Fishing Report Upper River

[Sam Potter]

For some reason I have not been able to access the Ozarkanglers forum for the past couple of days to post my report.

BUT Before I paste in my fishing report, I would like to draw your attention to an article I just finished reading in the April/May IN-Fisherman magazine.

Visions and Views page 30 "Hot Fishing" in Reverse. If you have any concern about the future of cold water fisheries, this article will be of interest to you. Now for the fishing report.

Fishing Report April 7

The river has dropped back down to normal and cleared. Fishing has been very good. Even when we had the higher water, I was able to catch some nice browns on streamers. Prior to the heavy rains nymphs, like a hare's ear and a prince, drifted below indicators were the best producers. Caddis hatches have been sporadic and we are starting to see some Craneflies, but not good numbers yet. The cold weather has set the bug activity back. I don't look for it to return to normal until we get some warmer weather by the middle of the week. BWOs are flying and some tricos should be flying pretty soon. You will see more BWOs than tricos in April, but for those of you, like me, that enjoy fishing micro flies the best fishing it is right around the corner...SO get out the magnifying lens and start tying up your favorite patterns in 22s-30s. I even have some 32s that I play with. You can get away with larger patterns, but you will not get as much interest and therefore fewer takes. Until then use the standard nymphs, like the gold ribbed hare's ear below indicators in sizes 18-12 and enjoy the great Ozarks, even if you don't catch a bunch.

A bad day fishing is still a Great Day

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