April 12, 2015

Flow: 301

Water Temp: 44-52

After a great morning casting with the kids at the Tom Sawyer Fishing Derby -Cattail Crossing pond in P-West (thanks Jenean for putting on such a wonderful event and thanks Mark, Mike Tracy, and Norm for coming out to help) we got the news that the river had dropped from 460 to 301 cfs. Still running gin clear we knew we had to get some of that action. After burgers and sloppers at the Coyote Grille we headed upstream to find an empty river and trout feeding in every column. Nothing massive was landed but any day you can land trout on dries, streamers and nymphs is a good day. Suckers are starting to take over the trout redds and the rainbows are below their own beds feeding on sucker eggs. Zebra midges and olive hares’ ears did the trick for nymphs, swinging thin mints and woolly buggers is a kick in the head and the ubiquitous griffiths gnat sold the risers. Please continue to avoid the redds and explore every inch of structure, trout are everywhere the weather is beautiful and everybody’s home watching the masters.

Tight lines,

Ben