Fly Fishing Roaring River | Blown Out Can it be Fished?

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Location: Roaring River State Park
Directions to Public Access:
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Most folks might stay home after a big rain. I mean why fish some "blown out" creek with high dirty water as you try and dodge tree limbs, leaves and other debris? Will the fishing even be worth the effort? Well on this day I decided to give it a try and to be honest I really enjoyed the challenge.

I’ve never fished Roaring River during times of high water like this. Water clarity definitely drops but found the trout moving into areas less turbulent where visibility for them was improved which made it easier for them to spot any food. Once I figured that out I could see the open areas where they were holding. I tested a number of dry fly patterns, terrestrials, and streamers.

I did find it interesting that most of the fish caught they really liked to see action or movement, so a small twitch of the rod or skating my dry flies seemed to really work. With the water cloudy this movement might have helped them take notice. Basically bug fluttering in the water trying to escape the water.

All in all a great day had a good time on a cloudy December day. Thanks for watching!

Flies | Bugs | Streamers (used in this episode)
Sz12 / Woolly Bugger Beadhead – Black/Olive
Sz12 / Woolly Bugger Beadhead – Black/Flash
Sz10 / Woolly Bugger Beadhead – Florescent Green w/Flash
Sz12 / Gould’s Half Down - Golden
Sz14 / Royal Coachman
Sz10 / Hot Spot Para Wulff Green Drake
Sz18 / Blue Winged Olive (BWO)
Sz14 / Double Trouble Nymph | Olive
Sz18 / Bead Head Pheasant Tail | Black
Sz20 / Stretch Tube Scud (Scud/Nymph) | Grey

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