Fishing Report
How’s Fishing? It is sizzling out there but we’ve had a decent week of fishing. Lots of people are removing the waders and doing some wet wading with this heat. I have spoke with many anglers that are having some great success with stripping wooly, crackleback, streamers and other wet flies. I have also heard several anglers throwing dry flies and doing well. On Sunday I fished the dam with a buddy and had some action with an olive crackleback and also the Bennett Blue crackleback. When it comes to drifting, I have spoken with several anglers that are using Nymphs and having pretty good luck. I drifted the RGN “Ross Glitter Nymph” on Monday and it worked pretty good for me. Another good drifter was the orange mop fly. I have noticed the deeper the better when it came to either stripping or drifting flies.
Several anglers said orange marabou and also red and white marabou worked great for them this week. Of course the black and yellow is a must first thing in the morning.
The water right now is clear, flowing slow and at a gauge height of 1.80. I am hoping to get down and do some fishing in the morning. I hope everyone has a wonderful rest of their weekend. Good luck, be safe and I’ll see you on the stream.
BENNETT SPRING gage height 1.80 feet https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/06923500/#parameterCode=00065&period=P7D
NIANGUA RIVER gage height 1.11 feet
Recommendations
Flies
Griffith's Gnats
Crane Fly
Zebra Midges
Rusty Spinner
Pale Evening Dun
Light Cahill
Black Caddis
Bennett Blue Cracklebacks
Olive Cracklebacks
Copper Johns
Wooly Buggers- olive, brown, white, black
Zone 1 or 2
Mopflies- cream, brown, orange, chartreuse, gray, olive
Megaworms-pink and white, red, white
Bedspread jig
Opossum Hair Roaches~brown, black, white
Peacock Jigs
Original Tricolor Glo-balls
John Deere with Yellowtail
Old Gray John Deere
John Deere
Cream Delight Fur Bugs
Peach Fur Bugs
Popsicle Glo-Balls
Sherbet Glo-balls
Jimi Hendrix Glo-Balls
Hatchery Pellet with Red Dot Glo-Balls
Light Roe Glo-Balls
Egg Glo-Balls
Tricolor Sockeye Glo-Balls
Camo Glo-Balls
Pink Lady Glo-Balls
Marabou - black and yellow, brown and yellow, gingersnap, black, Shell and white, white, Tequila Sunrise (orange and yellow), , salmon and brown, John Deere (Moss and Yellow), Black and White, Olive and Black, Blue and Moss, Chartreuse and Black, olive and yellow, moss, ginger, yellow, red and white
Rooster Tails - Flame Spot, Red, Glitter Flame, Flash Blue
Zone 3
Green Pumpkin PowerBait
Bumblebee Powerbait
Hatchery Pellet Powerbait
Salmon Peach PowerBait
Fluoroscent Orange PowerBait
PowerBait Power Eggs Red, Bubblegum, White, Orange
Meal Worms
Salmon Eggs
Minnows
Worms
Shrimp
Bennett Spring Events
Bennett Spring Fly Tying Group- Every Wednesday @ 9 at the Bennett Spring
See https://mostateparks.com/events/park/bennett-spring-state-park for more Bennet Spring Events and dates
Have fun, stay safe and tight lines!
Thanks for reading,
Cory
The Guy from Weaver’s