Rather than chasing turkeys last weekend, my buddy Busch and I met up at Bennett Spring to chase trout. For the sake of time (both yours and mine) I am going to highlight the important parts of the weekend using bullets to keep things short and concise.
- Busch arrived around noon on Friday. It had been raining, it was raining, and it rained the rest of the day. He was able to catch about 5 fish in the rising, murky water.
- I arrived at about 6:30 and was able to land 1 fish before 7:30 when the horn sounded. I was just happy to get a fish on the board with the less-than-ideal conditions.
- Friday night it rained...HARD. It looked like a waterfall coming off the roof of Sand Spring Resort.
- On Saturday morning, the west entrance to the park was closed and the wooden bridge was under water. I had seen pictures of this but I had never seen this before in person.
- There weren't a lot of cars/trucks in the parking lot Saturday morning and most folks didn't hang around long. I think Busch caught a couple above the spillway and I got skunked. All the usual spots were A LOT deeper, faster, and murky.
- We went to some fly shops for advice on where and what to fish. Megaworms, orange flies, and slack water were the suggestions.
- I fished the east arch under the bridge at the end of zone 1 and caught five in the early afternoon.
- I came back and fished with same spot with Busch on Saturday evening. He caught about 10 or so and I caught 7 more. This was the hardest I have had to work for 12 fish in A LONG time at Bennett.
- I did manage to get into a nice 14" brown. That was the highlight of the trip for me and made toughing out the wind, the cold, and the rain worth it.
- More to come tomorrow on what happened on Sunday. Here's a teaser- the fishing got better...A LOT BETTER!
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