Fishing Buddy Report-February 26Th

[eacoffman]

My wife and I arrived at Taneycomo around noon, the temperature was around 60 with bright sunshine and gusty winds. The water was off and there was a not a huge number of fishermen on the water.

Janet and I were both using 5 weight fly rods with 6X tippet. Janet headed to the cable area with a rust and brown #16 zebra midge about 18" under an indicator. I went to the top of the rebar hole with a WD 40 about 5" below a split shot and 2' under an indicator. I later replaced the WD 40 with a red San Juan worm.

Janet caught two rainbows near the cable area and later caught one more near rocking chair. All were in the neighborhood of 12" in length.

I got skunked with the WD 40 and San Juan worm. After I crossed the mouth of the rebar hole I realized my flies likely never made it to the bottom. I drastically underestimated the speed of the current and the depth of the channel. During 1 1/2 hours I was at the top of the rebar hole I only saw one fish caught, but it was a nice 4 pounder.

During the process of getting skunked, both of my boots completely blew out (they were old), so I moved close to the stairs at outlet #3 to get near the parking lot. I tied on a brown zebra midge and caught a rainbow about 3' from the bank directly south of the stairs. The rainbow was 16" and put up a good fight.

We left at about 2:15 PM, ate lunch, stopped at a few stores and replaced my boots. We returned to Taneycomo at about 5:30 PM and found the water still off, the wind down and very few fishermen left on the lake.

Janet and I both tied on #16 rust and brown San Juan worms. We went to the cable and there were a few trout rising so we set our indicators about 18" above the fly. Janet caught 4 rainbows and had as many long distance releases. I caught one rainbow with the rust and brown midge then lost the fly. I replaced it with a black zebra midge with silver wire. I caught two more fish with this fly but they seemed to prefer Janet's rust and brown midge. We left the lake at 6:15 PM.

We were out of the country for a couple of years and had not fished Taneycomo for 2 1/2 years. We noticed the changes in the lake since our last trip and will have three more days to become re-acquainted with our favorite fishing hole. Hopefully the days that follow will produce more fish.

[jwpage]

Thanks for the report. The next time I am up there, I am definately taking my fly rod.

Tight Lines!