Date: 9/24/08
Contact: C. Douglas Nielsen
Phone: (702) 486-5127, ext. 3500

ONE-FLY TOURNAMENT KICKS OFF FALL FISHING SEASON

Fly-anglers looking to test their skills gathered at Lincoln County’s Eagle Valley Reservoir last Saturday, Sept. 20, and set the tone for what some hope will be a fall fishing season filled with fast action for feisty rainbow and tiger trout. The gathering’s focal point was a one-fly tournament where anglers are allowed to fish only with a single fly that cannot be changed or replaced during the tournament.

Participants in these tournaments are pretty secretive about their choice of flies, and Bob Litwiller was no different. His choice of flies, described only as a small brown nymph, made him the tournament winner with a total 24 trout in the net.

Despite very windy conditions, the tournament’s 18 participants netted almost 200 trout with the first three places accounting for 67 of those fish. Most of the fly-rodders used variations of Woolly Buggers or Hare’s Ear nymphs that were either brown or olive in color. Third place winner Randy Upton wouldn’t give too many specifics about his fly either but did say the secret was in the Emu feathers used in its creation. Shore anglers fishing from the dam and the dock caught rainbow trout ranging in size from 10 to 12 inches. They were using Powerbait and small spinning lures.

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