Success on the Wilson

I had the opportunity to fish both days this weekend. Saturday was spent exploring some new places my buddy has recently discovered in the Siskyville boat ramp area of the river. We saw many anglers, but few had much to show for their efforts. We fished the upper river all day and witnessed 2 fish caught. Both were natives and both hooked in the very upper river. Sunday started out with snow and a somewhat slow drive down with another buddy. After Saturday's excitement, we decided to fish the lower river. As of Saturday, the river was running at 4.5 and dropping. We started at the Thanksgiving hole and quickly decided it was to low. We made out way back toward the farm fishing every deep hole along the way. I wound up briefly foul hooking what looked to be a fairly bright one from the scale left behind on my hook. The river has changed since last year and now there is a great stretch of drift water just behind the barn at Josey's. After exploring the deeper water, my companion moved upstream and hooked a 12 lb. chrome nate that jumped at least 3 times and gave him a run for his money. We took a couple photos and released him. The new thing seems to a plastic bait call "easy eggs" with yarn. I've been resistant to change, but I've seen it work a couple times now and it's time to give it a try. Around noon, we moved upstream and found Cedar creek empty. After seeing it , I know why. It has changed considerably from last year and filled in almost completely. As a last ditch we hit Jones creek and to my surprise ,there were at least 2 chrome fish laying under the bridge. We attempted to get one to bite, but I'm sure they had been harassed all day and quickly moved upstream. All in all, not a bad way to spend a weekend bank angling. More to come...