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How's Fishing?
We had another good week of fishing here at
Bennett Spring. Several anglers came up to the store with great reports.
Couple anglers reported the bite was slow for them but the majority
reported they were catching some nice fish. With that being said we didn’t
have near as many lunkers brought up but still some nice 1.75 and 1.9
pounders.
What's Working?
A guy joked with me this week about what was
working and I notably named off a couple of jigs and flies. He told me he
liked to drift with an indicator. So when someone says they like to drift
flies I always mention the cream mop fly. Of course, he said, “So you have
an abundance of cream mops and wanna get rid of them.” Well needless to
say he bought a couple of cream mops and was back again later for more.
This is definitely not a sales pitch but those little guys are great! Not
to mention I talk about them in every report.
A couple of other
good drifting jigs this week were various glow balls in brighter colors
like, white, peach, Jimi Hendrix and the easter egg. Another good drifter
was the orange mop, white fur bug, and peach fur bugs.
Of course,
the Black and Yellow marabou jig is always a good choice, but other colors
like orange, white, pink also do the trick.
If I was going to be
throwing a wet fly this week, several anglers were stripping leach
patterns. 1/80th ounce marabou in darker colors were also popular with the
fly rod.
In zone three, the old trusty worm did the job for several
anglers. I overheard a couple anglers in the store talking about the pink
plastic grub. If you like throwing dough bait then I would go with Rainbow
PowerBait, Salmon Peach PowerBait, White PowerBait, Yellow PowerBait,
Trout Pellet Powerbait . Another stand out Dough Bait that has worked well
for anglers that dare to try new things is the Bentley’s Secret Bait. This
is a homemade bait that has been working well on the stream for the past
couple of weeks.
I hope everyone has a great Friday and hope to see
you here at Bennett Spring. Good luck, be safe and well see you on the
stream!
STREAM CONDITIONS
BENNETT SPRING gage height 1.85 feet
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/06923500/#parameterCode=00065&period=P7D
NIANGUA RIVER gage
height 1.70 feet
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/06923250/#parameterCode=00065&period=P7D
Recommendations
Zone 1 and
Zone 2 - cream mopfly, orange
mopfly, white mega worm, Renegade, Bennett blue crackleback, white thread
jig, Gold plated- black and yellow, marabou- black and yellow marabou,
ginger snap, black, shell, shell & white. John Deere mini jig, peacock
jig, white glo ball, Jimi Hendrix glo ball , Lt Roe glo ball, Easter Egg
Glo Ball, Brown Roach, Black Roach Samon Fly Rooster Tail, Rainbow Trout
Rooster Tail, Rusty Coachdog Rooster Tail and Snow Rooster Tail.
Zone 3
– Worms, PowerBait (Yellow, white, salmon peach, cheese and orange,
Rainbow). Bentley's Secret Bait, Chartreus Trout Magnet, Pink Grub, White
Grub
Bennett Spring Events
Bennett Spring
Fly Tying Group- Every Wednesday @ 9 at the Bennett Spring Church
See
https://mostateparks.com/events/park/bennett-spring-state-park for
more Bennett Spring Events and dates
Have fun, stay safe
and tight lines!
Thanks for reading,
Cory
The Guy
from Weaver's
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