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[hookinear]

Just got back from another amazing Taneycomo trip. It just seems like it gets better everytime i go down there. Me and the family got down there around noon on friday and i couldnt throw the luggage out of the cars quick enough so i could head down to the dam. They were running 1 unit when i got down there so i figured id just head up above outlet 1 and work my way down. Had only 5 takes and one fish to hand with a BH olive woolly. Decided to switch up and go with a rusty midge w a pink/yellow egg dropper and they started biting like crazy. Caught 16 decent rainbows in the 14-17 inch range between outlet 1 to just below outlet 2. All but one were on the egg. Then the rains really set in so i wrapped it up for the day. Saturday my father and i went out in the boat and ran up above fall creek and tried working the banks and swallows with some jigs. We had plenty of follows, but only managed one fish to the boat in about an hr and a half. We tried white, brown, olive, and tinsel jigs, even some cleos and mepps and they wouldnt take. Finally i reached in my vest and got stuck with a hook. Pulled out what i believe was a pumpkin marabou colored jig that a got from lilleys landing a while back. Decided what the heck and so we tied them on. Non stop action! We brought in 35+ fish to the boat in about 3 hrs. Only reason we had to quit was the trout tore all the marabou off the jigs. Well that and the cold rain chilled our cores. All in all, another great taneycomo trip. Everytime i head down there, especially with my father by my side, it is always a great experience. Cant wait to go back in April!

Hookinear

[Phil Lilley]

Pumpkin- you mean orange? Straight orange? Do I carry that one?? Don't think I've used that one before.

Amazing.

[Gatorjet]

Maybe Ginger PJ's. Looks kind of pumpkin to me.

[freelancer 11]

I have had great success off of the orange and white jigs that Phil sells.

[hookinear]

Pumpkin- you mean orange? Straight orange? Do I carry that one?? Don't think I've used that one before.

Amazing.

I dont think it was orange. I think it was a burnt orange with some dots on the jig head itself. If i remember right i got them when taney was flooded. It may have been ginger though. All i know is that it worked for dad and myself.