Flow
239 cfs ↓
Trend
Falling
Observed
57d ago
Hatch Status
Hoppers, ants, beetles, caddis, golden stones, small stoneflies, PMDs, blue wing olives
Conditions
Summer heat had slowed fishing, but fall cooling is beginning to improve conditions and spread fish wider across the water. Morning sessions offer the best opportunity as water temps drop and hatches intensify. As of September 4, flows were running 323 cfs and rising with light drizzle and overcast skies. Expect hoppers, ants, beetles, caddis, golden stones, small stoneflies, PMDs, and blue wing olives to show; consider working soft edges and banks with weighted bugs and heavier tippet as conditions shift.
Gauges
Techniques
- Bead Head Woolly Bugger Streamer in black and olive, sizes 8-12
- Blue Wing Olive Parachute in olive, sizes 14-18
- Chubby Chernobyl in purple, golden, brown, royal, sizes 8-14
- Long leader and small dries can be fun this time of year as water cools off
- Red Quill Emerger in sizes 12-14
- Rubber Leg Stone Fly in brown, black, olive, sizes 10-14
- Stimulator in olive and orange, sizes 8-16
- Tunghead Hot Spot Pheasant Tail Jig in red, pink, purple, sizes 14-18
Recommended flies
Red Quill EmergerStimulatorBlue Wing Olive ParachuteTunghead Hot Spot Pheasant Tail JigTH Duracell JigBead Head Woolly Bugger StreamerComplex Twist BuggerRubber Leg Stone FlyChubby ChernobylSquirmy Worm