Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted August 15, 2015 Root Admin Posted August 15, 2015 Largest landed trout, about 17 inches. Dropping eggs but they didn't look alive. Clear with a little orange center. But she fought very hard! I should say best 2 hours beat any day I've had on Taneycomo. Boated to the dam and fished the south bank, first with a black Cicada, then with a #8 tan hopper. Nothing. Drifted on down to the cut into the island, north side, above Lookout Island. If you've been up there with the water running, hopefully you know where I mean. Started with the big hopper, then switched to a #14 black Jap Beetle. Caught a dozen from there down the side of the bank over 2-3 feet of water and vegetation below (underwater). When I got to the end, the point, I started catching them fishing from the weeds down below the island and over on the back side a little. I didn't venture up at all but could have. Didn't keep count but I know I caught 10 rainbows after talking to a gentleman I'd been talking to that was drifting with 2 friends and at that time I was over 20 trout. All rainbows. Broke off the beetle so tied on a tan #14 hopper and they really like that. I left feeding fish... something I don't do often. But I needed to get back to the dock. Fished from 3 to 5 pm.
curtisce Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 Hot weather ,cold water and trout on a dry sounded great so I headed down last Monday. Got there around 1pm. Put in by scotty's and ran up to the dam. Started on the north side had a rise my first cast. Second cast watched a big bow come up and eat it. Fought hard and as a usual bass fisherman no net. did my best to get it to the boat and release it but no chance for a pic. 18' and well fed 2# I'd guesstimate. few more cast and another one on. Like you I thought I was in for the best day. What happened I don't know. A front came through with some thunder/lightening. Clouds and wind but it shut down quickly. caught one more fish the rest of the afternoon. tried an streamer abit a few different hopper patterns,nothing. Phil Lilley 1 The answer may not lie at the bottom of a glass, but you should always check
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted August 20, 2015 Author Root Admin Posted August 20, 2015 Tried this afternoon. They were rising but I couldn't get them to do much. Perfect conditions. That's fishing.
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