Rainbow Trout on Spincast Equipment

Cold Weather Rainbow

Restricted Zone Trout

Nice Hen Rainbow

Three very good trips last week, one in very cold conditions, and the other a very nice Saturday with temps in the low 50’s.

Lots of trout to be caught in Downtown Branson by either jig or bait fishing and the restricted zone was also very good on one generator.

Very good artificial fishing using a 1/8 Sculpin jig casting to the rocky shoreline just below Branson.  For those not so enthusiastic, just sitting back drifting bait or egg patterns on a spinning rod, will catch lots of quality Rainbow Trout.

In the Fly Fishing Zone yesterday Jim and Dave Wells caught trout on every drift during their half day trip.  Starting at the Andy Williams House and drifting scuds under strike indicators we averaged about a dozen strikes per drift.  Would like to say we hooked a dozen fish per drift, but most often, about 1/2 that, which is really good.

Did use a tandem from time to time with either 2 size 14 scuds, or a stimulator fly a size 12 micro jig in pink, with the scud trailing about 18 inches.  Best fish were all taken on the scud, but the stimulator was probably the best pattern for numbers of fish.

Jim drifting a tandem, did catch two trout on one line late in the morning, comming up with one on the stimulator and one on the scud.  Pretty neat stuff, catchin them two at a time.

17 inch Taneycomo Rainbow Trout

9ft. 5 wt. rods with a 4X leader, to a 6X tippet, was the setup.  Drifting the flys about 9 ft. deep on 1 generator.

Beautiful Colored Rainbow Trout

Fly Fishing double. Two Rainbows on at once