Late Afternoon Report

[Phil Lilley]

Boated up to just below Andy's house this afternoon. Wanted to get out and enjoy the low water... no generation. Well, it started moving as soon as I got up there but that was ok... fishing's great when the water starts.

Had a 1/8th oz sculpin on the spin rod so I went to work. Bounced it off the bottom- they seemed to like it swimming better so I tied a 3/32nd on instead so I could work it slower and straighter. Missed a ton of strikes. Had alot of fish on for one second- then pulled out. They were the ones I never felf bite, just went to jig and they were there. Miss them almost every time. But I did get a few to the boat.

Wanted to catch some fish on the fly rod so I tied on a #16 tan thin skin scud the Jeremy ties and set the indicator so the the fly drug the bottom but not by much. Caught a couple but again, they were taking it short so I missed more than I hooked. Moss got alittle bad so I went back to the jig. Caught a few nice rainbows.

There were large schools of rainbows all over. All holding in pockets and spots, not spread out at all. Saw some really nice rainbows- very impressed with what I was seeing. No midging- was disappointed in that. I did put on a brown jig I tied from some jig head I order- that are ball jigs tied on small hooks- almost like micros. Tied with sparce hackle, low profile. They like them but not moving, just drifting in the current.

The water slowed and almost stopped by the time I headed in for dinner. 6:30 pm.

[DoveTail]

Do you have a pic of the ball jigs?

[Phil Lilley]

I'll have to tie one and take a pic... I lost the only one I had today.

[Ham]

The most fun I had at Taney was on the upper part of the lake when there was no flow. I was sight fishing bigger bows with a Zig Jig. Pretty cool to give it a hop as the fish would swim up. Pretty aggressive takes.

[Phil Lilley]

That's how I caught the one in the pic. Saw him take it.