Quick Recon In BHSC 12Sep16

The Arkansas is still stained grey downstream of the Hayden fire - despite little recent rain. And while they called it "low" (flow was 390cfs) and "spooky" at Royal Gorge - I've more successfully fished when it was lower and clearer. It has "clearly" impacted fishing IMO. I caught some fish but not as many as "typically" during fall outings to this area. I caught the usual 12-14" browns at Pinnacle Rock. My best rig was a double dry of red foam ant (they love this in the morning) and a standard olive elk hair caddis (walking the bank there are a ton of caddis). Though, while I didn't see any fall BWOs yet, I did catch a couple on the venerable (now reimagined in UV2 Adams dubbing) mercury BH RS2 - as well as a green caddis larva. As to the lineage of the browns I caught - they appear to be a cross breed of the German and Scottish to me. Biologists indicate this is possible and likely when they cohabitate. I expect fishing above Hayden Ck would be better - but the drive will be left for the CoWW outing. If you are buying or tying for the outing, I do think a red Amy's Ant or Chernobyl Ant is a great bobber that does work for you too (I caught some and got other strikes on it). Remember, the fall coloration is red-orange for flies on the Ark - somehow this works. Here are some representative fish (the 3rd seems all Scottish, or the orange dots are very faint) and other stuff from the outing.