Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted November 9, 2008 Root Admin Posted November 9, 2008 Water off yesterday and today in the afternoon. Nice. Windy and cold today but I used it to my advantage. Boated up to the "great wall" about 4 yesterday and took the boat to the shallow side where rainbows were midging like crazy. The great wall- below Lookout- the wall is the block wall constructed this summer on one of the lakeside homes in Pointe Royal... can't miss it. Wind put a good shop on the surface- perfect for stripping soft hackles and that I did. Caught 8 very nice rainbows in short order. Had a couple over 16 inches. Fought hard too. Got dark and headed in. Today I took a couple of friends to the same spot but this time we got out about 2:30. Not as productive as yesterday so we went back down to the narrows and fished there. We fished soft hackles (black #16's)- short, fast strips were most affective. Wooley buggers in dark colors, #12's, I used an olive #10 pine squirrel and caught a couple, #16 black zebra under a float 6 inches did ok- was surprised it didn't do better under those circumstances. The soft hackle produced the most trout- all rainbows, most 12 inches with a couple about 15 inches. We fished almost the whole flat till dark. Good times! Did catch this on a #16 mink scud- this guy fought the hardest of 'em all.
am4mu Posted November 9, 2008 Posted November 9, 2008 Thanks for the report Phil. Hope the water is down when I come down over new years. Can't wait to get down there and give Curtis a hard time about his tigers although my tigers don't look that great either. Doug Kiefer Doug Kiefer Independence, Mo h: am4mu@comcast.net w: dougk@schulzetool.com
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted November 10, 2008 Author Root Admin Posted November 10, 2008 Another nice evening today. Took Ray again up to the great wall and started stripping soft hackles, #18 black, and worked the mid to shallow side all the way down thru the narrows. Didn't leave the boat this time. When the wind would die, I'd switch to a scud or a zebra but never did as well as staying with the soft hackle. The wind would kick up and die- we'd do the best when it blew. Nothing huge but consistently in fish.
jjtroutbum Posted November 10, 2008 Posted November 10, 2008 Phil the last pic of the Bow is very nice. Jon Joy ___________ "A jerk at one end of the line is enough." unknown author The Second Amendment was written for hunting tyrants not ducks. "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." Benjamin Franklin, 1759
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted November 10, 2008 Author Root Admin Posted November 10, 2008 What you didn't like my sucker pics.......
twosets Posted November 10, 2008 Posted November 10, 2008 Beautiful Sucker, Phil "This is not Nam. This is bowling. There are rules."
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