Last winter I got the chance to go through a mentor ship up at Kirk's Fly Shop. My first day heading up to the shop was a Saturday in early December, and it was an awesome time. When I first arrived, Kirk was on a conference call with a local radio show, but his dad, Gary, was there and we got a loose game plan played out. When Kirk first came out, we talked fishing a little bit, and the conversation quickly went to tying. I grabbed one of my boxes, and handed it to him to check out. he quickly pointed out some bigger rojo midges I had tied for the Delaneys, and said "Let's tie those today. You'll lead the tying class." We went over to the vises, got materials set up for everyone, and started spinning up bugs. as people came, I started the class, and we knocked out a few rojos each. After that, it was onto the more seasonal bug, a midge dry. We went from #12 hooks down to #18s and 20s, and it got interesting. I stuck with the easiest midge dry, the Griffiths gnat. Everyone tied a few each, and after a while, it was time to switch up. The hot fly on the Big T at that time was a little midge called the Famous Amous, invented by one of the locals. Well Amous just so happened to be at the class, so we ended the day tying a bunch of them up. After everyone left, we all sat around, talked, and eventually, I headed out.
The tailwater is pretty different from most area rivers. Let's clear one thing up real quick; I consider the first 1/4 mile of river from the dam down to Mall road to be the tailwater. Anything below it is the canyon in my eyes. Anyways, we parked below the dam, and I hooked up real quick on a #20 famous Amous. Unfortunately, he popped off. I worked the tailwater hard, but between people in prime holes, heavy wind, and the fish just not playing, it didn't end up coming together down there.
Tight lines,
Rob
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