Fishing Report

[Sam Potter]

While we were getting dressed two rifle shots rang out across the river and that was when we decided to stay in the river below the river bank on our walks up and down the river. Deer season is not a good time to be walking the river banks on the fishermen trails with tan colored Simms waders. Not a lot has changed over the past three weeks with the trout fishing on the upper Current River, except that the Tricos have really dropped off over the past week. There are still a few flying around and being eaten, but they are mixed in with the tiny olives when they fall and I think the fish just feed on them opportunistically when they are picking up the olives. There are some good tiny olive hatches going on in the mornings and yesterday they were the primary hatch of all the bugs observed. There are some small midges, (a lot smaller than the ones at Taney) in the air but not in great numbers. There was a good caddis hatch yesterday morning and fish chasing them. It wasn't a major hatch, but enough bugs to get the fish interested. They are about a size 16, with tan wings and a light brown / olive abdomen. A good friend of mine and I fished about a half day yesterday catching approximately 12-15 a piece on a #24 tiny olive spinner dry fly. When the spinner fall was over and the fish stopped feeding on them we changed tactics. Tom switched over to an indicator and a bead head copper john. I switched over to a caddis dry fly for an indicator and an olive and copper nymph for a dropper. I picked up 6 more fish with half of them taking the dropper and the other half the dry fly. The weather was good for fishing with the cloud cover and the light rain we had a mid morning. I was a little disappointed that the larger olive did not come off yesterday. The weather was just about right, except that it wasn't cold enough. They seem to like the cold, windy with rain or snow days. It is a size 20, and the fish go crazy over them. Oh well maybe next time, the weather is suppose to change this week with dropping temps. Now if we can get some rain or snow to go with that I will be headed for the river with my number 20 olives. I look forward to those Baetis type days when I will probably be the only fool on the river.

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[rookie]

Just asking for a little help. I will be in the area of Montauk Dec. 16, I'm thinking of doing some fishing, if it is worth it. If it is, and hopefully it is, please give me the scoop on the river and suggested flies.

[Sam Potter]

Just asking for a little help. I will be in the area of Montauk Dec. 16, I'm thinking of doing some fishing, if it is worth it. If it is, and hopefully it is, please give me the scoop on the river and suggested flies.

Just asking for a little help. I will be in the area of Montauk Dec. 16, I'm thinking of doing some fishing, if it is worth it. If it is, and hopefully it is, please give me the scoop on the river and suggested flies.

December can be tough depending on the weather. Most of the hatches are sporatic, again depending on the weather. If the weather is right there will be a tiny BWO hatch, and possibly two different caddis that may come off. Dark brown to brown in color and about a size 16. There may also be some midge activity, but they are very small compared to the midges on Taneycomo. I do well with a MoHair Leech during the winter months. Sculpins are always a good fly to use, especially if the water is off color. Nymph fishing or scuds below an indicator can produce during the winter.