Fishing report for Montauk Sid Aslin fished the park September 27 to September 30 as part of the project healing waters project that was hosted by Reed’s Cabins. Water levels are down and in fact the creek that runs into the start of Current River that caused the recent floods is now almost dry. Tim Klotz joined me on the first day and caught a few in the morning and was feeling a little discouraged until almost at the ending whistle moved to river away from the upper hatchery and ended the day with 6 trout on 6 casts all on dry fly elk hair caddis. I had stopped fishing a little early as I had not set up camp and wanted to get it done before it was dark. I gogot* to fish on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and caught fish consistently everyday on the elk hair caddis although some were the small washed over the hatchery fish from the flood many were on normal size so I was a “happy camper”! Phw started on Friday and Amy the new director did a good job cooking all of the meals for us with her husband Steve. I mentioned to her that I was part of the FATC and she said they were very appreciative of the flies that our group has made for their organization. Good job guys! I spoke to one veteran and he told me without a doubt that project healing waters saved his life as he was having a very difficult job coping with civilian life’s so thanks to the men that tied the flies and to Kenny for coordinating it! Numerous people and organizations were generous with their contributions and they raised close to $7,800 during the event. One of the participants that helped with the event was Mark Van Patton whom we all owe a debt of gratitude to as most of his career was spent with Missouri Department of Conservation working with their trout program. He is an avid fly Tyler and enjoys sharing talent and while I was not at a recent event where he shared with the group some things about trout I am sure some of you learned a few things He tied 2 flies for me that he says works well at Montauk and I attached a picture. The brown one imitates a crawfish and the other is a wb with bright green dubbing in the body. He says he has a hard time getting that product so if you find some please get me roll! The hackle looks a lot different than the way we usually tie them. I should have gotten the exact pattern so if anybody else can figure how to tie them please let me know as Mark says these flies work well all year long! As a side note, my dad was a veteran of ww 2 being drafted as a 21 year old newlywed soon after Pearl Harbor was attacked and it took him a while to settle down from what he somehow endured during the war so I wish project healing waters had been there back then as fishing and hunting gave him a lot of comfort! Next year I hope that others in our group consider participating and if that interests you please contact Reed’s Cabins!