Don Posted May 7, 2007 Posted May 7, 2007 Arrived at JFK Thursday and set camp in the afternoon. We geared up only to find generation that evening so we didn't fish. We fished the old C&R are near the dam from 8-11 Friday. Generation shut us down the rest of the day. We each picked up 2-5 fish each. My friend Terry caught a 16" brown with an ugly midge. There are tons of baby brookies in the river about 6-8 inches long from a recent special stocking. Saturday, generation allowed us to spend more time on the water. My friend Steve, from Little Rock, caught his first trout on a flyrod that morning up by the dam. It was a pretty 15" rainbow. Things slowed up after the sun started to bear down. We took off to Swinging Bridge but only managed a couple of small ones. I went back to JFK and finally got on them. I picked up 16 fish that day. All of them were stocker size and had good color to them. Most all of them were on a rusty harvester midge in faster water. We had a fish fry that evening with onion rings, huspuppies, and blackberry cobbler cooked in a dutch oven. Fished for one hour about noon Sunday. I picked up 2 bows on the same midge. Good weather and a fun time at Little Red as usual. Don Don May I caught you a delicious bass.
Terry Beeson Posted May 7, 2007 Posted May 7, 2007 Ah, yes... Brookies at JFK. First trout I ever caught out of the LR was a nice Brookie... Uh... blackberry cobbler in a dutch oven? Sounds like a good dish for the May 19th get together... hint hint... Even if you're not planning on attending, you could just drop it by with the ice cream maker full of homemade vanilla ice cream... TIGHT LINES, YA'LL "There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil
Don Posted May 7, 2007 Author Posted May 7, 2007 My friend Terry can cook about anything in a dutch oven. During the trip, he cooked rigatoni, beef stew, , trout, onion rings, shut up dogs, and cobbler with dutch ovens. I'm grilling brats 05/19. If Terry shows, I'll see if I can talk him into it. Don Don May I caught you a delicious bass.
troutchaser Posted May 7, 2007 Posted May 7, 2007 Boy, that sounds like a great trip. I may have to try the Little Red. We gotta convince Terry to come on the 19th. Trust me, fellas, the dude can COOK! Paul Rone
Terry Beeson Posted May 7, 2007 Posted May 7, 2007 Although I've not had the pleasure of enjoying the rewards of one of his lectures, Dennis Slane puts on a Dutch Oven cooking class at the Conclave in Mt Home every year. The smells really make your mouth water. I've never mastered the dutch oven technique, but I know what comes out of them, if done by a "seasoned pro" is some of the best eating you'll come across. Anyone know of any chuckwagon cooking rendevous in the area? Yeah, Don... hold a gun to his head... TIGHT LINES, YA'LL "There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil
John Berry Posted May 8, 2007 Posted May 8, 2007 I have had the pleasure of trying Dennis Slane's Dutch oven cooking and can attest that he is the master of the art form. My wife,Lori, has taken his class at every Conclave she has attended , bought a dutch oven and has not yet produced any results. John Berry OAF CONTRIBUTOR Fly Fishing For Trout (870)435-2169 http://www.berrybrothersguides.com berrybrothers@infodash.com
Members AKflyfisher Posted May 8, 2007 Members Posted May 8, 2007 What are the rates on camping in jfk park?
Don Posted May 9, 2007 Author Posted May 9, 2007 We had an electric site in the D-Loop. We paid $19.00 per night. Don Don May I caught you a delicious bass.
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