STREAM REPORT 11.03
Current streamflow- 55cfs, .7ft
Water temps- mid to low 50s
Hatches:
Tan caddis
Tan midges
Black midges
Hot Flies:
Rainbow warriors
Zebra midges
Quill-bodied nymphs
Walt's worms
Egg flies
Klinkhammers
I Can See It midge
Elk hair caddis
Chubby Chernobyl
We've been guiding like crazy these past couple of weeks and we couldn't have asked for better days. Clients ranged from seasoned anglers to brand new beginners and there have been a lot of great quality fish caught by all.
The river has been stocked a couple of times now, so fly selection ranges from small midges and other more natural patterns for picky, educated holdover fish, to eggs and big foam dry flies for the ready-to-eat-anything more recently stocked fish. With the water being so low and clear right now, it won't take long for those fish to start eating natural food sources and quickly become selective.
Be ready to see many of the trout that you'll be targeting. Until we get more rain and flows come up, it will be a sight fishing game. A dry/dropper combo is the best tactic for the current conditions. There are a good number of fish rising to dry flies right now so I would choose a dry fly over an indicator rig.
Fishing on the wild trout waters is also great, with similar low water conditions. A midge or caddis dry fly will fins a lot of rising wild rising fish right now.