Fishing Report

[Phil Lilley]

Finally got back down here... this time I got some help. His name? John Berry.

It was a pleasure for sure. We put in at Rim Shoals about 2 pm. 2 units becoming 3 later in the evening. We drifted a #20 olive scud under an indicator at Jenkins Creek down with no success. Saw one other fish caught there. Drifted on down below the island and tried a couple other nymphs including the unbeatable Zebra- nothing. Then we tried a dry- a hopper pattern John had. I had 8-9 rises the rest of the afternoon, mainly along the banks- the first was a nice cutt that threw the hook after a couple of jumps. I also had good success with my ol' standby- a red stimulator #12.

Heard other comments on the water- fishing was tough for everyone so we didn't feel bad at all.

If I had more chances to fish down here, I'd wear out the banks using big dries.

[Phil Lilley]

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[Terry Beeson]

HEY!!!!... Where's that trademark see-gar?

[John Berry]

Phil is dead on. It was a tough day! What saved us was the fact that Phil is an excellent caster. We cruised the banks and he put the fly really close to the bank and then mended for a perfect drift. He was casting 60 to 75 feet on most casts and we were tagging trout on large flies. It should be noted that Phil won second place in the distance casting competition at Conclave. There is a good bit of competition there and he did extremely well. The cigar was in my vest. I was so busy handling the boat, I didn't get a chance to fire one up.