Weather: Mostly sunny; some periods of light clouds 12 in. It's free we respect your privacy and we never spam. In the last few days I've caught them as shallow as four feet. You will need to really dig deep and work hard to catch some fish. #10 Black Gold Hardback #10 Brown Slow Stone #18 Baetis Emperor Caddis Higher gauge readings means more current and debris in the Kentucky River. - Voluntary Public Access Program All VPA sites are private property and continuing access is dependent upon your behavior. All Rights Reserved. 2 oz. Both the fish and the fishermen have taken advantage of the warming trend which was accompanied by light and variable winds all week. #18 Olive Brown Emperor Caddis #16 Green River Caddis (Tester Fly) fishing and river reports. the corps began running heavy water (along with sluice gates) to reduce lake level. Flow was increased to 950cfs today. You can access John's previous fishing reports in our Fishing Report Archives. Meanwhile, nice stringers were taken in 5 to 9 foot depths these last few days throughout Big Sandy and West Sandy. #16 Gray Searcher ), #18 Olive Brown Emperor Caddis #14 Tan Get Her Done#12 Beetle#14 Midnight Caddis, Temperature Range: Mid 80s Weather: Sunny all days Wind: Moderate mostly; gusts at times, #18 Olive Brown Emperor Caddis #12 Big-Ass Caddis (Tester Fly), Temperature: 90 Weather: Sunny Wind: Stiff upriver, #14 Big-Ass Cinnamon (Tester) #18 Pink Convertible #14 Black Adams Caddis, Temperature Range: Mid 80s to 92 Find more fishing reports in Kentucky Patoka Lake The second largest lake in the state is loaded with Largemouth Bass and Bluegill. A wide variety of warm water fish including largemouth, white, and hybrid striped bass, bluegill, channel catfish, crappie, and rough fish such as carp, suckers, buffalo, and gar make this an angling paradise. Wind: Hard wind upriver This represents August 23-28 dry fly fishing. 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Fishing Reports KENTUCKY Lake Cumberland Cumberland River Kentucky Lake Rough River Dale Hollow KY-TN Lake Barkley Contact Peter peter@fishin.com KENTUCKY STRIPERFUN GUIDE SERVICE ON CUMBERLAND RIVER IN KY! Conditions: 60s, up to 70/Mostly sunny, one completely cloudy day, two party cloudy days/Wind each day, mostly mild, Flies that Caught Fish: #20 Olive Brown Emperor Caddis #18 Pink Convertible #16 Flav Searcher #16 Pink Searcher #16 PMD Searcher #18 Flav (Tester Fly) #16 Baetis Green Tantalizer #18 Pink Tantalizer. #16/#14 Gray Get Her Done Caddis Largemouth are dominant and provide anglers with plenty of action. > Steve McCadams. 655 Anderson DriveParis, TN 38242(731) 642-0360 Doug also owns a taxidermy shop in Benton, Ky. Doug Wynn Crappie Gills n' More (270) 703-7600 Website - Email I am a licensed Fly Fishing/Spin-Casting Fishing Guide in the Jamestown, Ky area of Lake Cumberland on the Cumberland River Tailwaters below Wolf Creek Dam. John Morgan Angling Adventures Guide Service #22 Olive Brown Caddidge By a little after noon I began fishing in light chocolate water. #20 BWO Comparadun www.stevemccadams.com. Kentucky Lake's fishing scene has been the beneficiary of ideal fishing conditions this week as warm sunny days descended and helped jumpstart the annual spawning phases of crappie. Conditions: Mid 70s, up to 80/Mostly sunshine, overcast and rain late afternoon on the 4th/Wind each day, mostly mild, Flies that Caught Fish: #22 Black on Black Colored Emerger #22 BWO Colored Emerger #22 and #20 Blood Midge. Clear water has opened up the topwater bite this week as warm surface temps have changed things rather quickly. Share. It's here and underway. 'Be patient and calm - for no one can catch fish in anger.'. . Here is a fly list that will hook some big fish before the end of the season: 1) BWOs Size 20 (Twofer, Comparadun, Convertible, or Single Upright Wing) 2) Colored Emergers in Blood Midge and BWO Size 20 3) Black Gold Stimulator #14 and #12 4) Slow Stone #10 in Brown and Olive 5) Olive Brown Emperor Caddis #20 6) Baetis Tantalizer #18 7) Baetis Single Upright Wing #18, Conditions: 48/Wind 7-15 MPH up and downriver. #18 Olive Brown Emperor Caddis, Conditions: 75-80+/Sun; partly cloudy/Mild wind, #16 Flav Searcher #12 Green Hatching Drake #18 Olive Brown Emperor Caddis #18 Baetis Green Tantalizer, Conditions: 60/Overcast with a spit of rain/Mild breeze upriver, Conditions: 65/Clouds and sun/Wind upriver at 7-13 MPH, Conditions: 50/Hard rain until 5 PM/South wind at 20+ MPH, #12 Hatching Green Drake#12 Submerging Green Drake (tester fly), Conditions: 58/Rain; torrential rain/Hard wind northeast morning; south afternoon, Conditions: 62 /Little sun, overcast, sprinkle of rain/Hard wind downriver, #6 Golden Stone Female #12 Hatching Green Drake#16 Flav Searcher, Conditions: 58 /Sun and clouds/Wind gusting to 25 MPH, #6 Golden Stone Female #12 Hatching Green Drake, Conditions: 60 /Overcast in AM; hard rain in late afternoon/Minor wind in morning; gale force in afternoon, #20 BWO Colored Emerger Current fly fishing reports and conditions for Tonto Creek in AZ! #18 Olive Brown Emperor Caddis #22 BWO No Hackle, Monday April 8 - Thursday April 11 (Ashton), Conditions: 46-55/Overcast and occasional showers/Strong wind upriver and gusting; last day mild wind, Flies that Caught Fish: #20 BWO Colored Emerger #20 Blood Midge #18 BWO Hoagie Cripple #18 Brown Hoagie Cripple #10 Olive Slow Stone, #dryflyinnovations, #addictedtotherise, #dryflyfishidaho, #natebrumley, #winteronadryfly, #dryflyguys, #snakerivernetcompany, #henry'sfork, #snakeriver, #flyfish, Conditions: Temperatures ranged from 50-65 degrees. Sign in to your account to find other friends and anglers who are using Fishidy. Flies that Caught Fish: #22 Black w/Black Shuck Colored Emerger #24 Black Caddidge (Tester Fly). Some smallmouth were still being taken by anglers working the eastern side of the lake where rock banks and bluffs were holding some spawning fish. #6 Golden Stone Female, Conditions: 86 /Sun and clouds/Wind out of the south at 16 MPH, Conditions: 75/Bright blue sky/Mild breeze in all directions, Conditions: 65/Sun, then partial clouds/Rain/Wind up to 25 MPH, #16 Brown Tantalizer #18 Brown Hoagie's Cripple, #18 Olive Brown Emperor Caddis #8 Black Gold, Conditions: 90/Sunny; hot/Mild breeze blowing southeast 4 MPH, #18 Emperor Caddis Olive Brown #18 PMD No Hackle #18 Callibaetis Single Upright Wing, Conditions: 75/Sunshine/Mild breeze upriver, Conditions: 65/Partial sun/Slight wind upriver, #22 Blood Midge#18 PMD No Hackle#18 Olive Brown Emperor Caddis (very difficult to see at night, an Adams Caddis or Midnight Caddis would've been easier to see), Conditions: 48/Rain all day/Cold wind downriver, Conditions: 76/Clear and sunny/Wind NW 6 MPH, Conditions: 38/Wet, heavy snow from 2 PM until dark/Calm Winds, #20 BWO Hoagie's Cripple #22 BWO Colored Emerger#20 BWO Comparadun, Conditions: 36/Rain then snow, and lots of it/Wind upriver 10 MPH, #20 BWO Hoagie's Cripple 68. > John Morgan. The rivers fishing starts at Wolf Creek dam which impounds the 50,000 acre Cumberland Lake and runs over 70 of the most beautiful and . Wind: First day mild breeze downriver; second, downriver wind at 5-7 MPH, #20 BWO Hoagies Cripple A section of the Kentucky River in Madison County, Kentucky. #18 Pink Comparadun #18 Pink Convertible #18 Pink Tantalizer Sign up today! #22 Black Caddidge, August 29-31, 2021 Temperature Range: 78-81 Weather: Sunny; last two days hazy sun Wind: Mild upriver first 2 days; mild to stiff upriver last, #16 Olive Brown Meathead Caddis (Available special order by the dozen)#16 Flav Searcher#18 PMD Convertible#16 Olive Brown Meathead Caddis (Available special order by the dozen)#16 Flav Searcher#12 Cinnamon Caddis#18 Pink Comparadun#18 Baetis Emperor Caddis#20 PMD Convertible (Spent), Temperature Range: 74-78 both days Weather: Mostly sunny Wind: Breeze mostly upriver, #18 PMD Convertible#18 Brown Tantalizer#14 Big Ass Caddis (Available special order by the dozen)#16 Olive Brown Meathead Caddis (Available special order by the dozen)#18 Olive Brown Emperor Caddis, Temperature Range: 77 both days Weather:Bright sun; hazy second day in afternoon Wind: Upriver first; gentle both up and downriver second, #20 PMD Colored Emerger#16 Meathead Caddis (Available by special order by the dozen)#16 Flav Searcher#18 PMD Convertible#16 PMD Searcher#12 Big Ass Caddis (Available by special order by the dozen), August 17-20, 2021 Temperature Range: 70-77 Weather: Mostly sunny; one day overcast Wind: All days wind upriver, #18 PMD Convertible #16 Olive Brown Meathead Caddis (Available by the dozen) #18 Olive Brown Emperor Caddis #14 Big Ass Caddis (Available special order by the dozen) #20 PMD Colored Emerger #18 PMD Convertible (Spent), Temperature Range: 62-74 Weather: First couple of days cloudy with heavy rain on the 2nd day; rest was mostly sunny Wind: Upriver 1st day; downriver for the rest, #16 Green River Caddis#14 Tan Searching Emerger#16 Little Mormon Girl#16 Flav Searcher, Temperature: 84 Weather: Sunny Wind: Light upriver, Temperature: 95 Weather: Bright sun Wind: Downriver 10 MPH, #18 Pink Tantalizer#18 Brown Tantalizer#18 PMD Convertible#18 Pink Convertible#20 Black and Green Emperor Caddis, Temperature Range: 73 - 80 Weather: Overcast with sprinkles first day; light clouds 2nd and 3rd; overcast with sprinkles last day Wind: Wind all directions 1st; stiff upriver 2nd and 3rd; both directions last day, #16 Olive Brown Meathead Caddis (available by special order by the dozen)#16 Tan Rippin Lips Caddis#18 Olive Brown Emperor Caddis, Temperature: 99 Weather: Smoky skies Wind: Mild breeze downriver, #4 Salmonfly#16 Olive Brown Meathead Caddis (available by special order by the dozen), Temperature: 99 Weather: Smoke diffused sun Wind: Light wind early upstream; 15-18 knots in afternoon, #4 Joes Stone#10 Golden Stone (Male)#12 Black Beetle, Temperature: 100 Weather: Bright sun Wind: Light breeze upriver, #18 Olive Brown Emperor Caddis#4 Joes Stone, Temperature: 100 Weather: Bright sun Wind: Wind all day downriver, #18 Olive Brown Emperor Caddis#14 Mormon Girl, Temperature: 91 Weather: Blue skies Wind: Gentle breeze upriver, Temperature Range: 53-91 Weather: Mostly sunny; one day overcast with a spit of rain Wind: All days wind upriver, brisk most days, #18 Olive Brown Emperor Caddis #6 Female Golden Stone #14 and #16 Flav Searcher #16 Olive Brown and Brown Meathead Caddis (New tie; no link yet. 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