Fishing Report 4/1/2006

[John Berry]

I have been fishing the Caddis Hatch all week. It seems to be dying down. Yesterday I went to the Hurst Chamberlin Area. In the morning I fished Elk Hair Caddis and caught a half dozen fish. The largest was a fat 15 inch wild brown that put up a great fight. I walked up to the riffle below Hurst and tied on a Partridge and Green Soft hackle. I started catching fish immediately. In the next half hour, I caught maybe ten fish. I looked at my watch and remembered that I had promised to take my wife, Lori fishing. I rushed home, picked her up, and we went back to the run. We fished it all afternoon and caught over fifty fish a piece. It was nice because there were no other people around. The word on the caddis hatch is out and the popular spots like Rim Shoals were swarming with fly fishermen. At the end of the day Lori and I were exhausted but had enjoyed the fishing immensely.

John Berry