Flow
500 cfs
Water Temp
54°F · Prime temp
Observed
80d ago
Hatch Status
BWOs, Baetis, some Caddis, and mixed bag of PMDs will be early season menu. Salmonflies on horizon.
Conditions
The South Fork opens Saturday, May 23, with cold early-season water at 54°F. Fish will be stacked and feeding subsurface before main hatches develop. Expect BWOs, Baetis, Caddis, and mixed PMDs early, with Salmonflies warming in faster than usual once temperatures rise.
Gauges
Techniques
- Plan on spending most time nymphing early season. Worth throwing Chubby Chernobyl along shallower bank water and riffles with smaller, more imitative dropper underneath as searching approach.
Recommended flies
#16-20 Flashback Pheasant Tail#18 Olsen's Pheasant Tail#18-20 Silver Duracell#8-10 Knotty Hooker (Brown, Black, or Olive)#4 Godspeed Stone Brown#16-18 Red Neck#14-16 Yardley's Low Hole#16-18 Rosa Red Tag Jig#16-18 Rosa Orange#18-20 Burkus Baetis Cripple#16 Rusty Hackle Spinner#18-20 Last Chance Cripple BWO#18-20 Infrequent#10-12 Royal Chubby Chernobyl#8 Purple Chubby Chernobyl