Don Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 My friend and I fished from sunrise until noon between chutes one and two. I believe it was the first time I have waded Taney since January. Man, it felt great. We each finished with about fifteen fish a piece. The bite wasn't real hot but no complaints here. There was no specific hot fly, fish were caught with pine squirrel, ants, cranefly, woolies, scuds, San Juans, and eggs. We went down to KOA anf fished about an hour after all of that. I was in pursuit of large browns and caught my first smallmouth bass on a flyrod. I really enjoyed the battle. I used a TNA Trout and the fish measured 16 inches. Don Don May I caught you a delicious bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danoinark Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 Nice report Don. I didn't check, was the water off today? Dano Glass Has Class "from the laid back lane in the Arkansas Ozarks" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted September 2, 2008 Author Share Posted September 2, 2008 I didn't check the charts. It was still off when we left about 1:00 PM. Don Don May I caught you a delicious bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danoinark Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Dang it, the one day I didn't call.... Oh well my lawn is mowed....Dano Glass Has Class "from the laid back lane in the Arkansas Ozarks" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Yes the water was off today until 4 PM. It was AWESOME. My wife and I fished from noon until 4PM. It started out slow but ended up being a very nice day. We both caught some very nice rainbows. Probably around 30 fish between the 2 of us. We fished below the rock on down almost to the boat ramp. It was so nice to be able to actually wade Taney again. The fish seemed to be more scattered than normal with areas devoid of fish and other areas with a lot. We used the usual stuff - weighted scuds and zebras mostly but I also took several on a g-bug and several on a mohair leech. A gentleman fishing downstream of us took a really nice rainbow - well over 20". He released it. Don - is that a TFO Finesse in your pic? If so what length and wt is it and do you like it? Greg "My biggest worry is that my wife (when I'm dead) will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it" - Koos Brandt Greg Mitchell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kevinkirk Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Saw a family in front of the landing with about 50 trout. They were so happy. ANother guy in boat fly fishing with nymphs and he was also doing well. Didnt get to fish but bought land so I am on the way anyhow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danoinark Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Saw a family in front of the landing with about 50 trout. They were so happy. ANother guy in boat fly fishing with nymphs and he was also doing well. Didnt get to fish but bought land so I am on the way anyhow. Good for you Kevin. Yer gettin er done. Glass Has Class "from the laid back lane in the Arkansas Ozarks" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted September 2, 2008 Author Share Posted September 2, 2008 Greg, Yes, it's the Finesse. It is a good multipurpose rod. I can not cast it far like I could cast a fast rod but I'm not a good caster anyway. I cast light tackle with this one rather accurately. I fish streamers with it at night. It is a great nymphing rod. It is great for dries and soft hackles. I would call it a great placement rod. This one is an 8' 9" 5wt. Don Don May I caught you a delicious bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 Thanks for the info Don. I was looking for a 5 wt recently and was considering the Finesse. I ended up going with a Sage Launch and really like it but that TFO is a really nice rod too. So many nice rods and so little time....... Greg "My biggest worry is that my wife (when I'm dead) will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it" - Koos Brandt Greg Mitchell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted September 3, 2008 Author Share Posted September 3, 2008 Greg, I just noticed your quote for the first time. That's the funniest I've seen in awhile. My next interest in a rig might me a 4 wt Lamson Konic on a 4wt Scott A2 with potential 5wt line. Any feedback (constructive criticism) from some experts is welcome. By the way, two really nice guys were knocking them out on egg patterns just 50 ft down from us yesterday. They said they got their info from Jeremy Hunt's forum. Don Don May I caught you a delicious bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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