Brian Wise Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Floated from ROLF to Blair. Started the day with a stone/egg combo, the eggs being a #18 whiteish egg and the regular peach colored as well. Fishing was pretty good until the sun hit the river and then it went through the roof....for the rest of the day. Reverted back to the good old standby (that I all but forgot about) rubber-leg stone. Fish came 3 or 4 to 1 on the rubber-leg compared to "nice" stones. No bruisers at all but the average size was much better even with catching 15+ young of the year. The young of the year are still holding mostly in the faster water of the riffles. They are fun to play with and will keep your attention in between bigger fish but if you are targeting bigger fish of course fish the tail-outs. GOOD day of fishing! Brian My Youtube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aaron Mills Posted January 2, 2008 Members Share Posted January 2, 2008 Brian, I appreciate your reports and tips. You often mention targeting the tailouts. Can you explain what you mean by that? What do they look like and how do you fish your fly in a tailout? Wonderful photo. as well. Take care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wise Posted January 2, 2008 Author Share Posted January 2, 2008 Hey Aaron, When I talk about tailouts I am talking the downstream part of a riffle. Usually when a riffle starts to dump into a pool it gets a little deeper...that is where I am talking. Another thing to look at is if there is a good drop off at that transition, that will hold fish in any water I have fished. Fishing the tailouts in bigger rivers can be hard if you are wading. Usually if you are fishing the tailout you will be wading in deeper water. THAT is where the drift boat comes in handy but it can also be done in a canoe or pontoon as well. Another thing to think about too is if you are in a boat of any kind is if you hook a fish in the tailout don't just keep floating on through the hole, row or paddle up and drift it again. We did that on this last trip and when we caught one in a tailout we always caught at least one more by rowing back upstream and drifting it again. Usually when fishing the tailouts on the NFOW we use the same rig we use for nymphing the riffle, just a little deeper. But the tailouts are a great place to strip streamers too. Hope this helps. Brian My Youtube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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