Fishing Report for 12/20-12/23

[Jayhawk Chris]

I fished everyday this week for about 4 hours each day and had some good success. Tuesday, I fished off the big Lilley's dock on the far west end and caught about 25 'bows on a 1/64th oz olive colored maribou jib. I would cast towards the smaller dock upstream and let the jig sink to the bottom. I would then slowly retrieve it with an occasional twitch. Generally speaking most hits came on the fall or I would just feel a slight resistance as the trout would swim off to the side. I fished for about 2 hours from about 8 am until 10 am.

Wednesday- Fished in the afternoon from about 3-6. Caught only 12 fish, however I was experimenting with various cracklebacks and other dry flies in an effort to expand my confidence in these baits. I fished primarily just above chute #3 to the beginning of rebar. There were lots of fish surfacing and I must admit that I missed a lot of takes as I was too quick on the trigger.

Thursday- Only fished for about an hour and caught 3 small trout on the olive jig from about 5-6 pm. This was off the west end of Lilley's big dock.

Friday- Fished this morning from 7-8 and caught 4. Wasn't a whole lot of surface action so I went back to the olive jig.

For those of you who haven't attended the Tuesday night fly tying class, I highly recommend it. What a great experience. Jeremy was a great host and an even better instructor. I had never tied a fly before in my life but Jeremy (and Brian) really made me feel comfortable and was a great experience. I will definitely get back down there during my next business trip in a few weeks.

Thanks to all at Lilley's for a great time