Fishing Report 10/27

[JobyKSU]

I spent some time on the water Thursday and Saturday.

Brief: Ruby/Diamond/Emeralds and zebras in Black and red, black and orange, or brown and gold. A few dries produced in the afternoon.

Late-morning nymphing has been fantastic. A large number of fat 14-16 inch 'bows are swimming around. Dead drifting nymphs about half to two-thirds the depth of the water seems to be the answer in the morning (when they're biting hard). Once that dies down, raising the indicator until you are ticking the bottom every so often keeps the day going.

Without generation, there has been a healthy midge hatch in the afternoon; the fish start slurping and leaping out of the water. At that point, I switched to either:

1) olive parachute midge emerger (size 18) is killer - a few slight twitches of the line give a little bit of action and fish came crashing through the water. At the end of the drift, slow stripping (like a soft hackle) also produced spectacular hits. So exciting!

or...

2) drift nymphs 10 to 18 inches deep under a small indicator

Thursday I found a great method for fishing cranebreak hole: When the wind picks up fairly stiffly from the east, a nymph suspended about 8 feet below a decent sized foam indicator will drift backwards through the hole. The indicator (and floating line) is wind-resistant enough that it will be blown against what little current exists(read: no current) on top of the pool. It's slow, but it seems to be a pretty consistent method to get interest from some of the larger fish hanging out down there.