Flysmallie Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 Fished Bennett for the first time today with my best friend Russ. Russ is not much on fly fishing for trout but he puts up with that and I put up with his crappie trips! We drove around for a bit first thing and thought the Whistle Bridge looked interesting. Russ hooked up with one right off the bat on a scud but lost him. You could really tell that he hadn't picked up a fly rod in about a year. Of course I was throwing a streamer, on a 3wt, yeah I know, I'm a retard. Had several swipe at many different streamers, but no takers. Finally put on an egg and caught my first fish. Small rainbow and then a small sucker right after that. Then things got real slow. With all the stuff we were carrying we didn't have a single split shot between us. I had a hard time getting that egg down quick enough to get bit. Lost several more fish and decided to move down river. Picked up a couple more fish on the egg on downriver but it was pretty slow. Stood in one spot for a long time trying to get some smallies that I spotted to bite. The only bite I was able to coax out of them went unnoticed until I saw one of them turn and spit out my fly. That was smart. About that time Russ walks up and pushes me like he's going to push me in the river. That's when I realized that my feet were firmly frozen to the rock I was standing on. Ended up pulling the felt sole off of one of my boots. But not all the way, just the front to about half way back. That increased the level of wading difficulty. We ended up wading a little more downstream before retreating to the heater in the car. We had to make an early getaway since the family had other plans for me in the afternoon. I really enjoyed Bennett. What a beautiful place. I have to make it back there very soon. And maybe I will be a little better prepared. I did see a monster trout hanging around the bridge plus several nice smallies. I love that!!! Oh yeah don't forget, there is no fish cleaning in the bathroom sinks. The scary thing is that this must have been a problem at some point if they put up the signs. People really do amaze me.
duckydoty Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 Nice report and great pictures. Bennet is the 1st place I ever trout fished when I was a kid A Little Rain Won't Hurt Them Fish.....They're Already Wet!! Visit my website at.. Ozark Trout Runners
DD'sMC Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 BSSP is the place where I caught my first rainbow on a flyrod all by myself! My instructor was so proud!!! Truly a beautiful place to catch fish. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. The two best times to go fishing? When it is raining and when it is not.
Terry Beeson Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 I like Bennett except in the spring and summer when it looks like a bunch of people hearding the fish... I bet it's sweet fishing in the C&R season... TIGHT LINES, YA'LL "There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil
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