Fishing Report 8/18-8/19

[NoLuck]

Hey folks,

I was at Bennett over the weekend. Fishing seemed a little tougher than usual. I fished in Zone1 and Zone 2. I resorted to using trout park lures. A 1/180 oz. white thread mini-jig seemed to be best through the day up till evening hours. Then it seemed they wanted a midge pattern.I found bouncing on the bottom or near the bottom worked best.Zebra #18 and Rusty #18 worked pretty well. A friend of mine gave me a Primrose and pearl #18 last time there. Well I decided to try it and boy was I amazed. I caught a fish on nearly every drift. It worked in shallow water and deeper pools as well. I bummed 1 more from him and I broke it off and that was the last of my Primrose and pearls. I tried other midges but, nothing came close to the production of that midge color pattern.

I had a great weekend even though the fishing was a little tougher than usual along with a pretty good size crowd. I hate using trout park lures but, sometimes its the only thing working. I'm glad that I finally found a real pattern of fly that worked well. Now I need to learn how to tie flies so I can make the Primrose and pearl cause I have never seen them for sale anywhere. I think I can probably tie them. They look pretty simple to tie.Besides,I need something else to do in the cold winter months.

Well thats a rap,

Take care ya'all

Rich

[snkrohn]

Could you give me a little better description of the fly? Did it have a pearl bead head and a primrose body? Was the body wire wrapped? And, by the way, what color is "primrose". Thanks

[Phil Lilley]

I did a search on the forum and found

http://ozarkanglers.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4837

I knew there was a recipe someplace.

[snkrohn]

Thank you very much. I think even I can tie that fly.

[NoLuck]

Could you give me a little better description of the fly? Did it have a pearl bead head and a primrose body? Was the body wire wrapped? And, by the way, what color is "primrose". Thanks

Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. I just got home from work and saw you question. Phil pretty much answered it though. The one I used had a copper colored bead with copper ribbing.

Good luck

Rich

[snkrohn]

Thank you Rich. I think I now have all the info I need.

[jjtroutbum]

Rich guess you missed all of the water that came at the beginning of the week ...LOL Just as well I had to finish my week at another park.

[NoLuck]

Rich guess you missed all of the water that came at the beginning of the week ...LOL Just as well I had to finish my week at another park.

Yeah it looks like I left at the right time. Where did you end up at Jon? If you went to Montauk how was it?

Duh!!

Never mind. The first post from you I read and didn't pay attention to your others. I guess I'll read more next time.