Saturday Night Report

[zander]

So for a little background, I bought a new fly rod and reel today (fathers day gift to me) and had an itch to try it out. It is a 9 ft 5 wt White River Classic from BPS. The only other fly rod I've ever used is a fiberglass 8 wt. Well I can tell you that there is a world of difference between the two. It took me a little while to get used to it. The slow casting that I do with the 8 wt didn't work on the 5 wt. I got to Taney about 8:30 PM. Started below Outlet #2 throwing an olive bead-head PMS. Had a good hook up on my 3rd and 5th casts. Fish came off though. I think I didn't set the hook hard enough with the more limber rod. Saw Leonard getting ready to take a client out and went down to rebar. The fog had really set in by then and my glasses kept fogging up. I ended up in an area with no current and no takes. By this time I just really wanted to bring a fish to hand with my new rod so I tied on a size 12 tan sowbug and went up to Outlet 2 again. A few drifts and it happened. I hooked into a nice fish. It was giving me a workout. I could even feel my arm burn a little. I couldn't horse him in like I can do on my 8 wt. I thought it was just an average trout though and that they all probably fight like that on a smaller rod. It was peeling line off and made two good line peeling runs. After 4-5 minutes I got it in the net (barely). It was a 19-20 inch rainbow at least, I really don't know how big it was since I didn't have anything to measure it with. I didn't take my camera either. It took a while to revive it and I watched the thick fish cruise away. A little while later I caught a 15-16 incher, full of jumps and thick as well. Tied on a black hibernator and missed a few more. I don't always have the fastest reflexes. Decided to head back about 11:30 PM. Nice night.

[Danoinark]

I can't believe the water was off late yesterday. I knew I should have gone.

Dano

[jefly77]

My dad and I were out last night above outlet 1. As soon as it started to get dark we were killing them on floating rapalas in gold, silver, and brown trout. We had hits on almost every cast. From about 8:30 - 10:00 we caught about 15-20 each and missed a bunch. We had several doubles and caught a few that were pushing 20". Man I love fishing with my dad.

[Leonard]

Hey Jeff...

The next time you head up this way... Give me a shout...

I'll toss in the spinning rod and we make a night of it..

Im ready to toss around the raps a few times

I got a new jig to show you... your gonna love this one!!

Leonard

[tippett7]

Great report Leonard. I was down there on Saturday night above outlet 1. Caught a few but it was crowded in there.