April 28 - 30 Dry Flies!

[podum]

A group of us had our 11th annual trip to the Niangua river to fish, have bonfires and eat like Ozark kings (fish fries and the like).   The river is in great shape and fished well.  Spin fishing was good with crawdad crankbaits.  Fly fishing was fantastic with leeches and pheasant tail nymphs.  But there is some wierd stuff going on.  Good wierd stuff.  Rising fish.  Not occassional risers but fish that are systematically taking mayflies, caddis and midges off of the surface throughout the day.  I fished a size 18 crackleback all afternoon on friday and had 6 fish (most 15 inches or larger) and multiple other missed strikes (cuz i suk).  It was fantastic.  I've fished the river a long time and haven't seen sustained rising before.  Has anyone?

 

A few of the victims

  

[flyfishmaster]

That is awesome to hear.  Good job.

 

later,

 

FFM

[trythisonemv]

Lived there growing up and would see rises from time to time. Especially below Bennett springs. Good work !