Advice for low water early fall trout fishing on the Niangua?

[podum]

Gonna fish some next weekend and, while I've fished the river a lot, I've never fished the fall in very low water.  Fly and technique suggestions welcome.....

[fishinwrench]

Spend the majority of your time with your line in the faster water areas where it's hard to see the bottom.  #14 and bigger hotspot nymphs, leeches or buggers.  Where you find one you'll usually find several.

Are you floating a stretch or just wading in?

[podum]

probly gonna wade the area below bennet, nro (staying there) and barclay

[fishinwrench]

The ridge bend at Barclay might be good for a couple if Oneshot hasn't already eaten them all.   The other 2 places I wouldn't have much faith in unless a good rise happens this week (not looking very likely).  Maybe drive down to Corkery and hit that?

[fishinwrench]

There was one early fall low water year I remember doing pretty good swinging a soft hackle between Sand Springs and the concrete boat ramp.  That was before the riffles there were all choked with gravel.     

Pic sucks, but it was this one right here, I did real well on it for a couple weeks. 

The thorax is peacock Ice Dub.  #14

[snagged in outlet 3]

Go upstream of Ho Hum unless the nut case is still there. 

[podum]

Gonna float Bennett to NRO

[trythisonemv]

The riffle below big 64 bridge down to the island below concrete launch is a really good stretch. Buggers and nymphs. Goodluck

[oneshot]

Went to Barclay Saturday. They had dumped a bunch of Short Browns in there. I did catch 3 nice Rainbows. One of them had been Gigged.

Flies were eating me up.

oneshot