11/26 Report

[East Tide]

Great day of dry fly sight fishing yesterday.

22-24 bwo's and caddis did the trick.

caught a few in deeper holes dead drifting an olive woolie.

had a couple fish attack a hopper but none landed on that.

all in all 10 fish caught, one trophy sized wild rainbow, mostly 10-14 inch wild browns. lots of sight fishing which was fun.

dave

[East Tide]

Not the trophy from this weekend

You gentlemen don't talk much so here are some conversation starters...

This is my trophy from this weekend, 20+ inches measured on my rod. My friends split about an hr earlier so I don't have any decent pics...Took me downstream about 35 yards to get it to shore. My biggest on the fly rod so far (only been fly fishing since August).

The last pic is one that I thought looked quite a bit different than most of the rainbows I've caught thus far, pretty fish.

Snow day in Missouri? Stay warm and dry.

[Phil Lilley]

I didn't know the Current has stripers?!? Glad you killed it... it would eat all the trout!

:) :)

[Kayser]

Just a few questions: when and where were you when the caddis and bwo's started hatching, and what was the sky like? I'm trying to put together a dry assortment for the river from the end of the Park to below Baptist Camp.

Also, can I expect any hatches in mid-January on that stretch of river, or should I start tying nymphs and wooly buggers? I really won't be able to get out until then.

Thanks,

Rob

[Gavin]

You can usually find some midge, or tiny BWO's (22-28's)hatching in the winter, but the fish really prefer caddis, various of brown in sizes 16-20 will usually do the trick. Cheers.

[Ted Calcaterra]

Gavin / Sam - How do you tie your caddis. I hear many people using a CDC caddis for the smaller sizes. Do you just dub a sparse body and then put CDC on the wing? Is it that simple or do you put in a wire rub and maybe a few turns of hackle? Some of my best caddis days were on sunny days during the winter.

[Gavin]

Ted, its even easier than that, my favorite small caddis dry is just a dubbed body and a sparse deer or elk hair wing. Sometimes I tie some CDC under the wing, sometimes I use CDC dubbing for the body, but I'm not sure if it makes any difference.

The fly is hard to see and it doesnt float well so I usually fish it 2-3ft behind a bigger dry like a fluttering caddis, or EHC. I also carry a few iris caddis, sparkle pupa's, and softhackles. Cheers.

[Sam Potter]

Ted,

I use CDC, with a sparse, very fine poly for the body. I also ty some up with a little elk hair for the wing to help me locate the fly in choppy water. I don't use the second fly like Gavin.

Caddis are the #1 fly on the Current. We do get good hatches of tiny Olives through December.