C & R Dry Flying?

[hookinear]

I am still a little new to the idea(s) of dry fly fishing, but i am very interested in learning how to. It I have tried dries on taney before during the summer months. . . parachute adams, griffiths gnat, and something they called "the big ugly/nasty" and did fairly well. To me it is amazing to see a trout come out from the depths and explode on a little size 20 dry. Even when they just come up and suck it down, barely making a ripple, it is an amazing feeling. Just typing about it gives me chills of excitement. I have never fished in the winter time of C & R at any state parks. I have only fished around Thanksgiving and Christmas at taney. And even then i only used sub-surface flies. Is there any good pattern, or ANY pattern for that matter that i can use dry fishing at any of the state parks. Just wondering if anyone has any good experiences with this during C&R when hatches are at a minimum. Any advice is welcome and Thank You all in advance.

Hookinear

[troutfiend1985]

Cream midge sz 18-22, renegade sz 18-20, black beetles and hoppers. Cream midges seem to work well for me everywhere. Good luck.

[timsfly]

There were caddis hatching off yesterday at Roaring River, and lots of midges.

We catch them on Caddis, adams, renegades, small griffiths gnats, and about

any color of midge you want to throw, black, gray and white are my favorites.

The river is looking much better, able to see fish pretty well yesterday.

Cracklebacks will catch fish most every day, I have even caught them on

beetles and ants on the warmer days in dec, and jan.

[MOBass]

There were caddis hatching off yesterday at Roaring River, and lots of midges.

We catch them on Caddis, adams, renegades, small griffiths gnats, and about

any color of midge you want to throw, black, gray and white are my favorites.

The river is looking much better, able to see fish pretty well yesterday.

Cracklebacks will catch fish most every day, I have even caught them on

beetles and ants on the warmer days in dec, and jan.

Tim

A couple questions for you. How do you fish a midge? I just can't figure that one out. On the crackleback what size is prefered?

May head down on Sunday the 15th. Is your shop open Sunday and if so what time?

Thanks!

[timsfly]

#14 cracklebacks work best for me most of the time.

If you are fishing a dry midge, well you fish it like any

other dry fly, if you are talking about a zebra midge,

fished in tandem with another fly, fished about 30" deep

is what I do most of the time. I like a pheasant tail, or

copper john in a #14 or # 16 as my lead fly and I'll use a

black, brown, olive or bright red or orange zebra about 16"

behind the lead fly. Most people use a small indicator, but

some of the guys sight fish or watch the end of the fly line

for movment.

I'm open fri, sat, and sunday 10-1 3hrs is enough for

anyone to have to work in a day.

Fishing starts at 8a.m. and stops at 4 p.m. fri-mon.