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[coombro]

Rainbow ruun has been very very good to me. Theres a deep hole below it and then you come to a gravel bar just about middle of the river. just above the house on the left if your headed down stream. Fishing to the right of that bar has produced very large browns for me. My thoughts are of the flow of the river. Faster flow more fish for my style fishing. 2 to 3 mile an hr. current is what i look for. Rainbow run was 1.3saturday. Knew I was in trouble when I got there. Also didnt get there til 1pm kinda the dead zone time of day. If the water isn't moving fast I look for where it is.Regaredless of the cfm.

[troutcrazy]

I usually fish just below or above fast water in the channels, but when the river is really rolling I find it hard to fish. I went on the Whiter River in AR year before last and the guide showed us two ways to fish dead water...White Maribou - jerk it through the water with lots of slack in your line...we've had some luck with it. 3-4in smithwicks throw into dead water against a bank or boulders and work it like a jerk bait...take it under then let it float. It's a game of endurance, but it will produce some larger fish.

good to have you aboard the board...always good to talk trout!

[coombro]

thanks for the welcome. Before they started repair on the dam we'd watch the generater sceduale and would fish the the flat waters with spinners, floaters, pin minnows etc. for a few hours til the release of the water. We would be succesful but mainly on smaller trout. When they would open the water up, boy the bigger trout would turn on big time. Cfs from 10000 to 20000. The harder the water the better the action! I have caught two trout over the slot since those days. We have been very succesful at catching slot fish but 20+ is harder thse days. I find most my fish right in the fast current. Short casts, and crank hard. Spinners and crankbaits add a split shot to get deeper if need be. I even carolina rig depending on depth. I think that I give them the fast flash of the lure and short time to think and they bang it hard. Was hopeing to make Burkesville this weekend but house chores have me grounded. Thanks for your imput and hope my thoughts help someone land a 20''+. I'll probably skip work and head down next week.