Another day , a different river report.

[BilletHead]

   Up early and on the road to a different river than I have reported on earlier this week.  Got to the ramp to find this where you are supposed to turn around to launch boat. Two guys passed out and asleep in the front seats. Note the no parking sign behind the sedan . Walked down the ramp to see if anything needed moved to launch and found this beside the ramp next to the water. Empty beer cans and box, empty still wet chicken liver containers, discarded line and other assorted trash. If I would of had a bag and rubber gloves I would of picked up the mess and put in the open sedan window. The guys recovering the night fishing and drinking would never of known. Finally got jacked around and backed down the ramp to get boat off the trailer. Drove right past the car , parked and walked back down the ramp and neither guy even raised their heads from the slumber. I don't want to profile and be politically correct so I will let you all make your own conclusions. (MOPanfisher I am jerking your chain so please take it this way) This is what we all deal with from time to time and it is a bummer we have to do this and people are this way. End of mini rant on to fishing trip report.

   Reset the trip on the depth finder and ran upstream. Was surprised at the water level as the lake had the river backed up along way. Where I wanted to fish was still and no current so up farther I motored, way up. Finally found where the current was meeting the back water. Pretty tricky run there as where the waters met the water depth and current combo was hiding the rather large rocks in the river channel. Continued up until I found a shoal I would not try even in the jet. Drifted back until I had sufficient water to begin fishing. One foot to three foot depth. This ran for about a half mile until it met the backwater . I would anchor and work an area until I got snagged, pull anchor get fly, reset anchor at the snag and repeat. I did this long drift twice catching 17 whites. Some real nice and some little males. Water temp started at 62 and when I quit 65 degrees.Some of the fish,

  One that surpassed my fifteen inch rule,

Fish Face!

     Sink tip line. When I lost my only pink over white Clouser I changed to the fox tail ASP streamer. They liked it too and did not snag as much. I did try in the deeper water with no love from the fish. Tried my crappie spot. No back eddy and no fish there either. Ate a steak sammich on the way back to the ramp. There was the mess I had witnessed and the sedan was gone. Checked and reset my trip log. I had been on the water five hours and fifty one minutes. Thirty mile round trip. The neat thing about this day was I never seen a soul from the time I left the ramp until I got back there. Pulled out and there were five other rigs parked and all of them went downstream.

  BilletHead

 

[curtisce]

You're use a different fly every trip just to make me think you know something. Or you jusy like showing your beauties on OA

[BilletHead]

   Got to keep you and the fish guessing. I need to go on a pink over white Clouser tying spree. Oh yea white woolly Buggers too.

BilletHead

[Flysmallie]

31 minutes ago, curtisce said:

You're use a different fly every trip just to make me think you know something. Or you jusy like showing your beauties on OA

I think what that tells us is they will just about eat anything if you present it right. Not knocking BH's flies, he ties some killer stuff. 

[BilletHead]

6 minutes ago, Flysmallie said:

I think what that tells us is they will just about eat anything if you present it right. Not knocking BH's flies, he ties some killer stuff. 

 You see Ronnie I like to use something Curtise doesn't have in his fly box, make him sweat some before giving him one to use.   Please don't tell the Mrs. because she thinks my flies are special .

BilletHead

 

[Flysmallie]

You want me to lie to your wife????

 

Yeah I ain't got no problems with that. 

[BilletHead]

  

9 minutes ago, Flysmallie said:

You want me to lie to your wife????

 

Yeah I ain't got no problems with that. 

   Fantastic! The sign of  true friend. Just what will this cost me?

BilletHead

[Flysmallie]

2 hours ago, BilletHead said:

  

   Fantastic! The sign of  true friend. Just what will this cost me?

BilletHead

For something simple like a fly then one beer should be fine. Now if it steps up to something about a shipment of cocaine or a bunch of bodies then I'll have to bump it up to a sixer.