Alright, it's too pretty outside...where is everyone wetting a line???

[colonelmeyer]

Plan on fishing the Dix soon myself, never been though. Streamer recommendations anyone?

[RICHYD4U]

Plan on fishing the Dix soon myself, never been though. Streamer recommendations anyone?

Never been to the Dix, but a trout is a trout..........I've caughten my biggest fish throwing a Zonker. Just a great streamer pattern! Bunnies are also good. IMO.

-Rich

[bluegrasser]

Couple things about the Dix. First, I love it - have been fishing it for 15+ years now. With that comes a lot of knowledge.

BUT, it is a fickle river. It is certainly not everyone's cup of tea. Other than a short portion of rapids at the spillway, it requires a boat to fish.

The main thing is that the last several years have experienced really crazy water conditions there. One day the river is ridiculously low and trout are skittish; then we get a major storm and they're blowing out water for 3 months and you must become an expert on fishing high, fast water.

There were points on Monday when I wished I had just gone to Otter Creek, which would've been closer, easier, and probably yielded more fish.

But like I said, for some reason the Dix called to me.



* Anyhow, for streamers I throw really BIG sizes out there, because there are some browns here and there that tend to ignore smaller flies. A good beadhead/conehead black woolie bugger will work, but I've been experimenting with the monstrous streamers Kelly Galloup ties. Take a look at some of these bad boys: http://www.slideinn.com/store/index....a9227ec0fd8312

[Rock_Fish]

Couple things about the Dix. First, I love it - have been fishing it for 15+ years now. With that comes a lot of knowledge.

BUT, it is a fickle river. It is certainly not everyone's cup of tea. Other than a short portion of rapids at the spillway, it requires a boat to fish.

The main thing is that the last several years have experienced really crazy water conditions there. One day the river is ridiculously low and trout are skittish; then we get a major storm and they're blowing out water for 3 months and you must become an expert on fishing high, fast water.

There were points on Monday when I wished I had just gone to Otter Creek, which would've been closer, easier, and probably yielded more fish.

But like I said, for some reason the Dix called to me.



* Anyhow, for streamers I throw really BIG sizes out there, because there are some browns here and there that tend to ignore smaller flies. A good beadhead/conehead black woolie bugger will work, but I've been experimenting with the monstrous streamers Kelly Galloup ties. Take a look at some of these bad boys: http://www.slideinn.com/store/index....a9227ec0fd8312

The large Hedge Hog in different colors Will do the trick !!!