Just Got Back From Taney

[itsdesignateddave]

First off, four and a half hours each way makes the trip seem to get longer every time! Got down there Monday afternoon and the water was off, fished from the dock for a while and caught 5-6 bows on white gulp, not a single taker on worms. Being new to fly fishing I went up to the dam to get a look at things Tuesday morning. Probably saw 40+ fisherman up and down the banks. In an hour or so I managed one fish on a large white maribou jib (1/8oz or larger). I didn't have a tape measure with me but measuring it against my arm put him at 19"+. Too bad this was on the spinning rod. Water was on Tuesday morning as well, but must have only been one or two units as it was still wadeable (to a point). I caught probably 6-8 bows before the rains came. Wednesday I managed to get in right by outlet one since not many people wanted to fish in the pouring rain. I caught around 30-40 fish during the course of the day all on the same natural light brown worm pattern. It's not really a san juan worm, but I found it at walmart and think I will get a few more for next time. 4 or 5 of these were browns, but they didn't have much size to them, all being 13" or smaller. I got up early this morning to get to the outlet before 8am. Only one fish, but the gentleman next to me caught a large brown, maybe 22-23 inches. (Did I mention I can't guess well on size!) It was big enough it wouldn't fit very well in his landing net. No pictures, but I now know that I need to do some studying before I get back down on what patterns to fish and proper setup as some of the guys were catching them every 2-3 casts, and I was catching them every 20-30 minutes.

All in all a good trip, and maybe I'll look into getting a job in the area so I can be closer to the trout streams in the area.....Anyone know where a banker can make good money and have plenty of vacation? lol

[Danoinark]

Nice report, thanks.

Dano

[Dawgsquat]

You should be able to find some work in or around Branson. The place is growing like wildfire.

Good report.