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How’s Fishing? If you ask me it has been awesome! And I
say that because the days I have been on the streams it was gangbuster. I
had one heck of a day on Monday fishing with my good ole
buddy Chuck. I started out drifting an RGN which worked great and then it
slowed down a bit. I switch to a full sink line and stripped cracklebacks
and it was lights out! At one point I ran out of cracklebacks and started
stripping renegades and Griffiths Gnat and the fishing continued. Now with
that being said, to catch these fish I had to step out of my comfort zone.
I most definitely am not a pro at a full sink line but with a little
practice, I would have to say I didn’t do to bad. I most generally prefer
the dry fly and drift methods of fly fishing, but I definitely opened my
eyes to a new method of fishing. I get that its not going to be a cast and
catch day every time and that why it’s called fishing and not catching.
But if your preferred method of fishing isn’t working, switch it up a bit
and the outcome may be better and you may even surprise yourself.
In my
fishing reports I’ve been asked by several fisherman to try to educate on
what to use and what not to use, this is mainly on what is legal and
what’s not legal. So, I will touch on the definition of a soft plastic
bait. Based on the Trout Fishing Regulations manual a soft plastic bait is
synthetic eggs, synthetic worm and soft plastic lures. So basically, a
soft plastic lure which is like a rubber worm, trout magnet or anything
soft plastic or rubber that you feed onto a hook can only be used in Zone
3. Also, for zone 3- your dough bait, worms, minnows(baitfish), cheese,
corn, grubs, shrimp, salmon eggs can only be used. I hope this information
helps but if anyone has question, please feel free to contact me via
Facebook or even by phone and I will try and answer your question as good
as I possibly can.
So what
working? Well for me this week-The Ross Glitter Nymph drifted under and
indicator was great. I also did well with other small black midges. Other
anglers reported peach fur bugs and orange glo balls were working well.
Now I did my very best on Monday with pumpkin, Bennett blue
and olive cracklebacks.
In zone
1 and 2, black marabou and orange marabou were very popular. Also if you
like throwing Rooster Tales- orange and also the rainbow fry were a solid
choice. In the PowerBait category-Orange, Rainbow and Salmon Peach were of
a few angler favorites.
Today is Free Veterans Free Fishing and the turnout seem to be
good. I got to meet several veterans down on the stream. Its always a
great experience to go down and watch our past and present members of our
armed forces enjoying the spring.
I hope
everyone has a great rest of the weekend. Good luck, be safe and we’ll see
you on the spring.
BENNETT SPRING gage
height 1.71feet
Recommendations White Mega worm, Pink Mega worm zebra Midge-black, olive Grey Scud Mini jigs-Peach or cream Fur Bug John Deere mini jig and Bedspread mini jig- white thread jig and the peacock mini jig with tail Glow balls orange, Jimi Hendrix, white, peach and the tri colored orgininal
Zone 3 -
Orange Spark PowerBait and Salmon Peach PowerBait- White PowerBait,
Rainbow Powerbait
Bennett Spring Events
May 4th Kids
Free Fishing Have fun, stay safe and tight lines! Thanks for reading, Cory The Guy from Weaver’s
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Weaver's Tackle Store 11388 Highway 64 Lebanon, MO 65536 Phone: 417-532-4618 e-mail: weavers.fishingtales@gmail.com
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