Sorry about all of the website problems.  I had a former student of mine build this site for me a few years ago and he made some updates over the last couple of weeks. It had something to do with the way it was built and the company that hosted it.

As for fishing, there hasn't been any, at least fly fishing that is.  I would like to thanks everyone that gave me the opportunity at being their guide on the river.  We had some good times this year, lots of fish and some trophies too!!!  We had more rain this year than any year since precipitation had been recorded and that was since the late 1800s.  Way too much water and the fishing really varied depending on releases and temp.  The most spectacular fishing came in a month stretch from mid August until mid September in which we did extremely well on various hopper patterns.  This was some of the best terrestrial action since the big cicaida hatch a few years ago.  Thinking back on it, one trip always comes to mind when thinking of hopper fishing.  Mike S. from Louisville was fishing with me one day.  Rainy and overcast and within a few minutes of fishing my trolling motor decided to die on us.  Try using an oar to keep a boat fishable during two generators.  Almost decided to call it a day then we tried some hopper patterns along steep banks.  The rain stopped and the big browns were on the prowl.  I remember him landing one that was over 20 inches, but the one that got away was the last cast of the day.  We were about a mile downstream from the powerlines along the bluffs.  Mike lost a big fish, well over twenty inches just a few minutes before that last cast which decided to go upstream and under the boat.  Ticked off, but not ready to quit we knew that there were some monsters in the area.  Mike threw the hopper right along this downed tree and brown bigger than any other brown that any client had hooked in the last ten years was on!  SNAP!!!  It was that quick, but that fish was well over ten pounds without a doubt.  It is memories like that which get me itching for this next year.

Well, let's pray for less rain and hungry trout.  I have heard reports of lots of alewives being sucked through the turbines and that is a good thing!  It can happen at anytime throughout the winter, but it usually occurs during the coldest of times.  if you happen to be out fishing when this is occuring then anything white or silver will do.  However, sometimes the fish are so stuffed with food that they won't even bump your offering.  Been there done that and it is frustrating, but you just gotta realize how much this food source will help out our fishies.