Fishing Report

[Phil Lilley]

I had 90 minutes before having to take the office so I drove to the dam and met Vince below rebar. As I walked up, he was fighting a big brown but his fight was short-lived- it made a hard run and broke him off.

Lots of trout holding in that stretch of water- several browns over 10 pounds and many smaller ones. They just weren't biting very well. Vince continued to drift a variety of scuds, different shades of gray and olive and small- #16 to #20's. I drifted my scuds- nothing- so I tied on a #18 white soft hackle and hooked 3 trout and missed 2. They were hitting them on the swing. One brown and 2 rainbows all under 17 inches.

Vince stayed till dark. He said he caught 10 trout- most rainbows and browns up to 18 inches.

I saw Chuck Gries fishing the pool below rebar. He was drifting scuds in the slow pool. He caught a few small trout.

Brett Rader was guiding a guy fishing in the rebar shoot. He hooked a big brown as soon as I got there. It was foul hooked so Brett broke it off. It wasn't 10 minutes later, he hooked another brown, this time in the mouth and much bigger. His net wasn't big enough so Chuck lent him his. After netting it, they measured, took pics and released it. I'd say it was 26-28 inches- male I think.

I've tied up some scuds using mink and alittle brown ancron using TMC103bl #15 and #17 hooks with 6 turns of .010 lead. Going to try them tomorrow hopefully. 103bl is a dry fly hook but I like the shape. John Berry tied some soft hackles at the conclave using them. I'm also going to tie some soft hackles with them.

[LostMyWife]

I had 90 minutes before having to take the office so I drove to the dam and met Vince below rebar. As I walked up, he was fighting a big brown but his fight was short-lived- it made a hard run and broke him off.

Lots of trout holding in that stretch of water- several browns over 10 pounds and many smaller ones. They just weren't biting very well. Vince continued to drift a variety of scuds, different shades of gray and olive and small- #16 to #20's. I drifted my scuds- nothing- so I tied on a #18 white soft hackle and hooked 3 trout and missed 2. They were hitting them on the swing. One brown and 2 rainbows all under 17 inches.

Vince stayed till dark. He said he caught 10 trout- most rainbows and browns up to 18 inches.

I saw Chuck Gries fishing the pool below rebar. He was drifting scuds in the slow pool. He caught a few small trout.

Brett Rader was guiding a guy fishing in the rebar shoot. He hooked a big brown as soon as I got there. It was foul hooked so Brett broke it off. It wasn't 10 minutes later, he hooked another brown, this time in the mouth and much bigger. His net wasn't big enough so Chuck lent him his. After netting it, they measured, took pics and released it. I'd say it was 26-28 inches- male I think.

I've tied up some scuds using mink and alittle brown ancron using TMC103bl #15 and #17 hooks with 6 turns of .010 lead. Going to try them tomorrow hopefully. 103bl is a dry fly hook but I like the shape. John Berry tied some soft hackles at the conclave using them. I'm also going to tie some soft hackles with them.

I searched the site and the web and was not able to find out what a "#18 white soft hackle" is. The #18 I get, the rest I could use some help with. a picture? a link?

Thanks,

Jim

[Phil Lilley]

http://ozarkanglers.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=561

I tied it with white thread instead of red or black.

[LostMyWife]

Are you that good or is there a search engine that I missed. I really did do a search and came up empty.

Thanks

[Phil Lilley]

I knew where it was... I posted it.