Lower Illionois OK 11-25&29

[4wtMartin]

Well this is the first time I have posted. I live in Tulsa and my home water is the Lower Illinois outside of Gore Oklahoma. they had a break in generation last Wednesday and again on Sunday. the weather was better on Wednesday not quite as cold. I figured Some Softhackles and wooley Buggers that I tie would do the trick but action was quite slow on those. I did pick up 5-6 fish on softhackles on Wednesday.

Midges were the ticket and small. I don't have the "Trout Hunter" book by Harrop but I have tried to imitate some of his midges particularly the transitional midge. I picked up a few nice rainbows on that fly in size 22. the main ingredient in the fly is a tail of grizzly hackle tip to imitate a segmented shuck. I had tied up about 10 of these flys but I think mine were too chunky. Very small and very sparse and I think It will be one of my best producers. I've got to get that book to see how he does some of his other midges.

hey I love this site thanks for all the info.

[JohnScott]

..... 4wtMartin .... and welcome from SW Montana.

Nice way to introduce yourself. You can make a lot of friends around this place posting fishing reports, and joining in the discussions on the other Forums, also.

Enjoy your stay.

John

[FishnDave]

Right on! Welcome! Interesting post. I'd be interested to see a pic of the midge fly you describe using the grizzly hackle tip.

[51BC]

Welcome 4wtMartin. Nice post. I tend to read reports rather eagerly this time of year, most of my fishing for the next 5 months or so is going to be through the ice !

[jimsnarocks]

A big HOWDY from SoCal 4wtMartin. Welcome aboard to the best fly fishing site on the www. New guys make coffee and keep the fire going. I wouldn't worry though, you won't be new for long.
Look forward to your posts and fishing reports. Jim

[WarrenP]

Welcome to FAOL from Tennessee!!

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