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Post by flyfisheranonymous on Jul 26, 2010 18:28:57 GMT -6
Went out yesterday with the guy that put the winning bid on the prize package that I gave to the Championships. What can I say. The floodway was a bust. No current moving through ay all but he did manage one Goldeye. For the afternoon we fished the main river channel. Not to much happening ther either due to the fact the two middle locks were open giving the east side little to no current. When I guide I do not fish so there I was standing in the water beside my client trying to figure out what in the HE double sticks the Cats were doing. I asked if he would mind if I made a few casts and he agreed. What I did notice was the current seam along the faster water. My client could only cast about 40 feet and could not reach the seam. I laid a 80 footer out there hit the seam, set the hook, and handed the rod to the client. Finally the first Cat of the year!!!!! a 34 incher. I tried to get him to lengthen his cast but he just couldn't do it. So at about 4:00 p.m. he decided to take one last cast, nada. I asked if I could take one and zing another 80 footer, drifted the fly, set the hook, heard him say F--O-- I can't believe this, gave him the rod to fight the fish and he lost it. I wasn't offended at his comment and actually it was rather funny the way he said it. Anyway to make a long story short he really enjoyed himself and swears he will learn how to cast more than 40 feet.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2010 7:54:21 GMT -6
Thanks for the update Stu. First good words I have herd about Lockport in about a month. Good to hear the fella had a great time out there and got a cat. Sounds like the main channel is easily wadable now?
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Post by RickL on Jul 29, 2010 16:25:21 GMT -6
I stopped in briefly today, and the lock on the eastern side is still closed, but the water is pounding through in the middle. The dilemma was that the current on the east side by the end of the concrete was a slow upstream flow. I'm not sure this is the best flow for us. The water level is such that I doubt you will get to far out. At the spillway, there is very little flow into the river. I saw a goldeye caught on a worm and bobber. Very few people were fishing the east side, many more were on the west side.
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Post by creekhunter on Jul 29, 2010 19:21:37 GMT -6
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Post by flyfisheranonymous on Jul 31, 2010 9:13:26 GMT -6
You can wade out quite a distance down by the gravel point but that will still leave you 70-90 feet short of where the fish are holding by the current edge. Makes for a loooonnnngggg cast but they are there.
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