Smithgall Dukes New Years Day

[Swalo]

Dear All,

Myself and a couple of buddies have slots for NYD @ Smithgall. I am new to the forum and have seen many posts regarding Dukes. I am looking for really basic help on which sections people head to in the a.m. and the p.m. as a preference. Also what rigs work well at this time of year.

Yours, hopefully.

Swalo

[Richie27]

well lots of people get there early, throw on the waders and head down stream to section 1. So if you wanna be near the truck then this would be your best section to fish. As far as flies...not one fly has really done the trick...some will argue that smalller is better and others will say throw something big and ugly for that possible hook up with a brown...but the common ground is to go deep for the fish. They're prob. hugging the rock bottom so that would be my advice...change often and see what works. Just fish your section slow cause each section has some hawgs...good luck