Tim's Roaring River Fishing Report

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Tim Homesley has been fishing Roaring River State Park for over 30 years, and has fished an average of 300 days per year for the last 23 years.

In addition to his own outstanding experience on the local streams and lakes, Tim also has access to the experience of the three guides he runs out of his shop.

You can always get the up-to-the-minute fishing information you need by stopping by Tim's Fly Shop!

Roaring River is in great shape right now, the water is clearing everyday, you can see maybe 4' in some holes now and the volume of water is slowing and making the fishing easier, especially if you are fly fishing.
Good flies this week were the caddis, Adams, Griffith's Gnats, Light Cahills and we are still catching a few on beetles. Nymphs that worked well this week were the copper johns, pheasant tail nymphs, micro eggs, zebra midges, burlaps and sowbugs were all good.
Woolybuggers in olive, black, and brown also were effective this past week. With the water clearing 6X tippet is working better than 5X tippet, but I'm still using 5X on my big woolybuggers and 6X on the nymphs, and I'm using 7X when throwing dry flies.
Marabou jigs in olive, black/yellow, olive, tan and white all worked well this past week, the water is getting clearer and the micro jigs are starting to work better. Thread jigs and glo-balls were to use this week also, best color of thread jig is still the white, glo-balls in orange, chartreuse and orange seemed to be the best.
If you are using Power Eggs, and Power Worms, then the water is perfect for that type of fishing right now, the best colors in the Power Worms this week were the cheese, white, and the orange peel. If you were using eggs, then hatch brown, white and the orange were the best colors.
Rooster Tail spinners, spoons, and small crankbaits continue to work well, if you are using spoons let them sink deep and work them back very slowly, same thing with the spinners, and on the little crankbaits, sometimes a extra sinker a foot or so above the crankbait will help get it down where the bigger fish are waiting.
In zone 3 minnows, Power Bait paste (white) and corn have all been effective.
Good luck on the river this week.

- Updated 5/12/08

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