Fishing Report 3/10/11

[TroutRinger]

Short story: It was a great day

Got in the water at about 2:30, and things started out slow. Fishing between Outlet 1 and 2 throwing various combinations of midges, scuds, and san juan worms only getting two takes. Didn't land either.

After about 45 minutes, some room opened up right above Outlet 2 so I jumped all over it. Tied on a brown egg up top with a pearl and copper 18 midge trailing and things went crazy from there. For the next two hours, I got a hit on nearly every throw, landed too many to count, and lost many others (I was in a bad fighting position with the current). All the fish were healthy 14-20 inchers. The gentleman across from me (by the stairs) was doing just as well with some sort of egg pattern.

On a side note, this was the first time in at least 5 years for me throwing multiple flies and miraculously didn't have one mess. Special thanks to Trout Commander whose rig set-up I borrowed (http://ozarkanglers.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=25111&pid=163432&st=0&#entry163432). It was also the first time in a while that I fished purely with a fly rod. I might be going to the "dark side".

I planned on heading down tomorrow morning before work, but the generation schedule doesn't look favorable. Might try Bennett instead.

[JimG]

Thanks for the info. I'm going to be fishing there for the first time in a few weeks, but spinning gear only.

Do they sell trout tags like at Roaring River or do you need to have a trout stamp?

[Trout Commander]

Short story: It was a great day

Got in the water at about 2:30, and things started out slow. Fishing between Outlet 1 and 2 throwing various combinations of midges, scuds, and san juan worms only getting two takes. Didn't land either.

After about 45 minutes, some room opened up right above Outlet 2 so I jumped all over it. Tied on a brown egg up top with a pearl and copper 18 midge trailing and things went crazy from there. For the next two hours, I got a hit on nearly every throw, landed too many to count, and lost many others (I was in a bad fighting position with the current). All the fish were healthy 14-20 inchers. The gentleman across from me (by the stairs) was doing just as well with some sort of egg pattern.

On a side note, this was the first time in at least 5 years for me throwing multiple flies and miraculously didn't have one mess. Special thanks to Trout Commander whose rig set-up I borrowed (http://ozarkanglers.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=25111&pid=163432&st=0&#entry163432). It was also the first time in a while that I fished purely with a fly rod. I might be going to the "dark side".

I planned on heading down tomorrow morning before work, but the generation schedule doesn't look favorable. Might try Bennett instead.

Sounds like a fun time! Thanks for posting.

Thanks for the info. I'm going to be fishing there for the first time in a few weeks, but spinning gear only.

Do they sell trout tags like at Roaring River or do you need to have a trout stamp?

No special/daily tag. Just the trout stamp, but it is required to fish, whether you keep any or not.

[rainbow]

You don't need a trout stamp below the bridges in branson but you can't keep trout there if you don't have one. above the bridges you need a stamp to fish.