River Report
August 20th - River Report 205 cfs - White Fly Hatch is pretty much over - Got another nice little rain last night - moved the needle on the river up to 205 cfs but I don’t have to water my garden - again - big Isonychia hatch yesterday - fall is coming - got lots of tomatoes finally - foggy this morning 69 degrees -- took Dr. Dantzker and his two grand kids to a local pond and caught a ton of panfish - they are hooked - once they learned that worms don’t swim they realized that fish were running away with the bobber :) White Flies Ending - 69 degrees this morning - bass fishing still off the charts - zonkers, streamers, wooly's, pats rubber legs, poppers and soft hackle streamers - seems like there is one behind every rock - with the cooler evening temps we are hearing of trout mixed in with the smallies - please make sure and fish nothing less than 3x so if you do hook a trout - you can quickly land and release. Great to see our guides taking out so many families and kids fishing this summer. Upcoming hatches - Flying Ants, Isonychias, BWO's and late season sulfurs. People ask me everyday about hoppers and terrestrials - I have only had success with Ants - however on the Farmington I do take great pleasure tossing a large hopper into a pool dropping like a cannon ball - while the guys are fishing their size #48 flies on 15x tippets and you get a monster to come up and hit the hopper like a freight train - its the little things in life that put a smile on your face. Its also funny to see all the night fishing posts - like its a new thing - been going on for 200 years fishing for trout at night. You want to speak to the best night fisherman around look up Jerry Jahns - (spey casting instructor) - he is the MAN having quite a few 30 inch plus trout to his record. Just saying nothing new in the world of fishing - only a new generation recycles the old.- Really nice white fly hatch these past few nights - had a ton of guide trips over the weekend - they all caught tons of fish - family pics on instagram and facebook - Great Weather for the weekend - nice and cool this morning 59 degrees and spectacular weather coming out. also we are coming into flying ant season - after a rain - the ground softens - the ants fly out to mate and the trout love them - if they are rising to ants - they are rising to ants - so make sure you have a couple of our proprietary purple ant patterns handy between now and Oct 1st. - River Report - - smallmouth everywhere - Dr. D. and I were out thursday night - got rained on - was not fast and furious - i don’t think the bass like thunder - but a couple of nice fish outside the TMA some lightning - the white flies came off early around 7 due to darkening weather - we needed it - the river came up around 40 cfs maybe a little more later today - tribs look better - but we needed 5 times that much -- Cant believe August here already - Summer is on the wane:) a much cooler morning - some rain coming in tonight and tomorrow - hope so - looking at the 5 day forecast - cooler weather ahead - down in the mid 60’s tonight - and mid 60’s for lows the rest of the week - with highs only around 80 - this will help cool the river and help the trout - hope so - went fishing with Dr. D. again Friday night - since I had the white zonker i had on before I left for Idaho and did so well on it - what the hell be lazy - smallmouth said good last week - this week not so much - switched to a brown zonker with an orange and brown pat’s rubber leg dropper and was back on track - and had to fish it slowly. One thing about the white flies - remember they emerge - hatch - leave the water - mate and become a spinner all in the same night - that is why the hatch is always so heavy - you have them coming and going - so an emerger, dun or spinner can always work - but I always use a tandem rig - usually a “Usual” or Wulff in front with a spinner 2 feet behind - a deadly combination. Saw white flies last night - will check it out again tonight - Pike and Bass Tour - We got some rain yesterday but not as much as I wanted - going to be hot hot this weekend - be safe - Go to our facebook page for information and date - smallmouth bass fishing is off the charts lots of nice fish being caught - Idaho was a really nice trip - We were in Avery - population 26 - no cell phone only sporatic WIFI - caught tons of wild cutthroats and saw the most beautiful rivers. - smallmouth fishing is off the charts - they are behind every rock in shallow water - deep water you name it - and I am catching bigger ones this year - why - who knows - - streamers, pats rubber legs and poppers for the smallmouth bass - have some special pike flies that came in
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We like the following patterns: Eggs, Sucker Spawn, Scuds and San Juan Worms. - Streamers: John's Lion Bugger, G's Catch'Em All, Circus Peanuts, Zonkers, Woolly Buggers, Pick Yur' Pocket - Soft Hackles: Spiders, Hares Ear or Pheasant Tails - Nymphs: Golden Stone (8-10) BH Hares Ear (12-16), BH Princes (10-16), BH Pheasant Tails (12-18), Rubber Legs (all colors), 20 Incher's (8-16) & Euro Bead Head Princes. Don't forget to try a Chartreuse or Yellow Stone Mop Fly, too. We recommend a drop rig for maximum effectiveness and use an indicator to make sure you don't miss any takes. Try the AirLock indicators if you haven't already. They are the best!
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