[blakejd]

Alright guys and gals I need a bit of brainstorming help. I found a money hole that just screams big untouched fish but I have a few problems. 1 the hole is so big and deep I can't cast to the sweet spot and even if I could the darn thing feels to be 20-30 ft deep. 2 It is protected by cliffs on both sides and a serious recirculating rapid/hole at the top making that approach have serious consequences. So the questions are what flies might I tie to fish that deep. I've been thinking big heavy tungstun san juans and stone nymphs or perhaps some super heavy streamers on a sinking head. Any suggestions on colors or materials that would be effective at that depth and make the effort more successful? Any creative ideas for getting up in the hole for better casting. Something light weight like perhaps wearing a lifevest diaper style and some type of anchor to keep the current from pushing me out. Thanks ahead of time.

[Steve P]

I have no idea but I love the diaper style life vest idea just because it shows that you have truly lost your mind to try and float down a rapid deep section of water just to fish a large unassuming hole and that there might (or might not) be some really monster fish in. You are willing take the risk of life to try and find out!!! Don't worry I would be right beside you with my life vest diaper in the hopes that if one of us drowned the other could catch the fish!!!

Steve

[NJ All Day]

Sinking lines. And big streamers

[JSzymczyk]

night crawler and 1/2 ounce sinker.

[flytire]

you dont necessarily need heavy flies to fish these kind of holes.

theres a hole on the bighorn river that sounds like you describe and fishing midges on a floating line with a splitshot on the leader was the way to go.

if its a swirling eddy the current will take the leader and bring it down to different depths. the fish will feed at all levels not just down at the bottom.

[FishyboY]

if it is the big horn use some ray charles, pinkies, and atomic worms! if not then use an 8wt. 250 streamer express line. and tungsten articulated streamers.

[Old Hat]

Medium sink leader and a muddler minnow. Or stand up stream and feed a soft hackle down the rapid and just let is swirl in the hole. My 2 cents.

[blakejd]

I have no idea but I love the diaper style life vest idea just because it shows that you have truly lost your mind to try and float down a rapid deep section of water just to fish a large unassuming hole and that there might (or might not) be some really monster fish in. You are willing take the risk of life to try and find out!!! Don't worry I would be right beside you with my life vest diaper in the hopes that if one of us drowned the other could catch the fish!!!

Steve

I truly would be insane to try and get down that rapid in anything but a kayak. I was planning on swimming up into the hole off to the side of the main current. If it comes to it I may have to get a little crazy and rappel off one of the side cliffs to a nice boulder that would make for good casting.

Thanks for all the responses. Kinda confirms I should show up with all my tricks and my boom stick to throw heavy streamers and multiple nymph rigs. I hadn't thought of just feeding a soft hackle down stream. I have to look at the terrain again and see if its possible.

Josh