Fishing Buddy Report Jan. 16-18

[jfrith]

I would like to first thank Phil and the rest of the staff at Lilleys Landing for providing us with everything we needed and for such a great special on the room.

Me and a buddy of of mine made the trip down Lilleys landing wednesday morning, leaving st. louis at around 8 a.m. and arriving a little after 12. We checked in and unpacked our bags as soon as we got there. We found the cabin to be quite nice and comfortable for the two of us, and could have easily fit another person. Next it was off to find a good access to the river, and we decided to enter at the access right below the hatchery. It was my first time ever fishing lake taneycomo and I was surprised how much it reminded me of the white river I used to fish when I was younger. The river was low but they were runnning some water when we started fishing around 2 p.m. At first I noticed a large number of fish sipping bugs on the surface so I tied on a #16 crackleback and soon hooked up with my first lake Taneycomo rainbow. I was amazed at the fight the fish put up for its small size, and also how healthy it looked. I managed around a dozen more throughout the rest of the day on craklebacks, san juan worms, and zebra midges under an indicator a couple feet with a split shot. My buddy was fishing a spin rod and was able to pick up several bows himself on rooster tails and small jigs. The next day the river was up quite a bit when we made it to the water around 8 a.m. It rained on and off all day but the fishing was just as good as the previous day on all the same flies. I did manage a larger rainbow around 15 inches stripping a wolly bugger. Both nights we grabbed a bite to eat in downtown branson which was just several minutes drive from Lilleys. Thursday morning we left early and decided to hit up the current river on the way home, which also fished really good.

All in all, it was a great trip on some water I had never seen before and we will definently be booking a trip again for this summer, thanks again Phil.