July 17, 2012

Flow: 89

Water Temp: 69

****** Water Alert ******

Flows dropped like a rock at 4:15 today. With high temperatures forecasted through the weekend we could be in trouble again. With flows this low the evening cool down reduces by half each night. The water near the lake is still coming out fine but in nine miles it rises to dangerous levels for trout. Fish early and closer upstream to reduce the chance of mortality. 4 and 5x tippet will help as well. Enough of the doom and gloom let’s talk fishing. Lou had a great morning at 391 cfs nymphing rock clusters and fast water with meat and taters and pheasant tails size 16. My evening trip near the upper footbridge produced 25 trout in a little over an hour dead drifting a 22 cream midge dropper below a soft hackle caddis at 18”. Looking at a 16” waterline on the rocks was a little depressing. The endless fish kept my spirits up though. In every adversity is the seed of an equal or greater benefit.
Tight lines,
Ben