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[Jason S]

Well, this weekend was different than others for me. I took my dad and it was one of his first times to fly fish. He did great and caught several nice fish!

We were on the water by 10ish and the weather was nice but very windy! There were fish feeding everywhere and I got really excited! To my surprise it took what I thought was way too long to hook up. I tried the same scuds that killed it for me a few weeks ago... nothin. Moved to PT and HE nothing. Finally went to #20 zebra midges and boom strikes and fish for an hour or two then it kind of just stopped. Again back to rotating through different patterns with very slow successes. Started the day at the lower lot, went up and tried the upper, and ended back at the lower lot.

Saturday we didn't get to start until 1030ish due to generation. We started back at the lower lot and the weather was beautiful, but the bite wasn't. Tried everything in my box and couldn't get strikes. Could see fish everywhere, but couldn't fool them. I caught two at the lower lot before we mover to Watts. Went downstream and I found a couple of nice fish and a third VERY nice fish that I fought for almost 10 mins! Right as I went to put the net in the water, the hook popped out!! I was os mad!!

Overall we had a lot of fun, but it was just not near as action packed as the last couple times I;ve been over. I'm stumped. I have no idea why I couldn't get them in big numbers. We were both using 5x tippit.

Anyone have any ideas? I still love that place!

Here are some pics. BTW got a new camera that I am absolutely in love with! Fuji X10. PM me if you want more info of an awesome do-it-all camera that fits in your waders pocket perfect! I know this is a lot of pics. Don't hate me

I was the brave one to cross first.  AKA the first one to be fishing

[asap52]

Nice pics, thanks for the post. My son and I were there on Sunday and the fishing was a lot slower than in weeks past. We did however catch quite a few fish on small midges. Some of the flies I had caught tons of fish on in weeks past weren't producing Sunday. We caught the vast majority of our trout on a #16 rusty midge and a #18 primrose and preal midge (gold bead with gold ribbing). Lots of fishermen came out saying they had caught only a couple of fish and some with just a few bites so it definitely was a day were you had to search for what they wanted. Beautiful day on the water and still a lot of fun!

Tight lines,

Corky

[TheTugistheDrug]

Thanks for the post and especially the pics.

Waiting to hear what advice anyone offers as to what else they are biting, etc.

[jmaddox]

I'm new to the area and when y'all say lower lot ---- where is that? Sorry, for stupid question but don't want to waste half my morning looking where to go.... Thanks!

[Jason S]

No stupid questions. The lower parking lot is what I call the second parking lot down from the dam. Another way to look at it is its the first parking lot you come to when you turn to go to the dam. Since there are only two parking lots on that road, I call them upper and lower.

If you have any other questions, just ask and have fun!

-Jason