My Trip: 6-23

[Hawk]

Went to Roaring River for the first time in years. This time, with the girlfriend in tow. We have been talking about going for over a year and since she doesn't have waders, RR is where we went. We got there just after the horn and by the time we were ready to fish there were several people already leaving with a limit (probably 20 minutes). One guy who was leaving was using a woolly spinner, so that is what I started with - no results. I switched to orange/white worms, john deer worms, white spinner, black spinner, black/white spinner, etc - no results.

For about 3 hours, we saw plenty of people catching fish - just not us. So we decided to hit the shop and see if we could change our luck with something new. I bought a few woolly spinners (with both gold and silver blade). Also bought a black/green trout magnet. I had never used a trout magnet, but heard good things about them. I decided on black/green for one reason, there was only package left. I figured if it was the only one left, someone must like them. Lets hope the trout did.

We were back fishing around 10:00. The next 2 hours went so much better than the first 3 hours. We caught our 8 fish, and had a good time. We were throwing the smaller ones back, keeping the bigger ones. Ended up with just over 8 pounds of fish - all on the black/green trout magnet.

I noticed there weren't many reviews on what was working, so I thought I would post to give an update. There were plenty of people catching fish on other things but nothing else was working for us. ENJOY!

[Ham]

I had a couple of real nice trips with my kids when they were little on RR. It will always be kind of special to me for that reason, but living less than 10 minutes from Norfork and from the White River probably kills any chance of me ever going back.

Did you see any of the sculpins that live amongst the rocks? Beautifully colored and very large as sculpins go. My son and I caught a few on flies vertically fished between the large rocks. Big fun.

[Quillback]

I cross the River by the camp ground when I go over to Table Rock, never see many fishermen in that area, so I'm assuming the trout fishing is further upstream?