Sunday, Sept. 3, Holiday angling adventure.

[King Ming]

jim and I fished together on Sunday, Sept. 3, from 7:00 am til 7:00 pm, with a break from 3 til 6 for the unschedualed power generation. We went intintially to see the antics of the holiday anglers, as well as do a little fishing and scouting.

There where numerous good laughs to be had from our observations. There was one angler, who was shuffling so much that a Ditch Witch could not do a better job, yet still could not catch a fish, and after about 15 minutes, got mad and left the water cussing. Another angler was using a Mepps bucktail spinner, about 6" in length with a 12" Titanium leader. Asked the individual, "why are you using a bite leader?" His reply was "I am using this here Titanium leader, because trout have teeth that can cut through any type of line." After seeing the condition of his line coming from his Zebco 33, I could understand why, and could almost bet a carp could gum its way through this anglers' line.

Now, the fishing was quite good, though the fish were a little spooky and line shy from all the wading anglers and things being thrown at them. Unfortunatley, jim and I had to switch from 5X to 6X at about 10 am. Sowbugs, glo-balls and San Juan worms were the productive flies for us during the day. Caught a good mix of browns and rainbows, while fishing between the Big Hole and the #1 outlet. Wanted to venture down towards the Rocking Chair hole, but we had enough entertainment where we were and did not want to deal with the even larger crowd at that area.

Can't wait til my next daytime weekend angling adventure with jim.

King Ming

[Steve Smith]

That is a hilarious story King, but adventures such as you describe aren’t limited to Taneycomo at all. I don’t know how many times I’ve seen tourist in the parks using what appeared to be bait casting gear all the way up to surf spinning outfits with at least twenty pound or heavier test mono trying to throw trout baits. The sinkers most added to be able to throw the tiny lures sound like hand grenades going off causing every fish in the pool to scatter in a panic. One things for sure, once they make a few cast they get that hole to themselves.