Saturday Fishing Report

[Jet121]

I am new to this forum as a member, but I have been reading posts pretty regularly for awhile, and have found it pretty helpful (especially the discussions and reports). So I am more than happy to "pay it forward" with one of mine. Fished from about 1:30 to 4:30 in the quick seam of water in between the first and second outlets. With not many people fishing the area, went to the south bank and immediately hooked up with a 22" rainbow. Stayed there the rest of my day with fish every 2 to 3 drifts. Used a dropper rig, half of a palsa ind., with a #22 wet midge pattern as the lead, and a #24 black loop emerger as the trailer. Caught probably 70% on the emerger. Ended up with approx. 25 fish, with 10-12 being in the 20" range. No big browns, as expected, but lots of fun, and a beautiful day to be out there. Phil, thanks for an informative and helpful website, tight lines to everyone.

[Danoinark]

Wow you slayed them. I wish I could have days like that. Think I will give it a try Sunday. Dano

[Phil Lilley]

WOW!!! On a Saturday even! I may have to change one of my golden rules-

"No fishing on Saturday... especially in October".

Loop wing... haven't fished a loop wing in a while. Ryan Walker introduced me to Loop Wings.

[Jet121]

That is one of my rules too, but im a student in springfield, and the weekend is pretty much my only opportunity to make it to the river. (and crowded or not, the river is a great vacation from the classroom ) I will say that lots of the people I have met the last few weekends have been extremely personable. Its always nice to fish around people that are sociable and have an understanding of stream etiquette, especially when its crowded. I started tying loops about a year ago with the advice of a friend. I really like to tie the loop using 2 or 3 strands of flash. I think it gives it a really "buggy" look, especially when fishing shallow water with lots of sunshine.

[Larry Murphy]

Jet....mind posting pictures of your flies, or posting a URL? Still trying to learn what to tie or buy....

[Jet121]

Larry, there is a recipe for a loop WD-40 on the How-To-Tie-Flies link on the home page of this site. Its not too hard to tie, and is a great fly for Taney pretty much anytime of the year.

[Phil Lilley]

http://ozarkanglers.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1687

If you have problems finding flies or other things on the forum or ozarkanglers, use the search on the forum or the goolge search tool and search only ozarkanglers. It works good!