netboy Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 I went to the Bull Shoals Dam access this morning as they were scheduled to run 1 unit starting at 7am. Fishing started out kind of slow, probably due to the rising water, but it got better around 9. I ended up with around a dozen nice rainbows and a really pretty male brookie. I think he had been in the river for a while to develop those colors. I had the best luck using a bright orange "slush" egg with a ruby midge dropper. Here's a pic of the brookie and a decent rainbow.... trythisonemv, Nick Adams, mikeak and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishnDave Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 Beauties! 😍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted August 25, 2023 Root Admin Share Posted August 25, 2023 Beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trythisonemv Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 What a wonderful fishery .. I really gotta get down soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfiser Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 On 8/24/2023 at 2:27 PM, netboy said: I went to the Bull Shoals Dam access this morning as they were scheduled to run 1 unit starting at 7am. Fishing started out kind of slow, probably due to the rising water, but it got better around 9. I ended up with around a dozen nice rainbows and a really pretty male brookie. I think he had been in the river for a while to develop those colors. I had the best luck using a bright orange "slush" egg with a ruby midge dropper. Here's a pic of the brookie and a decent rainbow.... What is your setup for that 2 fly rig if you dont mind sharing? Are you using any split shot to help get it down or just the weight of the midge dropper to get the flies down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netboy Posted August 29, 2023 Author Share Posted August 29, 2023 27 minutes ago, sfiser said: What is your setup for that 2 fly rig if you dont mind sharing? Are you using any split shot to help get it down or just the weight of the midge dropper to get the flies down? I use a small tungsten bead on the egg and also on the midge, so no split shot is needed. grizwilson, mikeak and nomolites 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeak Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 Thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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