Double Grand Slam

[John Berry]

I fished the Norfork yesterday. The temperature was forty one, the sun was shining, the winds were five to ten miles per hour and the river was on the bottom. There was one other angler in the Catch and Release section and he was far from me. There was a prolific midge hatch coming off and I slayed them with Dan's turkey tail emerger. I caught my first grand slam of the year and then my second. This is my first ever double grand slam. I caught most of my trout on a size eighteen Dan's turkey tail emerger but I lost my only one when an eighteen inch rainbow took its second leap and broke my 6X tippet. I switched to size twenty two and the trout didn't know the differance. It was one of my best days ever on the Norfork.

[laker67]

Congrats! Congrats! That covers both of them. The brook is the one that always beats me. My trip in Feb produced my first for this year. I have never caught one on the white, but have done it a few times at the Norfork. Kerry Daniels and I fished Cook Island in early Feb and not another person was in sight. We caught all of our fish on a #14 grey sowbug on 7x. It's always great to catch the river on an uncrowded day. Way to go! Double grand slam!

[Cody Smith]

John,

Just wondering about the Cutts? Did you land just 2 or more? Just wondering how there doing~

[Greg]

Wow a double. That's great. I actually got a slam on my first trip to the norfork several years ago. I think that was luck as I've never repeated it since.

I'm glad to hear the norfork is fishing well again.

Greg

[Don Allenbaugh]

At a boy John. I had a single slam yesterday (#35) and quit fishing at 100. I fished up below the dam where Dry Run comes in, and the riffle on the far side of the river from Dry Run. I will let you guess what I was using. I figured they had the great Norfork fish escape as a lot of them where stockers. Recommend anything tan or gray. Scud or wet fly should not matter.

[John Berry]

I caught my first brookie on my second cast. It took two hours for me to catch a cutt then I caught several. It was the browns that surprised me. I caught over a dozen in the twelve to fourteen inch range and they were all wild. I thought about staying longer to see if I could pick up another Brook but the sun started going down and it was getting colder.

Don, I have a pretty good idea what fly you were using. I don't know why you carry a fly box. Just put a couple of extra flies in the patch on your vest in case you lose one.

[DoveTail]

Sounds like an excellent day! Congrats!