Friday Report

[Bill Babler]

Pulled in the slack in front of Andy's this AM with 4 generators singing away. Wanted to drift the flat side from Andy's to Fall Creek. Two novice flyrodders, and it was a trip that make guides smile.

First pass 12 fish to the boat and at least that many misses. These were just flat wonderful people, but to say we were fishing close to the boat would be a mild understatement. Didn't seem to matter, bows in the 10 to 13 inch class ate the small maribou like it was food.

Made one pass on the dam just as they dropped to two gens, and didn't seem like I was so smart up there.

Returned to Andy's and it was like we never left. Lots of boat traffic and it seemed everyone was catching fish. There were people throwing hardware on 4 generators and they were catching them, so it was really easy.

After I dropped the folks off, I decided to give the lower lake a spin and went down there for a couple of hours, report on the Lower section thread.

When I returned to Cooper, they were midging like crazy on the flat across from Cooper, so I had to stop. 5 on a size 14 Humpy and another dozen dragging the midge under it. What a day.

[flyfshn]

Thanks for the report Bill! Wish I was down there!

[Terry Beeson]

Bill,

Was that you up by the dam missing those big ones on the south shore? I heard several moans coming from that boat when bent fly rods would straighten out...

[Trav]

Andy williams is a referance in what way?

[Phil Lilley]

Bill assumes everyone has been reading his reports and knows his special "language". I'll have to talk to him about that!

Andy Williams has a house jsut below Lookout Island on the opposite bank- big and white. It's a landmark for most.

[Bill Babler]

Andy William's house is the largest house in the Restricted area. It is kind of a local landmark. It is just before the bend across from Lookout on the downhill side. It has an extremely nice slack or slow drift area in front of it that the trout will migrate to during 4 generators.

Also lots of really nice small gravel there for midge hatches and various other trout fodder.

Terry, that was not me. We made a quick pass of there but the water was really falling out and they sure didn't like my junk.

I hightailed it back down to Lookout so the folks could keep catchin my pets. I really respect you guys that work that water everyday. For me the fluctuations make it a lot tougher than just down around the bend. Don't have to think quite so much, down there, and that is a real plus for me.