Fishing Good Today, Mdc Working On The Stream A Bit

[timsfly]

fishing was really good today, lots of top water action, saw a lot of midges out early and before I left around 12:00 there were a lot of caddis and a few blue wing olives hatching.

I caught most of my fish today on bunny leeches, some as big as a #4(orange/white) I did very good on these, and I never went smaller than 4X tippet today. I caught and released only 7 fish today

but all were over 3lbs, my biggest was 6lbs, and I had a 5lb as well the rest were 3's and 4's. and all but one were caught on a bunny bug or leech pattern.

I caught 1 on the ornage/white bunny bug, 1 on a tan bunny bug, 3 on a purple squirrel bug, tied like the bunny bugs. and 2 on a white san juan worm. I didn't fish any dries today

but Roger was catching a few on a griffith gnat, Garrison was catching few, didn't see what he was throwing, and Steve was using cracklebacks and he said he had caught a few.

I did see a few jig fisherman catching one now and again, but they didn't seem to be real well.

After a busy weekend, sometimes you need to throw something totaly different, that is why I was throwing the bunny bugs, I didn't catch #'s but the bigger fish took a lot of intrest in those flies today.

I had several more take the fly I just didn't hook them well enough to land them.

It was a nice day on the river, if you want to have the river more to yourself come on a monday, I fished from dry hollow to the low water bridge this morning before I ever had company.

Good day to be on the river.

[ollie]

I was down on Sunday throwing jigs and did pretty good. Fished about 3 1/5 to 4 hours and caught over two dozen easy. Granted I didn't catch any big ones though. I was surprised to see hardly anyone down in zone 3 Sunday morning. Might fish came in droves at times. I mean I would catch several out of one hole only to move on and catch nothing in the next hole. It was enough to keep me occupied.

[timsfly]

Zone 3 was empty because you are not supposed to be fishing in zone 3 during the winter, only 1 and 2 are open for C&R season

your lucky you didn't get the warden after you.

Zone 3 is closed from nov 1st-feb 28th or 29th depending on the year

[ollie]

I wasn't below the park. I guess I'm confused on what the zones are then because I didn't go down below the dam. I thought that was zone 3? I knew you couldn't fish fish below the last bridge during C&R.

[timsfly]

You must have been in zone 2, it starts at Dry Hollow and goes to the new bridge, the one that is just below the old dam, and then zone 3 goes down to Off Davis holler.

I wish we could fish in zone 3 in the winter, but conservation told me they couldn't police it and the upper area, so it is closed.

[rps]

timsfly

Drove through the park today and past your place on the way to Cassville. It was beautiful, but the park was nearly empty - must seem like a private preserve this time of year?

[timsfly]

timsfly

Drove through the park today and past your place on the way to Cassville. It was beautiful, but the park was nearly empty - must seem like a private preserve this time of year?

I remember when I lived in the little house where my shop sits now, sitting on the pack porch on the cool mornings in nov. and dec, drinking coffee and relaxing, it was almost always quite,

only time there was much noise was early and late when people were on their way to work.

You can fish down below the park right now and you will probably not see another fisherman any where, just the occasional farmer checking his cows.

It is a good time of the year to be fishing on the small stream, things are very quite right now.