No Body Wet on the Crooked
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2024 6:42 pm
Again, my thanks to ronr! 
https://www.flymphforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=11642
He tied his variation with a squirrel thorax and made a much neater fly. I tied mine with a sub of Hare Tron since my only squirrel was at home.
Kelly and I fished the Crooked for about 3 hours before and 3 hours after lunch. It was a great day on the water!
I passed a guide and clients and started swinging flies on a riffle upstream from them.
RIMG4093 by William Lovelace, on Flickr
After the guide's party moved on Kelly fished some of the lower riffles drop shotting a fly for the first time as Ron had suggested.
RIMG4095 by William Lovelace, on Flickr
In the morning, I had landed about 9 fish from 7 to 14 inches on that fly and had it broken off by a bigger fish. I replaced my next dropper up my three fly cast with one of ronr's and tied on my Owyhee Spider to compare a similar fly and was catching fish on both.
After lunch I headed farther back upstream. ronr's fly was working it's magic. Kelly was having his best day ever on the river!
RIMG4099 by William Lovelace, on Flickr
My OS picked up the same action and now I was even getting a few on my Transition PMD on top.
By the time I fished down this riffle I had landed 40 fish for the day, I moved back down river toward Kelly and fished my way back across the riffles I had fished in the morning
RIMG4101 by William Lovelace, on Flickr
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Kelly was still having fun as we wrapped up a great time on the river. He had somewhere over 30 fish to hand for the day.
RIMG4103 by William Lovelace, on Flickr
I ended the day with 53 fish to hand, over 20 LDR's and three broken off. The breakoff were all larger fish, one about 18" that I was up close and personal with until he rolled and snapped my 6X trippet.
He was one that I hooked for the little while I was drop shotting as ronr suggested for bigger fish.
https://www.flymphforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=11642
He tied his variation with a squirrel thorax and made a much neater fly. I tied mine with a sub of Hare Tron since my only squirrel was at home.
Kelly and I fished the Crooked for about 3 hours before and 3 hours after lunch. It was a great day on the water!
I passed a guide and clients and started swinging flies on a riffle upstream from them.
RIMG4093 by William Lovelace, on FlickrAfter the guide's party moved on Kelly fished some of the lower riffles drop shotting a fly for the first time as Ron had suggested.
RIMG4095 by William Lovelace, on FlickrIn the morning, I had landed about 9 fish from 7 to 14 inches on that fly and had it broken off by a bigger fish. I replaced my next dropper up my three fly cast with one of ronr's and tied on my Owyhee Spider to compare a similar fly and was catching fish on both.
After lunch I headed farther back upstream. ronr's fly was working it's magic. Kelly was having his best day ever on the river!
RIMG4099 by William Lovelace, on FlickrMy OS picked up the same action and now I was even getting a few on my Transition PMD on top.
By the time I fished down this riffle I had landed 40 fish for the day, I moved back down river toward Kelly and fished my way back across the riffles I had fished in the morning
RIMG4101 by William Lovelace, on Flickr.
Kelly was still having fun as we wrapped up a great time on the river. He had somewhere over 30 fish to hand for the day.
RIMG4103 by William Lovelace, on FlickrI ended the day with 53 fish to hand, over 20 LDR's and three broken off. The breakoff were all larger fish, one about 18" that I was up close and personal with until he rolled and snapped my 6X trippet.
He was one that I hooked for the little while I was drop shotting as ronr suggested for bigger fish.