Report 4/22/12

[NoLuck]

Made it down Sunday the 22nd. Weather wasn't the greatest to say the least. Got on the stream around 8:25. Yeah I know it wasn't at the whistle. I hate fishing on a time clock so I come and go when I want during fishing hours. I started fishing at the end of the highbank hole. First drift and hooked up. Nice bow close to 2 lbs. After that I continually caught fish for close to 2.5 hours. Drove around a little looking around to see who and what was there. Didn't see any familiar faces so I grabbed a bite to eat and then made it back to the stream around 12:30.

In the afternoon rain came and went multiple times. The wind was pretty gusty and the sun only shined for a few minutes here and there. There was a nice hatch of PED's but I could only get a few fish to take my #18 copy. I caught quite a few fish below the spring before the gauge house. Most people I saw were really having a rough time catching fish. The stream didn't seem to have the numbers of fish that I have seen reported on the local report. People also were not catching like the report said either. Of course the people reporting to the reporter may have been bait fishing though.

Anyway, I fished TBH midges and did pretty well. I caught close to 40 fish from 8:30 am till 5:45 pm. You had to really put a lot of effort into making sure you had a good drift without any drag on your line. I fished as deep as I could without getting snagged up on the bottom. If you didn't you were not catching fish. Used multiple colors but the olive with black wire and smoked nickel bead worked best. The bites were very slight. If the indicator moves set the hook. I probably hooked 10 fish in the top of the nose because they were hitting so lightly. Plus I had a ton of LDR's. Used 6x tippet with no problems. I probably could have gotten away with 5x.

I may be able to squeeze out one more day before its back to the grind. Dang it!!

Have fun fishing guys.

[ruthead]

Sounds real good to someone that's not there! Appreciate the report. We're headin down this weekend for a couple days. Anxious to hear how you do today.

Hope ya get a good bend in it but don't break it!

[NoLuck]

Ruthead,

I didn't stay at Bennett. I am going to Montauk Tuesday for the day. Hopefully I will get back down to Bennett before I ship off to someplace for work. I had to get home to get my personal property taxes straight and plates for the camper today. Maybe I'll get down this coming weekend bfore heading off to Ohio for a week. Just remember to get a good drag free drift at Bennett, and fish on the bottom.

[ruthead]

That's allright. Reading about someone fishin at Montauk is better than not fishin at all. How far is it from Bennett to Montauk?

[NoLuck]

Ruthead I am not 100% sure but I believe its about 60 miles.

[ruthead]

NoLuck, How was the fishing at Montauk??

[NoLuck]

NoLuck, How was the fishing at Montauk??

Fishing was pretty average. Not great but not bad either. BH prince nymph seemed to work best. I fished the upper part down to the narrow area by the bluffs. It's been a while since I fished there so I just need to get tuned in to what they want.