Bennett C&r

[XP 590]

Had a great weekend before Thanksgiving at Bennett. Was hoping to fish the Niangua but it was running high so we fished in the park Friday and Saturday. The water in the park was up also but fishing was good, mainly on Woolybuggers and other streamers. We caught lots of rainbows including a nice mini-whopper that my brother landed, and I also got into a fun pocket of goggle eye in the Suzy hole.

[laker67]

Had a great weekend before Thanksgiving at Bennett. Was hoping to fish the Niangua but it was running high so we fished in the park Friday and Saturday. The water in the park was up also but fishing was good, mainly on Woolybuggers and other streamers. We caught lots of rainbows including a nice mini-whopper that my brother landed, and I also got into a fun pocket of goggle eye in the Suzy hole.

I think I saw you guys at bssp that weekend. Was your brother the one who slipped off the ledge at the high bank hole and managed to stay dry?

[flyfishmaster]

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Thanks for the info. Where you using weighted streamer and wooly buggers?

later,

FFM

[CS Huntley]

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Thanks for the info. Where you using weighted streamer and wooly buggers?

later,

FFM

Personally, I always do better with weighted fly's in that area. In the park and the river as well, even if it's slow, you can usually get bites when fishing near the bottom. My "go-to" fly in the park is a weighted orange glow ball, fished about 4 1/2 ft below an indicator. It's always been productive for me when everything else just isn't seeming to work.

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Laker, I think that was my brother that took the slip.

FFM-We were definitely using heavy weighted stuff, the stream was running high and it took some weight to get down to the fish. I was using size 6-10 bead head wooly buggers and cone head leaches mainly, fishing them on a variety of swings and retrieves.

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[XP 590]

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Thanks for the info. Where you using weighted streamer and wooly buggers?

later,

FFM

FFM, sorry if I misunderstood the question. WHERE we fished the weigted woolys and streamers was mostly in zone 2. Our best luck was in the area below the main bridge. That water is usually a little riffle then a deeper tailout but with the higher water, the riffle was hard to notice but that area was packed with fish.

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