Easter Weekend At Drc

[ksbass]

We hit Dry Run Creek Easter Weekend. All four of us plus the dog went camping this time. Fishing was decent. Not quite as fast and furious as in Dec but fun for the kids all the same. Emma picked right up on the fly fishing and landed 41 fish. One really nice 18” rainbow and a nice 16” brown. She hooked a mid-20” sized rainbow and fought it for 20 seconds or so before it threw the hook. It was a mammoth. Not bad for her first-time flyrodding it! Seth caught 37 trout and thus was outfished by his little sister but he did land the biggest fish, a 19” rainbow. Emma fished Friday and Sat evenings when Seth didn’t. He brought a cold with him and wasn’t running at 100%. Pink wasn't the color this time, instead, light brown San Juan worms were the ticket. The lightweight 7' 3-wt outfits worked out well for both Seth and Emma.

The campground at Norfork dam is really nice. We had a beautiful spot overlooking the river and weren't crowded at all. The actual fishing at DRC was almost empty. Several times we had the creek to ourselves. As you can see, the creek was picture perfect. The redbuds busting out everywhere and the hills were alive with striking white Dogwoods. It was chilly (40's) and breezy on Friday when we got there and nice and sunny on Sat. The rain moved in on Sunday around noontime. We packed up the camper in heavy rain and headed home. We really needed another day down there for such a long distance to travel (6 hrs) but we all had a great time and a week to recover!

[BFTMASTER]

nice fish, moust be proud to see your daughters do so well at flyfishing!!