Boating Hazard At Rim Shoals 11/8/11

[Ham]

Finally got a day off that lined up with low water. I was there fairly early with the 4 wt expecting to really catch em. Ehhhh not so much. I never was able to really dial in on a fly that was "hot". Everything would catch a fish every once in a while. Egg patterns seemed to b the most reliable and pulled a little larger fish on average. Once again, they did not follow their posted generation schedule.I wss paranoid from 1 pm watching for rising water. I ran into Frank Aka Brownie from the old Riversmallies day and he gave me an update onthe water still being off.

I had lots of my typical multi-fly tangle issues and more than usual number of breakoffs on hook sets.

I eventually fished down past the first island and noticed a fairly complete mid sized tree blocking the run that most boats use to run the backside of the island. I feel like Gary will get

a chainsaw after it before long. I need to give him a call today and ask if he knows about it. I'd hate for anyone to get hurt or tear their stuff up.

What worked. SJW, Copper John, Y2K, Zebra Midge (black, red), Zig Jig micro jig, bead head Prince.

[Ham]

As of Thanksgiving morning that tree is still in the way. I got past it, but it is a hazard.

I only managed to get 14 trout to hand, but had a nice male Brown in the bunch and some chunky bows.