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Post by cb on Mar 7, 2018 8:35:55 GMT -6
Thanks for all the input. I am a flyfisherman and have fished the LMF for the past 10 years, although that is a once a year trip so by all regards I still have a lot to learn. I have fished the river in numerous conditions over those years but this may be a new one to me. I am just glad that it is at least fishable and that the whole trip doesn't need to be cancelled. It would be difficult to reschedule. I was unsure of how to read the flows. I wasn't sure if those were flows for the spillway or for the powerhouse. I am not looking for a mess of fish. I am just happy to be on the water and enjoying my time away. However, I would like to catch something.
Any tips on how to best fish these conditions?
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Post by jonbo on Mar 7, 2018 9:32:41 GMT -6
The other day I caught several on big cone head wooly buggers on a sink tip leader. All that weight kept it down nicely in the stiff flow. I got hung quite a bit, but caught fish.
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Post by dainw on Mar 7, 2018 11:24:13 GMT -6
Second what Jonbo said. Big streamers, heavily weighted.
If you’re gonna nymph, use big flashy bugs, eggs, worms, stoneflies, etc. use lots of weight to get them down. Probably gonna lose some flies but if you’re not on the bottom won’t gst bit.
Also, contrast in muddy water is good. Like a large fly that’s black and white.
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Post by cb on Mar 7, 2018 12:03:41 GMT -6
Thanks for the help. If you were nymphing would you use an indicator? That is one thing I still need to learn, when and when not to use an indicator
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Post by dainw on Mar 7, 2018 12:37:37 GMT -6
All personal preference to tell you the truth. I would probably wager that unless you’re really adept at tight line or euro nymphing, you’ll probably want to have an indicator on if you’re nymphing this weekend. Probably not the best water conditions to learn how to tightlne nymph this weekend.
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Post by jonbo on Mar 7, 2018 12:54:52 GMT -6
I'd recommend going straight to the fly shop and have Eddie or Roberta set you up both for streamer fishing and nymphing. For streamers try to get a sinking leader. I think they sell them there. For nymphing you'll want your normal tapered mono leader, a big old bubble indy, and bright nymphs, as Dain said. In both styles you need to bounce the bottom. You'll hang up a lot. There's nothing you can do about it. The fish are lying down in holes conserving their energy. They won't go for anything way up above their heads. But Eddie will know what you need.
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Post by cb on Mar 8, 2018 10:13:46 GMT -6
The other day I caught several on big cone head wooly buggers on a sink tip leader. All that weight kept it down nicely in the stiff flow. I got hung quite a bit, but caught fish. Jonbo, What size wooly buggers were you using if you don't mind me asking?
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Post by jonbo on Mar 8, 2018 10:58:25 GMT -6
Um, I bought a few from the Fly Shop. I think they were 8's. I also fished some I'd tied last year, probably to fish at the White. I think those were about 4, pretty big for WB's, I think. All of them I used caught fish. At first the fish all bit 30-40 feet off the bank, but later they bit in midstream, too.
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Post by golferjeff on Mar 14, 2018 14:56:42 GMT -6
round the clock generation for the next few days..... preparing for possible 5" rain this weekend?
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Post by dainw on Mar 14, 2018 17:04:20 GMT -6
They get 5 inches of rain over the weekend all that construction they’ve been doing is gonna wind up in the Gulf of Mexico.
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