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FISHING REPORT 4/11/2007


John Berry

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I knew it was going to be a tough day when I checked the weather channel and saw the Lake Wind Advisories. I picked up my clients and headed to Rim Shoals. The Caddis were coming off when I got there. The hatch was heavy. One client fished elk hair caddis and caught fifteen the other was fishing green butts and caught thirty. This was before lunch. After lunch we went to Roundhouse. The hatch was heavier than at Rim. The problem was that the wind had picked up to around thirty miles per hour. In the afternoon, the guys caught around five a piece. It was very difficult to cast but if you could get a decent drift you would pick up a trout. We quit around 3:30 PM so they could catch a flight. The biggest fish was a seventeen inch brown.

John Berry

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I tend to agree with you. The winds yesterday were horrendous. On Norfork lake a woman drowned when the boat she was in capsized due the the rough water and winds. Lake wind advisories had been posted.

John Berry

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I noticed in the paper that the boat they were in was an old Shawnee jon boat. I wouldn't take mine out on the lake unless it was dead calm, and I probably wouldn't leave the creek. As tragic as it is, they were asking for trouble when they took that boat out there into the gale.

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I grew up fishing from flat bottom boats. One of the most basic rules to follow is to face them into the wind/current. Once they get sideways, all bets are off.

By the way, what sort of floatation device was this poor soul using?

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The Baxter Bulletin said she was struggling to put on her PFD when she drowned. They only work if you are wearing them!

John Berry

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Fly Fishing For Trout

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http://www.berrybrothersguides.com

berrybrothers@infodash.com

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