Night Fishing Taneycomo Report, Sept 22

[Phil Lilley]

Started at 11 pm last night. Water was dropping out. My main target was fishing below Rebar in what was called the Big Hole because that's where I saw browns jumping the other day. But with the water still up, I didn't want to so down there till the water dropped out more. So I started at outlet #2.

I took 2 rods- one with a sink tip and one without. I used the sink tip the whole night. Tied on a #8 black pine squirrel, started fishing close and down current and had a take on the first cast. Then a hookup on the second. But I'd forgotten I had 6x tied on and broke the fish off. Tied on 6 lb maxima and another fly. Had several light strikes and one more hookup at #2 before heading down.

The moon was out bright. Didn't even need a light to walk down to my spot.



My first fish wasn't a trout... it was a white bass! He took a #6 ginger sculpin. I was casting it about 11 o'clock, throwing a big mend upstream and letting it drift, bouncing on the bottom. I got several takes doing this but no hookups. Then I'd make short single strips, pausing between. They were taking it on the pause, sometimes so hard I couldn't react. Lots of misses but caught 6 rainbows, no size.

I tried quite a few patterns, some big articulated, white, black and smaller but they just weren't that active. No jumping. But it was nice- hardly anyone down there fishing. Couple of guys at outlet #2.

[Dylan Cluver]

Saw a sweet picture of a guy at the hatchery holding a 24.5 inch brown and he said they've had a lot of big browns moving up the ladder

[Phil Lilley]

That's what I heard too.

[Micheal Kyle]

NIce I really need to get down there in the next few days at night.