dps260
10-12-2007, 07:29 PM
My friend Mike and I spent the weekend on the Cumberland River. On Saturday while the Vols handled Georgia we put the canoe in at Helms landing. We paddled up river where we wade fished and drifted in the canoe fishing our way back to Helms. We landed a lot of fish in the 14”- 16”, mostly rainbows on size 18 black zebra midges.
On Sunday we drifted the river with guide Hagan Wann. Fishing was steady most of the morning. Mike and I both landed rainbows over 20 inches. The afternoon was slower but produced some nice fish, again mostly rainbows with a few browns thrown in. Prince nymphs seemed to land the larger fish while the zebra midge was the most consistent producer. Late in the day we went to stimulators with a zebra dropped off the back.
On Monday we sat out on our own to fish the stretch of the river where we had had our greatest success and to fish rainbow run which had not fished well the afternoon before. About 9:00 am KFW shock boat came roaring through with the loudest boat I have ever heard. They proceeded to shock and net fish for several miles of river right where we were fishing. We landed two fish the rest of the day. I am glad to see KFW monitoring the river but maybe they could have come the day after we left. Still lots of healthy fish landed and some large fish we saw but could not get a commitment from. I will be back but if I see KFW shocking fish I will exit to another part of the river.
My friend Mike and I spent the weekend on the Cumberland River. On Saturday while the Vols handled Georgia we put the canoe in at Helms landing. We paddled up river where we wade fished and drifted in the canoe fishing our way back to Helms. We landed a lot of fish in the 14”- 16”, mostly rainbows on size 18 black zebra midges.
On Sunday we drifted the river with guide Hagan Wann. Fishing was steady most of the morning. Mike and I both landed rainbows over 20 inches. The afternoon was slower but produced some nice fish, again mostly rainbows with a few browns thrown in. Prince nymphs seemed to land the larger fish while the zebra midge was the most consistent producer. Late in the day we went to stimulators with a zebra dropped off the back.
On Sunday we drifted the river with guide Hagan Wann. Fishing was steady most of the morning. Mike and I both landed rainbows over 20 inches. The afternoon was slower but produced some nice fish, again mostly rainbows with a few browns thrown in. Prince nymphs seemed to land the larger fish while the zebra midge was the most consistent producer. Late in the day we went to stimulators with a zebra dropped off the back.
On Monday we sat out on our own to fish the stretch of the river where we had had our greatest success and to fish rainbow run which had not fished well the afternoon before. About 9:00 am KFW shock boat came roaring through with the loudest boat I have ever heard. They proceeded to shock and net fish for several miles of river right where we were fishing. We landed two fish the rest of the day. I am glad to see KFW monitoring the river but maybe they could have come the day after we left. Still lots of healthy fish landed and some large fish we saw but could not get a commitment from. I will be back but if I see KFW shocking fish I will exit to another part of the river.
My friend Mike and I spent the weekend on the Cumberland River. On Saturday while the Vols handled Georgia we put the canoe in at Helms landing. We paddled up river where we wade fished and drifted in the canoe fishing our way back to Helms. We landed a lot of fish in the 14”- 16”, mostly rainbows on size 18 black zebra midges.
On Sunday we drifted the river with guide Hagan Wann. Fishing was steady most of the morning. Mike and I both landed rainbows over 20 inches. The afternoon was slower but produced some nice fish, again mostly rainbows with a few browns thrown in. Prince nymphs seemed to land the larger fish while the zebra midge was the most consistent producer. Late in the day we went to stimulators with a zebra dropped off the back.