White River Fishing Report 8/26/16

[Ham]

I did another wet wade fly rod only trip to Rim Shoals. This time around I fished in the morning instead of the afternoon. I fished from 0900 until 1215. 

I started with a Trout Crack fly again. A rainbow ate my indicator on the first drift. That just kills me. I caught my first fish in the first 5 minutes. I lost a nice one not longer after that, but it was foul hooked anyway. After the first four trout brought to hand, I switched back to my hopper and dropper.

overall I felt much better about the day. Even when the fishing was slow, I was confident in what I was doing. First drift with hopper and Ruby Midge and I hooked up. That's so sweet. I fished along catching equal numbers on hopper and the midge. The rainbows were flat eating the hopper. Very few misses on hopper. Maybe last trip was just one of those times where it is hard to catch em.

I stumbled across a wonderful little area where I caught fish after fish after fish.i had takes many casts in a row. it was so great. Most of those fish were on the Ruby midge. They literally chewed my fly to pieces. I reused a couple of hoppers that I had already smashed the barb on. Those got chewed up as well. I was going to save the Ruby midge for a pic, but dropped it and lost it when I was replacing it. 

I was planning on quitting at noon so I started working my way back up to the access. I chose to avoid The Nam this time around. I picked fish pretty steadily. I had one take my midge away from me in the last few steps away from dry ground. Turd. I most definitely left them biting. I ended up catching 23. Lost another 6 or 7. And had another dozen takes I missed. No troutrage this trip.

[Ham]

[Ham]

Windflowers line the banks too. 

[netboy]

Sounds like a great day.

Question for you, how long do you estimate it takes for the water to reach Rim Shoals after they start generating?

[Ham]

I think it takes 6 hours BUT you need to make sure you know when they started generating. They only give the value at the top of the hour so IF they started running water at say 12:15, you won't see that until 1 pm but the water sure gets there earlier than you expected. I use 5 hours as my guess. 

Get the phone number to Rim Shoals fly shop. For a nominal fee, they will water taxi you to safety IF you get caught by high water. Get to the island IF you aren't sure you can make it to mainland. 

Check during the day to see when water started. Remember the caveat. 

[netboy]

Thanks Ham. That is great info.

 

[Ham]

That's my best guess, but don't bet your life on it.