The perfect day for fishing. Storm clouds in the background and in the mid to upper 70's, a light breeze to keep the bugs away also was nice. This is the second time Chuck and I have fished this area, but I did some recumbent recon the week before based on a Google earth viewing of the river, and found that there was an even better spot than our previous visit.
We normally drop on on the lower left of the pictures, its an easy crossing that most people don't make to fish the islands, cuts and eddies. But based on the satellite viewing we might be even better with an approach from the North.
The river is at a good level for wade fishing, still fast but shallow enough for full access to all spots on the river.
Within the first 5 casts Charlie already had a Smallmouth on the line. Smaller in size but very well fed and fat!!
White beetle spin with the large lead colored head, silver blade. Go figure!
I hooked up in a tight pool with 2 downed trees on each side. Two nice jumps and he spit the hook. (Caught a rock, yes a rock earlier which dulled the hook point) About the same size as Charlies first and I had on a 2-tail black beetle spin with a silver oval blade. Am thinking that willow blades with gold hammering might be good, also plastic worms with a cone lead head. Next time.
zero hits on fly, threw a popper - flog pattern with rubber pan legs. Good river coverage with the 9wt rod and larger flies.
