Report-05.11.16

[Ryan Walker]

What a beautiful morning to be out! Water was fairly consistent at 3-3300 CFS. Still kinda dingy, but clearer than it has been. Boated from Lilley's up to the Island below Lookout and waded for a bit. Caught most of my fish there on a size 16 trout crack, dead drifted. Got back in the boat about 930 and fished from the dam back to below Fall Creek marina. Caught fish on a variety of flies: sz 16 tungsten Zebra midges in olive, size 16 San Juan worms in natural, the trout crack, and one crazy fish that took an ant when I got bored with the nymph. No real pattern to speak of; change the fly, catch a fish, repeat. Not fast and furious, but a fun morning just the same.

Lots of gunk floating by, and the water, while not too dingy, was a weird color-almost iced coffee brown in some spots. Not sure what to make of it. I'll post a video that shows what it looked like about this time last year; stark contrast. 

Word to the wise: They are dredging and diving just up from Lilley's, and have no-wake buoy's out. They will remind you, sternly, if you are going too fast ( ask me how I know that).

Also, and on a personal note- I made the rookie mistake of leaving my Simms G4's on the back deck of the boat to dry. Took off down lake for a cruise and when I got back they were gone. If by some miracle you find them, keep them but return the Orvis nippers in the pocket, they were my Dad's...Thanks!

Trout Crack

The Taney portion of this video was shot about this time last year ( I think). Look at how clear the water is!

[bkbying89]

A nice report sounds like you had a good day except for the wader thing. The video is really good, I don't think I have ever seen the water that clear though I don't get down there that often.

[Mitch f]

Great video! Love the Bluegrass music