Members zonker Posted March 17, 2012 Members Share Posted March 17, 2012 First trip at the end of Feb. was about the streamer bite & nymphing black stoneflies for the browns. A buddy of mine, Mark, and I caught several nice brownies + a load of those stockers and reg. sized bows using a variety of streamers (slumps + meatwhistles the best) & nymhing stoneflies HEAVY and DEEP from Sunburst downstream. Water levels were ideal for wading + a couple of overcast skies made for a great trip. Went back w/ Dad earlier this week and the river was up and rising. Fished Kelly to Sunburst Monday @ 800+ cfs and continued to rise throughout the day. Thought for sure the streamer bite would be on fire....no dice. Bluebird skies might have had something to do with that....who knows. Anyway, switched over to the heavy nymph rigs fished DEEP and started picking up reg. sized bows consistantly the remainder of the day. Black rubber legs, eggs, flashback PT's, & caddis larvae all produced. Dad stuck this fat & happy 18" bow near Blair to wrap up the day. Floated Tues. from S'burst to James, water level over 1200 & wading tough....so we stuck with fishing from the rafts most of the time & some really nice bows came to play! Rubber legs were by far the fly of choice, fished HEAVIER and DEEPER in the seams and pocket water. Landed several 16+" that day, largest @ 19". Threw streamers intermittently throughout the day with only a few soft takes. 90% of fish landed were bows, the remaining stocker brownies. Always a special trip when given the opportunity to fish with Dad. One last thing: Drowned my Flip HD video camera and would love some input regarding a good, compact, HD video, preferably waterproof. Any advise is much appreciated. Out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean c Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Nice Zonker. Love the pic with the casual wave going down the falls I am always puckered going down them in my drifter. Hopefully I run into you some day on the river I would love to get a close up look at those rafts they seem pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greasy B Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Great fish, some good pictures too. I busted the bottom of my cedar strip canoe in the same spot your waving from. In hind sight I should have walked and lined the canoe, oh well. His father touches the Claw in spite of Kevin's warnings and breaks two legs just as a thunderstorm tears the house apart. Kevin runs away with the Claw. He becomes captain of the Greasy Bastard, a small ship carrying rubber goods between England and Burma. Michael Palin, Terry Jones, 1974 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nortrad Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Excellent report guys, great fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKFlyFisher44 Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Awesome report Zonker! As far as a camera goes....look into the GoPro Hero HD 2. Very popular these days for "outdoor activities". I have been kicking around buying one for sometime but havent pulled the trigger. Brian Wise uses one ALL the time for his videos if you wanna see what the little camera is capable of. Chance ...I'm haunted in my dreams of waters I have yet to fish and trout I have yet to catch... Chasing the Dream... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trout Commander Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Like OK said, look at the GoPro. It is spendy but if you just buy it now instead of burning through more cheapies you'll be happy. I love mine, They are easy to use and basically idiot proof. There are a ton of accessories and mounts for them too. I have spent most of my money on fly fishing and beer. The rest I just wasted. The latest Trout Commander blog post: Niangua River Six Pack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zonker Posted March 19, 2012 Author Members Share Posted March 19, 2012 OK, TC- Yeah, the GoPro Hero is the one I've had my eye on. I've watched a few of Brian's vids and the image quality is certainly impressive. Might just be that time to bite the bullet. Appreciate the advise. Out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Gates Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Like the Watermaster rafts! I have always wanted to fish out of one of those. They look real cool. Great report! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LunkerB Posted March 20, 2012 Members Share Posted March 20, 2012 Looks great! Can not wait to get back to the North fork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mic Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Like the Watermaster rafts! I have always wanted to fish out of one of those. They look real cool. Great report! Would love to hear about the rafts also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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