Reports For The Lower Over The Weekend?

[semoseman]

Saw they they weren't generating this weekend, and from the reports look like they actually kept to their word. Thought about getting out, but wasn't sure if they have still been stocking and wasn't sure how dingy the water would be since they have been running so much over the past few weeks.

Any reports appreciated.

Scott

[DaddyO]

I didn't go this weekend but I heard the fishing was pretty good. They stocked a lot of bigger trout for some tournament earlier and nobody caught them.

I took a first time Fly Fisherman today. We got on the water at about 8am and had about 3 hours of fishing before they turned the generators on. I, easily, caught 25 fish and had my buddy on his first fish on a fly rod. I've converted another one. Here are a few pics.

[Hopper]

I didn't go this weekend but I heard the fishing was pretty good. They stocked a lot of bigger trout for some tournament earlier and nobody caught them.

I took a first time Fly Fisherman today. We got on the water at about 8am and had about 3 hours of fishing before they turned the generators on. I, easily, caught 25 fish and had my buddy on his first fish on a fly rod. I've converted another one. Here are a few pics.

I'll be there Sat. (13th) for river cleanup, hope some of those big ones are still ready to be caught, think I'll hang aroud late and try some night fishing over there.

[KCRIVERRAT]

DaddyO... sorry i'm to lazy to check out my maps tonight, but what does the Illinois run in to?

[eacoffman]

OK, here is a report from the weekend. My wife and I arrived at the Watts area Saturday morning about 9:30 AM, she went upstream a little bit to fish with our friend Vince who had been there since about 4:45 AM. They were fishing the west bank where the trees are down just above the tube. Vince had Janet tie on a green/olive scud (about a 16 ?) about 2 1/2' below an indicator, she was using 6X tippett. Janet caught between 8 to 10 with the scud until they quit hitting it. She then used two copper midges that they hit aggressively, both were eventually broken off. She then changed to a red zebra midge with a silver bead and caught a few but with less frequency compared to the copper midges. She finished the day with a black zebra midge with a silver bead (size 18) and easily caught 15 to 20 fish with that bug. In the afternoon we moved above the chute near the boulders on the west bank and she was getting hits on almost every other cast.

I started the day with a red san juan worm, bouncing it on the bottom in the slow riffles below the tube. I threw that fly for an hour until I finally had a fish on and then immediately broke off (I was being hard headed not changing patterns). I then changed to an 18 black zebra midge with a silver bead about 1' below my indicator. I began to catch fish, the first two happened to be the two biggest fish of the day for me, about 14-15". Between 11:00 and 12:15 I caught a dozen fish and missed that many hits. After lunch I stayed with the same midge and caught another 12+ fish, some below the tube and some above. After breaking off I changed to a black size 16 woolie bugger. I threw it toward the boulders on the west bank below the tube and caught 4 or 5 and missed about the same number. I finished the day by going down to the faster riffles that are a few hundred yards below the tube. I used the woolie bugger under an indicator about 1 1/2 times the depth of the water and didn't get any hits. It was time to go home.

In all Janet probably landed between 30 and 40 and I probably netted about 30. Vince and others told us that the fishing had been even better in the early morning hours, during some spans getting hits on every cast. Vince and his friend Ralph both caught 17"+ rainbows during the day. I didn't talk to anyone who didn't catch a fair number of fish.

[Hopper]

DaddyO... sorry i'm to lazy to check out my maps tonight, but what does the Illinois run in to?

Arkansas

[DaddyO]

I'll be there Sat. (13th) for river cleanup, hope some of those big ones are still ready to be caught, think I'll hang aroud late and try some night fishing over there.

I don't know if I'll be able to get down there on the 13th. If I can, I'll ping you and Zach and Chance. Otherwise, I'm definitely going the next Saturday (20th). The wife and kids will be out of town and I will be on my own. Depending on the water and the weather, I may fish both Saturday and Sunday.

[OKFlyFisher44]

Sounds like the fishing was good fellas! Wish I coulda made it but the wife and I spent the weekend in Branson for our 1-year anniversary (a little mini-vacation at the last minute!) so I got to fish Taney and had some good fishing there! Loved the night fishing!

I'll be in Eureka Springs this weekend for the wife's birthday so I'm out on fishing more than likely Phil. I'm hoping I can talk the wife into going by Roaring River on the way home Monday and do a little fishing. Hopefully talk her into trying fly fishing for the 1st time...she's considering it so we'll see...

I'm going to the Current and Taney the last weekend in June if anyone wants to tag along or meet me at Taney...