Where: Wilson Creek, VA—–Jackon River, VA
Date: 3.27.10
Conditions: Cold morning w/ frost. High of 57 during the day. Clear Skies. A few clouds.
Water Conditons: Clear. Jackson flowing at 600cfs through Floated from X Location to X location
Working Flies: #18 BH Flashback Pheasant Tail, #18 BH Black Emerging Midge, #10 BH Gummy Stone, #2 Jointed Rainbow Trout Streamer, #18 BH Blue Copper John, #14 BH Prince Nymph
Days On The Water in 2010: 7
Report:
Wilson Creek- At around 8:30 arrived at Wilson creek for some brookie fishing. It was a cold morning with frost on the ground so everything was going slow. No visible hatch. Fished the seams from the native brookies. Had one brookie take the flash back pheasant tail. The brookie was about 7” so a decient brookie. Missed another brookie a little upstream 2 times. Fished the creek for about a half an hour before getting ready for a float trip.
Jackson River- Arrived at the river around 1:20ish. Rigged up and were in the water by 1:50ish. After 15min. Fished a tandem nymph rig with a #18 Emerging black midge and a #14 prince nymph and a yarn indicator. Nailed one nice brown trout near some submerged rocks around 8ft. A nice 15” wild brown that pulled the drag on the reel a few times. Really nice stuff to hear! A little while down the river I stuck another fish on some submerged wood but he got off! Switched to a Gummy stone a pattern developed by a local guide. Got 2 rainbow on it near the bank. One 8” and a 12”. Pulled out a 6wt. with a full sinking rio multi tip and a prototype jointed streamer! Moved many fish with the fly. Just few fish hit it. Many nice follows with strikes but not to many hookups. Saw two 20” chase it but no takes. Finally got a 16” from chucking it to the bank. Chucked it the rest of the day with more follows but no hookups.
The Barbless Hook 