Justin Spencer Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Went fishing Saturday with Steve Farr in his drift boat. Floated Patrick to James with about 1100 cfs. The evening before we fished the mile from Blair to Sunburst and caught a few on Pat's and at the end around some big rocks we put on a big white wooly streamer that Steve calls the Adam's spore. He promply caught a 16" brown so that is what we started with on Saturday. Between Patrick and the first riffle Steve had at least 4 strikes throwing toward the bank over rocks and boulders. This is sight fishing, as you are able to see your fly as you give it quick jerks and strips. I have concluded that seeing the strike we more often than not pulled the fly out of the fishes mouth when we should have let them take it until we felt the strike. Anyway, I bet we each had 15-20 takes and I landed 3 and Steve landed 2. We fished a nymph a little bit and caught 1, but the streamer was just to much fun to abandon. Never have I had such a fun trip catching so few fish, we even had a couple smallmouth that we missed. If you have access to a drift boat or two man boat you can stand in this is a great way to fish. Reminded me of the time I spent in Florida fishing for Snook and baby tarpon around the mangroves, except for the snow flurries. "The problem with a politician’s quote on Facebook is you don’t know whether or not they really said it." –Abraham Lincoln Tales of an Ozark Campground Proprietor Dead Drift Fly Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lone Angler Posted February 16, 2010 Members Share Posted February 16, 2010 You're driving me crazy with the streamer talk. I'm gonna have to make it down there soon. Would like to make another video anyway. Guess I'll be "attempting" to stand up in a kayak. Thanks for the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 The spore can be magic at times....Glad you both had fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wise Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 We have had pretty epic streamer fishing since right before Thanksgiving....I don't remember a Fall/Winter like this and hope we can have MORE!! Just a couple. Brian My Youtube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 The spore can be magic at times....Glad you both had fun. Well now you piqued my interest...what's it look like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Spencer Posted February 16, 2010 Author Share Posted February 16, 2010 I have yet to tie one myself, Steve tied the ones we were using, but it is tied with white maribou, white rabbit strips, and a head made of wool. I think it may be modified from other streamers, but with a little searching I'm sure you could come up with something. I'm sure other streamers would work also, but what was nice about this fly was it sinks slowly so can be used in skinny water, we added a little weight to get it down a little bit, the big wooly head really makes it come alive in the water darting as it pushes water. Fun! I think this high water all winter has made the streamer fishing great, in big water when all else fails, even when the river is muddy I think it is hard to beat a streamer! "The problem with a politician’s quote on Facebook is you don’t know whether or not they really said it." –Abraham Lincoln Tales of an Ozark Campground Proprietor Dead Drift Fly Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 It looks like a 3-5" long sperm swimming through the water....Steve Adam's created it, and I think Lee Trapp named it. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Great description Gavin...So kind of like a raghead sculpin with a rabbit strip tail. Wish I could be down there to fish one myself, keep catching them guys, I love streamer fishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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