Red River Gorge Area

[colonelmeyer]

Broseph and I are day tripping it to the Gorge tomorrow. Hopefully we will be able to take advantage of this first warm up. If we score, there should be a few pictures. If anyone else is going to be around we will be the two guys that look alike. Wish us luck.

[colonelmeyer]

Skunked. Didn't even see a fish. No minnows, not even a sculpin. Did see some insects though. A few midges coming off the water. What looked to be some rather large mayflies as the temp broke 50 and a humongous brown moth dived of me. Spotted three other folks fly fishing, didn't talk to them but they looked rather agitated. Taking the looks on their faces as proof of a fish-less day. Better luck next time I suppose.

[Tim_T]

Skunked. Didn't even see a fish. No minnows, not even a sculpin. Did see some insects though. A few midges coming off the water. What looked to be some rather large mayflies as the temp broke 50 and a humongous brown moth dived of me. Spotted three other folks fly fishing, didn't talk to them but they looked rather agitated. Taking the looks on their faces as proof of a fish-less day. Better luck next time I suppose.

Colonel, that is not the report I wanted to hear. A buddy and I are planning on making the trip on Saturday. Did you guys hit East fork of Indian? Swift Camp Creek?

[colonelmeyer]

We fished Indian from the confluence with East Indian about 2.5 to 3 miles downstream. The water was looking a lot better than it did last time I was there in July. Some of the slack water still had a bit of ice on it in the morning but most of that had melted off by the afternoon. That big pond looking pool at the confluence still had a thin sheet of ice and I spotted what I believe to be the much dreaded didymo on the gravel below there. Hope I'm just paranoid and it is native algae or something. Treating my gear anyway. Did not actually fish East Indian though I did drive up a ways near where that first yellow trout sign is by that big boulder all the kids carve their name into. There was some ice in front of and behind that bolder obscuring my view into the deeper water (not to mention making it unfishable). That water was as you may expect crystal clear, could see to the bottom in water up to my chest clear as day. Those other folks where fishing in East when we drove up 9B and they where packing it in when we drove out, scowls and all. We almost gave up on fishing earlier when it sunk in that if there where fish there they must have invented a cloaking device. Staring up at those huge boulders imagining some bear sleeping up there got me thinking about trying to find a den and having Nick video me trying to pet a sleeping bear. That is exactly how desperate I get when I can't find the fish. Didn't even see any of the usual suspects hanging under the bridge in that nice run they made for them. It was sorry. We reckon they must have moved either downstream or into the river due to the prolonged extreme cold this winter. I threw size 16 BH nymphs at first, then threw on a zebra midge below it when I starting seeing those little guys. It was good to stretch out the ole' casting arm and get back in the water either way. If you guys find em' please let me know what we're doing wrong, cause I sure as hell would like to know.

[colonelmeyer]

Ehhh, maybe that was only about a mile, mile and half. When you fish Swift Camp, do you go on up to exit 40 and come in on 715?

[Tim_T]

Colonel I am not real good with the road numbers down there. We got off at the Slade Exit and go down to the road that takes you in through Nada Tunnel and on up toward the visitor center. I will see if I can find my book that has the road numbers and I will let you know. I guess we are going to go ahead down there on Saturday. If we don't find any fish at least we will be out with fly rod in hand and looking at some scenery.

[Deaddrift84]

It's true Tim, we did seriously discuss trying to tape him petting a bear. We even talked about messing with the rattlesnakes while they are still all cold and sleepy. No fish makes us onry'!

[colonelmeyer]

That's how we get to Indian. Was looking at a map last night and it looked like if you went on past the Slade exit to exit 40 and turned left you would be on 715. Looking at my map 715 ran up towards and then along Station Camp Creek closer to where it runs into the river.