3wt7X
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- Nov 19, 2008
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Time Fished:
1000am- 0430pm
Weather:
Mostly sunny. A few sparse clouds later in the day. 40 degrees in the morning rising to the mid 50s.
Water:
The stream had a nice green color. The water was swift, moving at 440 cfs. Stream temps were in the upper 30s to low 40s.
Hatches:
Midges (Size 20-24). Blue wing olives (Size 20) came off in sparse numbers in the afternoon. It was enough to elicit a few risers, but nothing steady. Brown and black stoneflies were seen around the banks, with a few skittering across the water.
Tactics:
I ran a tandem nymph rig for the better part of the day. The best producing fly was a walts worm, although a size 18 pheasant tail performed well in the afternoon. I finished the day throwing streamers, which took one nice fish.
Other observations:
As is usually the case this time of year, the morning bite was slow. I worked hard for 4 trout. Around 1pm, I found a shallow riffle with several risers. The rises were very inconsistent. I sat and watched for about 30 minutes, to allow them to get into a rhythm, but it never happened. The sun came out, and they all went down; however, when I ran my nymph through the current seam, they were clearly still in feeding lies. Most of the fish were cookie cutter 12 inch browns. They looked gorged, and very healthy. Best fish was a 16 inch male on a sculpin pattern after the sun passed behind the ridge.
1000am- 0430pm
Weather:
Mostly sunny. A few sparse clouds later in the day. 40 degrees in the morning rising to the mid 50s.
Water:
The stream had a nice green color. The water was swift, moving at 440 cfs. Stream temps were in the upper 30s to low 40s.
Hatches:
Midges (Size 20-24). Blue wing olives (Size 20) came off in sparse numbers in the afternoon. It was enough to elicit a few risers, but nothing steady. Brown and black stoneflies were seen around the banks, with a few skittering across the water.
Tactics:
I ran a tandem nymph rig for the better part of the day. The best producing fly was a walts worm, although a size 18 pheasant tail performed well in the afternoon. I finished the day throwing streamers, which took one nice fish.
Other observations:
As is usually the case this time of year, the morning bite was slow. I worked hard for 4 trout. Around 1pm, I found a shallow riffle with several risers. The rises were very inconsistent. I sat and watched for about 30 minutes, to allow them to get into a rhythm, but it never happened. The sun came out, and they all went down; however, when I ran my nymph through the current seam, they were clearly still in feeding lies. Most of the fish were cookie cutter 12 inch browns. They looked gorged, and very healthy. Best fish was a 16 inch male on a sculpin pattern after the sun passed behind the ridge.
