Bennett Spring Opening Day Report

[John W Kelly]

Here is a photo/ video slideshow. Took me a little bit to figure out how to put it together.

[rcguy]

VERY cool Johnney!! I can almost smell the stream. Thanks for posting.

[Jeff Tief]

Johnny, enjoyed the video and brought back a lot of good memories of opening day at BSSP.Would have loved having the video about 20 years ago give or take a few years when an older gentleman I was standing next to facing the bridge in zone 2 made his first cast at the siren.Turned his cast loose a little early and way too high and landed in the people watching from on top of the bridge. the look on his face as I was trying to get him not to set the hook was priceless.Nice work again.

[John W Kelly]

VERY cool Johnney!! I can almost smell the stream. Thanks for posting.

Thanks! Your Welcome! Maybe I'll see you there this year.

Johnny, enjoyed the video and brought back a lot of good memories of opening day at BSSP.Would have loved having the video about 20 years ago give or take a few years when an older gentleman I was standing next to facing the bridge in zone 2 made his first cast at the siren.Turned his cast loose a little early and way too high and landed in the people watching from on top of the bridge. the look on his face as I was trying to get him not to set the hook was priceless.Nice work again.

Thanks! That guy was probably nervous haha.

[rumrunner]

hope you don't mind me asking...do you use an indicator with the midges or just let them drift?

[John W Kelly]

hope you don't mind me asking...do you use an indicator with the midges or just let them drift?

Use indicator. Live midges (midge pupa) float and wriggle around in the water column as they slowly rise up from the stream/river/lake bed and make their way to the surface to hatch and fly away, so the indicator is not only used to see a strike, but also to set the depth for the fly. Since live midges passively drift with the current, the goal is to mimic this action by setting the fly at a depth where it will passively drift into the face of a fish (ideally), which are normally hovering just above the stream bed, but can be anywhere in the water column. If a 'hatch' is taking place, the fish will be near the surface focusing on the food source, so setting the fly to drift near the bottom isn't going to be as effective as setting it up higher in the water column where the fish are. If the fly is set to drift too low, it will just get caught up on everything and won't drift naturally. HTH

[rumrunner]

thank you.great explanation.i've really enjoyed this post.and it has made me realize i've learned alot about flies, not so much about how to use them.

[oneshot]

Oh no cut my Head off! LOL yelp that was me, good visiting with you.

oneshot

[LittleRedFisherman]

Great report and photos!! Terrierman, I saw you in there, looks like fun. That pic of Oneshot up there that had the guy filming I think is from Ozark Traditions TV that was there that day, here's a video they just posted and I guess aired on TV somewhere. Give a look, some of of you guys might of been on TV.. Next year I may have to run up there, just looks like an unique experience, thanks for posting!