Thanks, everyone, for the help. I'll certainly bring a selection including clousers, buggers ans some crayfish imitations with me. And I think some of the giant black stonefly imitations I've tied would imitate a hellgramite so would consider dunking them. It might be fun to get some fish on top so I intend to try deer hair poppers or smaller divers later in the afternoon/evening.
Keith: What presentations have you found most effettive on the Kankakee? Are there certain structural elements I should key in on? I'll probably stay closer to where I-55 crosses the river, but would assume the fish will be in about the same mood there as they would by the state park. Thanks again for all your help, Best of luck, Kevin >From: Keith Finlayson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [VFB] River smallmouth >Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 14:28:24 -0700 (PDT) > > >Kevin, >I lived on that river for 12 years, just moved this spring and I already >miss the great smally and rock bass action. I never fished it near Joliet. >Probably because I lived about 1/2 mile from the state park. If you can get >to the state park (about 30 minutes from Joliet) I can give you some good >places to go. >As far as what I would take if I was fishing there this time of year. >Chartreuse and white clousers are tough to beat. If you would go on my >website (Keith's Fly Tying Site)there are several smally flies listed with >directions and photos. MY picks for that river, not that others wouldn't >work well, would be: >Smally 2: sleeping shiner, jo crazy cray; >Smally 3: Delaware River Hellgrammite (I have cleaned up with this one, >also caught some channel cat) >Smally 4: Eyelash Bugger (Jim Smith is a great and creative tier, I have >gotten emails about this one saving many no fish days) and the Woolhead >Sculpin >Smally 5: Bi-Bugger >Smally 6: Carters Dragon, Bill Millers Crayfish >Smally 7: Ice Bugger (various colors) >Let me know if I can be of any help finding locations if you can go to the >state park sometime. >Keith Finlayson >Keith's Fly Tying Site > > > >--------------------------------- >Do You Yahoo!? >HotJobs, a Yahoo! service - Search Thousands of New Jobs _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
