Report 8-1-07

[Brian Wise]

Hey guys,

Floated with a family of 4 that had never touched a fly rod before. Started at ROLF, floated to Blair. As this was more of an instructional trip I'll just have to tell you where and what fly I had to tell them to "set the hook, SET the hook, SET THE HOOK" on.

On this trip I had the pleasure of guiding with Mike Butler from around Jeff City, MO. He is the president of the Missouri Deaf Fly Fishers and some of you may have seen him tying at the Sowbug or Conclave....AWESOME guy!

The activity didn't really start until "Old House" where the father hooked up and the youngest son (11) missed 5 fish, those fish hit after I threw a chart. Copper John under the DSB Stone (one of Mike's creations.)

To be honest our goal was to get the youngest son to catch at least "a" fish, that finally happened at the Rock Garden where he caught probably an 11" 'bow.

The next stop was at the Corner above Blair and the mom caught a really fiesty 15" 'bow.

Chart. Copper John

DSB Stonefly

Golden Stone

Beez's Flash Back PT

Brian