well, I crfy when I get home and no one can see...LOL

The only time I cried was when I slipped on a rock and my waders filled up with cold water. It was wintertime. Also, to echo another commenter, there's been plenty of times there were definitely fish in the hole I was at, because I could see them, but try as I might, I could not get them to bite my hook. When they're not in a feeding mood you need more skill than I have to catch them.

I went last Friday, what, 2 1/2 weeks after stocking? There were plenty of 15" or better rainbows AND 10-11" browns. I was catching them on micro-midges, fished deep. Others there were having luck on terrestrial dry flies. But again, the fish were in the mood.

LOL, P. I love fly fishing more than just about anyone. As you know, I'm not a guide, nor am I a FFFCCI. I don't post on here or any other site daily, but I read the blogs & posts on many, many, many sites.

If I could go back to New Zealand right now, I would NO DOUBT catch some of those 30 inch rainbows my guide put me on in that spring creek!!

I learn something new about fly fishing EVERY time I go fishing. Up until about a year ago, I seldom fished with thread midges. I am amazed at the way fish KEY on them!

There are a lot of places where streamers are King, but LMF has taught me to think small for bigger fish. My last trip, I had a 20 inch rainbow to the net... did not net the fish... but it was on a size 20 chocolate midge. Many of the fish I caught that day were on teeny-tiny flies.

Another fly a lot of people overlook is the Soft Hackles. I tie it up in every size from 12 to 20. Swinging a Soft Hackles in a riffles is LOTS of fun! Fish will hit them with absolute reckless abandon.

OK, so I can be a bit of a smart a** when it comes to someone posting about The Beginning of the End or how the bait chuckers Cleaned Out My Favorite Fishing Hole... I enjoy reading posts like the one Tarpon Fly put up about the different flies & hatches on the LMF.

There are several other trout streams around. The Little Red near Heber Springs holds world class brown trout & thousands of big rainbows. The Colorado here in Texas has lots of trout in it.

If Beaver's Bend runs DRY, go catch some bluegill & bass... or a stinkin' CARP!

Kwitcherbichin!

JR

I donno. I can't get soft hackles to work that great, 'cept occasionally a red-butt. Must be doin' sumthin' wrong. Teeny tiny midges, another story. They're my "go to" fly.

Were just there Aug 6th thu 8th. Only had a few hours each day to fish, but did catch 7 trout, with two around 15" and the other five been between 12" and 14". Three were caught on a foam hopper (attractor) the other four were on midget emerger. I don't see how stocking once every three week will hurt Lower Mountain Fork.