Two or three times a year I'm blessed with a visit from the granddaughter in Iowa. Lizzie began her fly fishing at the ripe old age of 4 on Dry Run Creek, 6 years later she is tying her own flies and handling a 7 ft. fly rod like a pro.
This week is Spring Break in Iowa and Lizzie was anxious to hit Dry Run. We waded in at 8:30 and was surprised to find the creek so dirty. When first arriving there were 4 or 5 fishermen fishing the creek and appeared to not be catching anything.
After watching for a few minutes and trying to see into the muddy water (workman were replacing the pipes at the hatchery) she began drifting a sowbug which is normally a good choice and very productive fly. After thirty minutes of no action it was time to make a change.
A brown San Juan worm landed her two small bows but she needed more action. We began wading upstream stopping at what had always been productive locations but was not to be this day. Then Lizzie calls out Grandpa look at this bug swimming. In the water was a #16 black bug with silver on its back, I said Lizzie I think you just broke the code.
We tied on a # 16 black and silver zebra midge and the action began immediately. For two hours she enjoyed almost non-stop action releasing 15 - 20 fish three that exceeded 20 inches. Lizzie performed one masterful job after another playing her trout as they swam upstream, downstream and across stream. Of course the largest she lost due to the ineptness of the net handler.
Finally she announced she was getting hungry so off to Heidi Ugly Cakes we decided to go. On the way out she was stopped by a father wanting to know what fly she had been using and he seemed to be amazed at how effective midge fishing could be when she said a zebra midge.
LIFE IS GOOD IN THE OZARKS
TAKE A CHILD FISHING -- YOU WILL BE GLAD YOU DID!
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