I had a very enjoyable 2 day fly fishing trip to Bennett Spring on Monday and Tuesday. Tom from work was going to go but had to stay home at the last minute. I also met my cousin Larry down there, who learned how to do some casting. Anyway, the fishing was average to slow overall, and I didn't see a huge number of fish caught. I probably landed a couple dozen during Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. My first fish as a nice fat fighter of a 16 inch brown trout.The rest were Rainbows of a pretty normal size. The best flies for me were the zebra midge (sometimes as a dropper), adams dry, crackle back (which I rarely fish, but heard others were having some luck with), and black woolley bugger (which worked really well just before the evening whistle above the dam). I ended up bringing a few home. The weather was absolutely perfect! It was cool enough Monday night after cleaning fish in the cold water that I turned on my car heater for a few minutes. I stayed up at Sand Spring overnight. I felt like doing some hiking and also took some extra photos. The wild flowers were really pretty in bloom this time of year.
Terry
I included a few photos below, and for the complete slide show, go to:
http://s1189.photobucket.com/albums/z438/flyfishkc/Bennett%20Spring%208-29-2011/?albumview=slideshow
Up at the Spring
The "Gage House"
Hatchery Trout
Below the Dam
"The Bluff"
"Social Hole"
Many flowers were in bloom
Larry casting practice
ME
