Cumberland F-n-F Report.....

[SSKY]

It was a good day, fished the coves on the south end next to the dam with no luck, fished the coves on the north end across from the mouth of beaver two big spots one largemouth and a smalleye about 5 pounds on a mainlake bluff on the fly duck feather and the little rubber Fluke shad on four pound test. Fished all day but that one fish was worth it for the fight. 8 foot depth on the fly.HHKY got the big one though today up the lake.

[SSKY]

With my very novice info thus far, it appears that the best jig thus far seems to be the punisher duck feather jig with a little tinsel or a little chartreuse hair on the bottom for smallmouths the hair jigs only seem to catch spots. Tried the fish dope stuff I cannot see how it would help, tell me if i am wrong,seems like a waste of money.

[jigman73]

Glad to hear that you guys had a good time.
We put in at the dam and fished Indian all day. Had a fairly good day also in my book. We managed to catch a few smalleys also (4-11,4-7,4-0,3-8) and several spots (2-0,1-12,1-11,1-8,1-0 even). All our fish came on the FNF @ 10-12 feet deep with the feathers greased down. We caught several short fish and only lost 1 descent fish and my buddy broke 1 pretty descent fish off.
We did see a gentleman in a aluminum boat that we thought was pulling shad for stripers, but turned out a 34 pound striper was pulling him that he had hooked on the first cast with a fly. He said that it took him from 9:50 am till almost 5 pm to land that ffish. More power to him, cause I would have given up long,long,long before that.

[redneckshadrap]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Jan-30-06 AT 06:45AM (EST)[/font][p] Use the dope for sure. I only use my own jigs also. No store bought. If you can find some duck hunters get them to bring you some hides. One hide will rinder a quart ziplock bag full of feathers.
Colors we used Sat were Gray/pink craft hair, Chart/white Hair(tipped with the finess minnow), brown duckfeather, Natural Duck with Charthair and pink tinsel, Chart,Baby Blue,and white craft hair.

But we fished from heavily stained to gin clear....
You have to watch those crappie bites also around laydowns. They'll cause you to slip a disc trying to set the hook...

BIlly



Redneckshadrap
www.thecreekbank.com
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[SSKY]

Now you have done it.Now I will try to make my own,which usually results a lot of junk and wasted time, those herons on the bank should provide a lifetime of grey feathers,just joking. I have tried the dope do not see the benefit thus far, would welcome your opinion as to how it helps. Also if you wear plenty of clothes and are warm do not keep that stuff in your pocket as you will have a fish dope leg down to the knee.

[Devils Horse]

Good report Billy, thanks for taking the time.