Current River Trout Fishing/ Float Question

[cnr]

When I was on the river Monday it was running about 2.25 on the Montauk gauge, I don't think you could get a canoe under that tree, but I was wading and not floating. Good luck and enjoy!

[ness]

Yeah -- stay left at the #$%^&&* Horseshoe.

[Gavin]

Blindfolded no thanks, but I've floated it a night a couple times. If your salvaging, dive that horsehoe bluff...might find some good stuff there. And who knows...maybe Ness will pay you a finders fee ;>)! Still need to return your lantern Ness. Will haul it to the UPS store later this week.

[ness]

Blindfolded no thanks, but I've floated it a night a couple times. If your salvaging, dive that horsehoe bluff...might find some good stuff there. And who knows...maybe Ness will pay you a finders fee ;>)! Still need to return your lantern Ness. Will haul it to the UPS store later this week.

Licks taken, lesson learned, gear replaced. I'm movin' on.

[copfisher]

Thanks to Gavin and everyone else for the advice. There is truly a wealth of knowledge here.

Now that most of the guess work is gone for the float, all that's left is to land some fish!

[joeD]

Don't forget to bring some BIG streamers. Some fish don't want a nibble or snack. They want a MEAL! They say "GIMMIE!" There are plenty of fish that are measured in pounds, not inches, in that stretch. Give'em what they want. It's only fair.

[ozark trout fisher]

I'd float Baptist to Cedar or Baptist to Parker. If you wade, I like the water around Baptist more than Tan Vat, but that's just me.

As for fly selection, nymphs usually catch more fish than other techniques, although they do tend to be smaller. Hare's Ears, Pheasant Tails, Princes, Scuds, Eggs, and San Juans are all good. I also like to fish a #10 woolly under an indicator. I like to have the Hare's Ears, Pheasant Tails, Princes, and Scuds in sizes 10-18. #14 seems to work most of the time, but sometimes they will want something smaller or larger.

As for dries, expect some caddis hatches, so have plenty of Elk Hare's along.

Bring some big old streamers as well if you want to go after the big browns.

There have been lots of fish right at the ledge where the riffles dump into the deep holes. Tight-line a copper john or some other quickly sinking nymph through those areas and you'll catch fish.

Good luck!

[copfisher]

Thanks for the all the advice. We ended up having a fantastic trip--we'll definitely be back!

We started floating at Tan Vat and immediatly starting catching fish below the first rapid. Saturday morning we had a great morning/early afternoon. Between the two of us we caught around 15-20 fish and had probably just as many takes that were missed...so there was plenty of action. From about 10-12am there was a pretty good hatch occuring. Not a lot of activity on the top of the water but fish were active below the surface. Pschyo Prince nymph's were very effective.

Sunday the action was a much slower. Still landed a couple fish a piece but there seemed to be much less activity. Everything Sunday was caught on wooly buggers. Sunday my dad had a huge brown on that we both were able to see momentarily before it shook loose. Probably would have gone 20+. Yet another reason to return!

[Nortrad]

Nice report, heading down, finally, this weekend. Wish I was fishing it today--cloudy, a bit humid...hopefully will hook up on some fish.