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Post by troutbum54 on May 13, 2017 18:19:49 GMT -6
So when I was at LMFR on Tuesday I looked at the bluff area and the old cold hole area while walking to spillway from the evening hole. My questions are 1)has anyone tried fishing these areas, 2)if so how was it, and 3)there are some deep pools in spillway and I was wondering if anyone has tried those as well. It seems like all of these areas would be killer holding areas for monster trout and would be perfect for using an intermediate line with some big/nasty/slutty(picked up this descriptive term from orvis) streamers
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Post by danimal on May 13, 2017 20:43:02 GMT -6
I dredged some of the holes in spillway with streamers after the 1st flood and only caught walleye. But I agree -- looks like there could be sugar-mama of a trout in there somewhere.
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Post by todd13 on May 13, 2017 22:10:45 GMT -6
I fished up in the bluffs at only one hole. I am a newbie and was actually hiking, but gave it a try. I caught one nice rainbow, but had to fish DEEP. It was probably luck and will work that area again. I estimate the hole to be 10-15' deep based how the fish dove and the angle of the line/leader. I didn't think it was that deep, but it surely was.
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Post by golferjeff on May 14, 2017 20:07:23 GMT -6
Bluffs hole/ledge is 17' i think tyler said. He sonared the whole thing. They picked up some sizable echoes while doing so. Spilleay will be awesome if they keep it close to 140cfs. Spillway is great for tight lining or euro nymphing. Hankinsfky and i caught sbout 10 in 2 hours and it was our first attempt at it. So much good water.......
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Post by hankinsfly on May 14, 2017 22:47:52 GMT -6
I'd definitely like to spend more time at the bluff area. In the short amount of time I was there with golferjeff, I missed a hard strike and had several fish follow the small olive micro jig. I saw a couple of trout in the 20" category and I have no doubt there are at least a few very big trout in the depths of that hole. Here we saw substantial bug activity, including those large, bright-yellow mayfiles. Some trout were rising to naturals and I'm sure a dry/midge dropper would do some good here. This is also the area that golferjeff witnessed my big @$$ fall in the river. Still don't know how that happened, it wasn't a bad crossing. Just lost my balance and got some old water down my waders. I have got to find my wading belt....
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Post by troutbum54 on May 14, 2017 23:36:08 GMT -6
Some years back before the flood my buddy and I were standing on the wooden bridge that crossed what used to be lost creek. We were looking at some smaller (11"-14") browns eating in the film in the cold hole and saw a future state record trout! I thought I was looking at a catfish or carp, but when it moved a little more shallow I realized that it was about a 15-20lb trout cruising...
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Post by texanfisherman on May 15, 2017 9:19:49 GMT -6
I'm really considering breaking out the spinning rod next time and dredging the depths of cold hole and bluffs hole with something big and heavy. I just can't get it done with the fly rod. I tried some clousers but I still don't think I'm deep enough.
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Post by hankinsfly on May 15, 2017 9:49:18 GMT -6
Has anyone tried a deep nymph rig? 10-12' deep would not be a problem. Put a super heavy meaty nymph, bunny leach, or wooly bugger and another tungsten midge or nymph dropper.
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Post by stephenl on May 15, 2017 11:48:10 GMT -6
We fished cold hole last summer with light spinning gear. Jigged soft plastic worms deep and pulled up 18inch trout.
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Post by stephenl on May 15, 2017 11:50:34 GMT -6
This was in the deep trench where the road was. We crawled down and stood in the little bit of ground there was. It was about dark thirty.
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Post by breeden3 on May 15, 2017 20:57:02 GMT -6
Troutbum54: I caught that trout you referenced in your earlier post and you are correct, it would have been a state record. I released her in front of probably 80 bait fisherman and you should have seen their faces. Caught her on 6x and size 20 black emerger. I know for a fact that fish survived up until the first flood and wasn't caught again. Where she is now, who knows.
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Post by troutbum54 on May 15, 2017 23:04:47 GMT -6
I'd bet it's somewhere hiding out and I'd also bet there's some even even bigger ones hiding out in the holes in spillway, cold hole, and the bluffs.
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Post by Fenwick on May 16, 2017 6:13:43 GMT -6
Correction sir. That large colorful trout's proper legal name is Eric. I've even purchased an official ODWC fish license in case I catch him. I've recently patented a fly pattern I've tied up to catch Eric. The pattern is mostly but not entirely based upon a baetis nymph and since the baetis characteristic was but only one half of the overall pattern I couldn't outright call it a baetis or B pattern for short. I pondered the patterns name for quite some time really and here are my thoughts on it... Half a bee, philosophically Must, ipso facto, half not be But half the bee has got to be A vis-a-vis its entity, d'you see? But can a bee be said to be Or not to be an entire bee When half the bee is not a bee Due to some ancient injury?
Do try your best to catch Eric soon before he is nabbed by Eric the bald eagle or Eric the Blue Heron. At least Eric the chestnut lamprey has moved on.
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Post by tsfarling on May 17, 2017 9:15:45 GMT -6
Many of the pockets in spillway hold fish. Cold hole is 11' deep at it's deepest part and the bluffs are mainly 8-10' deep near the bluff wall at the top of that whole run. Good luck guys!
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