Watts Area

[Trout Predator]

How's the habitat improvement work going on this area? A while back I heard the ODWC and different organizations were in the planning stages of some sort of river habitat improvement. And because I haven't made it down there in a while and haven't heard anything else about I was thinking someone on here might know some more details on this to feed my curiosity.

I came across this Http://tulsaflyfishers.org/files/Watts_Plan_Powerpoint.ppt cool power point showing the plans. Edit: you have to copy paste the url for it to work.

Thanks in advance

[DaddyO]

If that is where I think it is then they have black-topped the road heading back there. I was there over the weekend. I saw a bunch of big rocks piled up. I was wondering what those were for. As far as I could tell, they haven't started placing those big rocks in the river, yet.

It was pretty crowded but I saw several people catching fish. I caught a few there and then we left to go get some lunch. I love those Jolly Roger Cheese Burgers.

If you fish the deep pools there, throw something with pink in it. I had an old beat-up micro jig with a few strands of pink marabou. Pulled a fish on the first cast.

We fished Marval after lunch and caught fish on black zebra midges, prince nymphs and even on a fly that I tied called an Eggy Worm Kenobi. I gave it to my Dad to try and the first one he threw was hit by a good sized fish that broke his line. I gave him another one and he pulled a couple fish out before we left. I'm new to fly tying and that was the first time one of my flies has caught fish. It was pretty exciting.

[Danimal]

Hey Daddy-o, where is Jolly rogers? Dan-o

[DaddyO]

It's on the main drag as you go through Gore next to the bait shop. It's a little white building with lots of cars parked around it during the lunch hour. I think the high school mascot is the Pirate so the restaraunt is the Jolly Roger.

[Zach Bearden]

Yups, we be the Pirates...

Looks like it could be plenty of good water. I personally think it will turn out to be rather slow water though. Especially if they do not make the river narrower.

[Trout Predator]

I'm new to fly tying and that was the first time one of my flies has caught fish. It was pretty exciting.

I remember that feeling. My first fish caught on my own fly was a big fat 17 1/2 in. rainbow. Caught it on a BH dark olive bugger. Then about 2 cast later I had an 18 1/2 in. rainbow on the same fly. Those big fish just love a dead drifted bugger.

[Trout Predator]

Looks like it could be plenty of good water. I personally think it will turn out to be rather slow water though. Especially if they do not make the river narrower.

I was asking myself why weren't they making the river narrower too. I think that would help the most. But overall I think it will help thin out the fishermen a little. You know those days when it's hard to find a good spot.

And can someone tell me what a Bankfull Bench is? I'm thinking its something like rocks pilled up along the bank for erosion control. If it is it could help make the river narrower too.

[Zach Bearden]

Not really sure as to what that is. I guess we'll see sometime sooner or later. I'm going to go down there are see if I can see any form/sort of improvement. I might try to upload some pictures if I have the time.