paste has been working.

Good luck this week.

Sept fishing hours are 7:30 a.m.- 7:15 p.m.

Tim's Fly Shop

[Danoinark]

Excellent Tim, thanks for a great report and update. Is there anywhere in the park that the two fly dropper rig is not allowed?

Man, you whetted my appetite for a trip up. Its been to long.

Dano

[jjtroutbum]

Great detailed report. Thanks

Got me thinking to Dano

[catman]

Tim, By the way thanks for the loaner yesterday for my friend from GA..

[timsfly]

No problem on the loaner, glad I could help.

No as far as I know droppers are ok everywhere in

the park.

I have a MDC document that tells me it is ok

to fish droppers at Roaring River State park.