Quote Originally Posted by okieflyfisheman
Just got back from 4 days on the lower Illinos. Labor Day was a little crowded and the fishing was a bit slow. I fished about a mile below MarVal Resort and picked up a few rainbow and 1 nice brown. The brown was fun in that he was in one of those holes where you just know holds a bigun. It took a while but I finally coaxed him into hittin a #6 black wollybugger. The river was beautiful, as always and even though the catching was a lil slow the fishing was great.
I was a little surprised by how slow the bite was. I suffered a neck injury so I didn't fish alot. Went Sunday evening for awhile and fished Monday from 1-5. Monday was real tough, went almost through my whole arsenal before I started catching anything. Luckily Pheasant-tail nymph came through for me. Did catch a few on an elk hair caddis also. Necks much better I'll be going out them with both barrels this weekend.