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Fish Report for 8-6-2012
August is the perfect time to fish Fall River
8-6-2012
The Fly Shop
Current River Conditions: August is a perfectly good time to fish Fall River. Depending on where you go in the AM hours along the entire length of Fall River, the fishing can be action packed for about an hour or so, then tough for awhile. The rainbows are spread out from the very upper river all the way down to McArthur Rd. That's 15 miles of river! The afternoon wind can draw the rainbows out of the weeds where they eat Red Copper Johns, Midges Brown Micro Mays and good fishing lasts until about 4:30 PM. Rising rainbows are easy to spot in the early AM hours. Bring Trico spinners!
UPDATE: Expect 30 minute delays on HWY 299 3 miles west of Ingot to 3 miles east of Montgomery Creek.
The Fly Shop's ? Tips: Bring a gray colored felt tip marker with you and color the bodies of your spinners. Many of the spinners in the lower river do not have cream or rusty colored bodies.
Floating lines and leaders tapered to 4X, about 24" of 6X tippet not to mention a #16 PMD Dun- that should do it for dry fly fishing. Fast sinking Poly Leaders and Normans Wiggle Tail PT swung on long casts will get you hooked up! Don't forget to fish olive leeches and damsels.
The "Fall River Twitch" has been the most effective technique on Fall River for decades. How to: Anchor your pram upstream of rising fish. Cast downstream and across, then feed line out to extend your drift a long ways downstream. The "Fall River Twitch" results in a presentation that lets the fish see your fly first, while you are positions upstream and out of the fished field of view. The Fall River Twitch is equally effective whether fishing dries, swinging nymphs or indicator nymphing. If you're casting to a pod of rising trout, work from the outside in and you can often pick them off one by one. 5-6wt rods are what we recommend for Fall River, with some anglers using 6wt. rods for casting heavier sinking lines. The Fly Shop ? recommended fly lines; RIO Gold floating line and an extra spool loaded with RIO CamoLux.
Suggested Fly Patterns:
Dry Flies:
• Twilight X Spinners - PMD/Rusty
• CDC Rusty Biot Spinner - Callibaetis
• Last Chance Baetis #20
• Tilt Wing Dun PMD #18
• Last Chance Cripple PMD #18
• Mayfly Cripple Limestone #18
• Mercer's Missing Link
• Norman's Loop Wing BWO #18
• Parachute Adams #18-20
Nymphs/Wet Flies:
• Pseudo May's Brown #16-18
• Hogan's S&M #16 Olive
• Drifting Flashback PT #14-16
• Black Zebra Midge #16-20
• Red Copper John #18
• Zug Bug #14-16
• PT Nymph #14-20
• TB PT Nymph #18
• Norman's Wiggle Tail PT #16-18
• Mercer's Micro May Fly Brown #16
Streamers/Leeches:
• Zack's Damsel Leech Olive
• J. Fair's Translucent Wiggle Tails Olive
• Zack's Swimming Leech Olive
• Zack's Swimming Leech Black
Fly Fishing Gear: • Fish Counter cause you're gonna slay'em!
• Buff ? High UV Angler Series Headwear
• Simms ? Solar Sombrero
• Oakley GASCAN Polarized Sunglasses
UPDATE: Expect 30 minute delays on HWY 299 3 miles west of Ingot to 3 miles east of Montgomery Creek.
The Fly Shop's ? Tips: Bring a gray colored felt tip marker with you and color the bodies of your spinners. Many of the spinners in the lower river do not have cream or rusty colored bodies.
Floating lines and leaders tapered to 4X, about 24" of 6X tippet not to mention a #16 PMD Dun- that should do it for dry fly fishing. Fast sinking Poly Leaders and Normans Wiggle Tail PT swung on long casts will get you hooked up! Don't forget to fish olive leeches and damsels.
The "Fall River Twitch" has been the most effective technique on Fall River for decades. How to: Anchor your pram upstream of rising fish. Cast downstream and across, then feed line out to extend your drift a long ways downstream. The "Fall River Twitch" results in a presentation that lets the fish see your fly first, while you are positions upstream and out of the fished field of view. The Fall River Twitch is equally effective whether fishing dries, swinging nymphs or indicator nymphing. If you're casting to a pod of rising trout, work from the outside in and you can often pick them off one by one. 5-6wt rods are what we recommend for Fall River, with some anglers using 6wt. rods for casting heavier sinking lines. The Fly Shop ? recommended fly lines; RIO Gold floating line and an extra spool loaded with RIO CamoLux.
Suggested Fly Patterns:
Dry Flies:
• Twilight X Spinners - PMD/Rusty
• CDC Rusty Biot Spinner - Callibaetis
• Last Chance Baetis #20
• Tilt Wing Dun PMD #18
• Last Chance Cripple PMD #18
• Mayfly Cripple Limestone #18
• Mercer's Missing Link
• Norman's Loop Wing BWO #18
• Parachute Adams #18-20
Nymphs/Wet Flies:
• Pseudo May's Brown #16-18
• Hogan's S&M #16 Olive
• Drifting Flashback PT #14-16
• Black Zebra Midge #16-20
• Red Copper John #18
• Zug Bug #14-16
• PT Nymph #14-20
• TB PT Nymph #18
• Norman's Wiggle Tail PT #16-18
• Mercer's Micro May Fly Brown #16
Streamers/Leeches:
• Zack's Damsel Leech Olive
• J. Fair's Translucent Wiggle Tails Olive
• Zack's Swimming Leech Olive
• Zack's Swimming Leech Black
Fly Fishing Gear: • Fish Counter cause you're gonna slay'em!
• Buff ? High UV Angler Series Headwear
• Simms ? Solar Sombrero
• Oakley GASCAN Polarized Sunglasses
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