I was up there last week with a friend and we both did very well, each took about 8 or so from right near the spillway (the first big pool) on caddis. Easily missed the same amount right there also. They were small browns, but fun to catch.
Got in on a small hatch of March Browns late afternoon and caught several in the evening hole, one close to 20". Spillway was not as productive, but of course still fun to be there.

Spillway gets hammered and fish get taken out of that area in huge and fast numbers this time of year. I'll hit it righ after a stocking but within a week, not many fish left there. Winter is best time to hit SC.

Starting next month I'll be back in the mountains guiding for trout half the time, and back in Dallas guiding the Winter Crappie Run up the creeks and rivers. Weather is starting to cool down keeping the high pressure of tourists and kids swimming and throwing rocks in the Evening Hole and other areas of the river, making it great fishing and its only going to get better the colder it gets.

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I will teach y'all how to fish the river all on your own within 4 hours. You will be able to come back to the river on your own, anytime of year, and fly fish or using conventional gear, to catch these trout. If you know how to / or want to learn to tie flies, I'll show you how to tie up the top flies for the river, next to the river. After we cover all the hot spots and secret holes, I will stay by your side till I'm sure you will be good to go on your own.

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The fly list:
Just throw a Near Deer when in doubt. :-)


Beavers Bend Fly�s

MAIN FLIES:

Near Deers
Bead Head Pheasant Tails (Size: 14-18)
Hares Ear (Size: 14-18)
Orange Soft Hackles (Size: 16-18)
Red Hackles (Size: 16-18)
Bead Headed Wollybuggers (Colors: Olive, White, Black, Rust) (Size: 10-20, I like Big WB�S)
Black Midges (Size: 12-22)
Red Midges (Size: 12-22)
Blue Winged Olive (Size:16-22)
Sulpher (Size: )
Cahill (Size: 18-22)
San Juan Worm

January:

Hatches: Baetis, Blue Winged Olive, Light Cahill, Midge
Flies to use: Pheasant tails, Red Fox Squirrel, San Juan worm, Egg Patterns, Griffiths Gnat, Adult Caddis, Emergers


February:

Hatches: Mayflies, Midges, March Brown

Flies to use: March Browns, Bead Headed Black and Red Midges (size 12-14), San Juan worms, egg patterns, Griffiths gnat, CDC, Emerger Patterns, Soft hackle

March:

Hatches: Blue winged Olive, Midges

Wet Flies to use:
Soft Hackle, Copper Johns, Pheasant Tails, Egg patterns, Red Fox squirrels, crane fly

Dry Flies to use: Griffiths Gnats, Hares Ears, March Brown (mayfly), Blue Winged Olive (mayfly)

Flies to use: Elk Hair Caddis, Parachute Adams, Thread Midges, and Caddis Pupae Flies, Soft Hackles, Midges, Hares ears, Pheasant tails, Prince nymphs


April:

Hatchs: Flying Ants, Caddis, Mayflies, Crane flies, Midges

Flies to use: Red Soft Hackle, Elk Hair Caddis, Midges, Ants,

May:

Hatches: Baetis, Beetles ,Blue Winged Olive, Brown Caddis, March Brown ,Tan Caddis

Wet flies (nymphs) to use: Cream Colored Soft Hackles, Nymphs, Adam Parachutes 12-16, Hare's ear Nymphs, Elk hair caddis

Dry flies to use: CDC Caddis and CDC Mayfly Emergers, EHC, Adam Parachutes


June:
Hatches: Mayfly, PMD's, Sulphurs
Flies to use: Grasshoppers, Ants, Midges, Mayflies, Caddis

July:
Hatches: Mayflies, Midges
Flies to use: Copper Johns, Griffiths Gnats, EHC, Ants, Griffiths Gnats, Soft Hackles, Hoppers, Soft Hackles

August:

Hatches: Midge, Hexagenia, Caddis, Mayflies, Mosquitoes
Dry Flies: Caddis and Mayflies (including dry, emergers, and cripples)
Flies to use: Soft Hackles, Midges, Pheasant Tails, Copper Johns, Small Mayfly Imitations, Caddis Pupae, Emergers



September:

Hatches: PMD/s, BWO's Yellow Sally, Grass Hoppers and Katy-Dids, Hexagenia Mayflies

Wet flies (nymphs) to use: Green Bead Head Caddis Nymph imitations in about size 14-16, Egg patterns, San Juan Worm, Various Soft Hackles, Light Cahill, Grasshopper, Ant, Hex Nymph

Dry flies to use: Stimulators on a size 10 hook, Elk hair Caddis, Hex

October:

Hatches: Caddis, Grey Mayflies, Blue Quills Blue Winged Olives Midges, Sulfurs
Flies to use: Miracle Midge, Zebra Midge, Egg Patterns, San Juan Worm

November:

Hatches: Small Tan Caddis, Small Black Caddis, Midges
Flies to use: Thread Midges, Caddis Emergers, spiders, Copper John, Egg Patterns, San Juan Worms

December:

Hatches: Black Caddis, Blue Winged Olives (mayfly) and Midges.
Flies to use: Emergers, Caddis, Mayfly, Midges, Egg patterns
Dry flies to use: Griffiths Gnat, Blue Winged Olive, Black Caddis

Very nice run down...

Report:

Flies: pink eggs rock, pink and green creek chub colored Near Deers, and a few on grey RS2's



Above: fish took an RS2



Every trout he caught was exciting!







Grasshopper patterns worked well too. Got to sink them though. 2-3 inch patterns. They were nailing them.

Landed 50-60 fish. Biggest was 18 inches. Most were 14-17 on average. There were actually some fish in Lost Creek! First time I have seen fish in there since last sept. Hopefully they put more in there!

Thanks for posting some more pics. Was thinking about BB the other morning when it was cool outside. Been a couple of months so I need to head back up there, the OK license is running out fast lol

Report: yesterday wins for the worst fishing day ever. This three week stocking program is terrible in my eyes. All the major stocking points are void of fish. Red zone is only place to get a consintant bite. And even in the red zone there are not that many fish like usual. I know we came off the busy time of year and it should start to get better. Expecially when the stop logs come out at the end of the month and drops the river down in some spots. So, we will see.

So they are stocking every 3 weeks instead of every two weeks now? Wow.

Are you talking about the ones across Spillway creek in different areas?

Power house bridge and fly shop bridge stop logs.

Doesn't sound good. Hope it shifts.

Thank you for the answer. I never really hit those areas, maybe I need to for smallmouth. I just gernerally go from the spillway to Evening Hole.

Has anyone hear how is this 3 week stocking affecting the local economy?
In my opinion if there is no negative effect on the economy, then there is no chance for the stocking to return to how it was.

Any comments from the fly shops or the LMFRF?

Rob Woodruff & Pat Waters Clarify Stocking at Lower Mountain Fork Sounds like it should have a good effect. I don't know if that link qualifies as "pimped," or not?

I have gone twice in the last few months once right after stocking and once right before. The trip right before stocking I did cover a lot of ground but still had a great day of trout fishing. I think that artical had valid points the fish seemed to be distributed well. a dead drift was key once the sun got up you could see fish about to take then make a wrong mend in the line and they turned away quick. I think it will be a great winter of fishing on the lmf.