ollie Posted December 28, 2006 Posted December 28, 2006 I'll be down there on Friday if anyone wants to hook-up and let a spin fisherman join the crowd. I'll be down early and driving the old blue s-10 extended cab wearing a green Corona hat. I might even have a cold one I'll share with ya. "you can always beat the keeper, but you can never beat the post" There are only three things in life that are certain : death, taxes, and the wind blowing at Capps Creek!
ollie Posted December 29, 2006 Author Posted December 29, 2006 uuuuhhhhmmmm, will have to think about this one, "you can always beat the keeper, but you can never beat the post" There are only three things in life that are certain : death, taxes, and the wind blowing at Capps Creek!
ollie Posted January 1, 2007 Author Posted January 1, 2007 Ended up going after all and I must say the fishing was a little tough to say the least. The first two hours I was there I only managed one and it wasn't very big. I started down in zone 3 at the end and worked my way upstream hole to hole. I tried a whole slew of different colors and the only fish was caught on ginger. After 11:00 I decided to move up to the upper end of the park by the hatchery. Finally I started to catch fish by fishing the outlets. Ended up catching over a dozen up there doing that on an olive color. Had my chances at two nice fish, but you know the deal, you sometimes only get that one chance. Nice fish number one was a hook-up for about three seconds before it became airborne and spit out the jig. Fish number two was a big male that turned for the jig and inhaled it for that split second and I missed. oh well, fishing seemed to be tough for many people I talked to. Just glad to get out and do some fishing while I had time off. "you can always beat the keeper, but you can never beat the post" There are only three things in life that are certain : death, taxes, and the wind blowing at Capps Creek!
drew03cmc Posted January 1, 2007 Posted January 1, 2007 Sounds like a hit or miss trip, but you know what they say about fishing and work....Sounds like fun nonetheless. Andy
Steve Smith Posted January 2, 2007 Posted January 2, 2007 Ollie; I looked for you over the weekend, but we probably just missed each other. The fishing has been tough for the past three or four weekends in Roaring River. Ultra clear water and well educated fish I imagine is the cause. Even on a spinning rod, nothing heavier than three to four pound test is called for, and keep changing colors and sizes until you find something they haven't seen casted a thousand times. I had good luck with dry flys [furnace cracklebacks], but had to move a lot and keep the fly in the runs. ___________________________ AKA Flysmith - Cassville MO
ollie Posted January 3, 2007 Author Posted January 3, 2007 Trust me Steve, I switched colors quite a bit. More so than I normally have to. I was also fishing p-line premium in #4 low vis green. That has a small diameter to throw the 1/64th ounce jigs, but your analysis of the educated fish and clear water is probably right. "you can always beat the keeper, but you can never beat the post" There are only three things in life that are certain : death, taxes, and the wind blowing at Capps Creek!
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