Fly_Guy Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Greetings from North Carolina. We've lived here for over two years now, and I'm still missing the ozark fishing. Dusted off the fly rod for the first time in about 7 or 8 months (new baby ), and fished the upper Jacob's Fork river yesterday in the South Mountains State Park. Walked several miles of trail, and ended up with 8 brookies, and 1 rainbow. Used pheasant tails, large silver scuds, and a little bead-head worm contraption that is popular with the local fly fishermen. Largest brook trout was around a foot long - and very pretty.
ness Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Sweet! I like that shot of your rod/line. Makes my predator neurons start to fire. Looked it up -- I've got a niece that lives over in Hickory John
mic Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Sweetness. Thanks for the report. Got a recipe and pic for that worm contraption? If it works there....
moguy1973 Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 I loved fishing in the Smokies last summer over in Cherokee. There's some really great water to fish over that way. -- JimIf people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. -- Doug Larson
Fly_Guy Posted October 11, 2012 Author Posted October 11, 2012 The worm contraption is called a "squirmy wormy" - made out of neon squirmy wormy material by Spirit River, tied with a bead for weight. They may not qualify for use in Taney and other areas where soft plastic is banned - they are "flies" here though. And they surpass the san juan worm in effectivness by a factor of 20. Phil or others may know the regs better about what is a "fly", and what qualifies as soft plastic, but if they were used on upper taney, you could have an amazing day. The brookies here seem to enjoy them - I cast and strip in short, sharp strips. They don't have to have much weight, because the water here is very small - the area of the stream I had the best luck on was about 9-10 feet across, and maybe 1.5 feet deep. In areas where soft plastics are allowed, they would be a great alternative to the san juan. Spirit River Squirmy Wormies http://spiritriver.net/materials/bodies-parts/squirmy-wormies%E2%84%A2 Finished "Fly" https://www.outsidebozeman.com/spring-2011/fishing-worms
Tim Smith Posted October 14, 2012 Posted October 14, 2012 Good to see you posting here again, Fly Guy. Nice to see some native brookies with size.
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