08-19-2009, 03:49 AM
Been fishing up there quite a bit the past few weeks. About a mile down from the dam on rt 31 there are several pullouts. You can also fish right below the dam but there have already been people there so I went further down.
There are some flat water stretches where you can count the browns and sight fish to them. They are pretty spooky. Do not get to close to the bank when you first start or the first thing you will see will be 1/2 dozen nice ones diving for cover. Oh and in the flat water 5x or 6x leaders long ones.
Careful about wading the slow water its very silted you can go a foot or two down in the silt.
Hot flies have been goddard caddis, elk hair caddis. and small hopper patterns. I have done all my fishing on dries. In a few side eddies midges were the only thing that worked.
In between the flat water stretches there is a lot of nice pocket water. If it looks 'fishy' cast something into it.
And check the weather forecast. The first time I went up two sundays ago I got there about 8:30 and there was frost on the ground. Luckily I had a extra jacket in the car.
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There are some flat water stretches where you can count the browns and sight fish to them. They are pretty spooky. Do not get to close to the bank when you first start or the first thing you will see will be 1/2 dozen nice ones diving for cover. Oh and in the flat water 5x or 6x leaders long ones.
Careful about wading the slow water its very silted you can go a foot or two down in the silt.
Hot flies have been goddard caddis, elk hair caddis. and small hopper patterns. I have done all my fishing on dries. In a few side eddies midges were the only thing that worked.
In between the flat water stretches there is a lot of nice pocket water. If it looks 'fishy' cast something into it.
And check the weather forecast. The first time I went up two sundays ago I got there about 8:30 and there was frost on the ground. Luckily I had a extra jacket in the car.
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