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L.C. Ranch - Private - July 29th, 2008
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The fish continue to be active and chasing streamers mornings and late in the day. For those fish that aren't active suspending nymphs in feeding lanes will produce. With High temperatures fish will be hanging in a little deeper water than normal, so longer nymph rigs and the like are in order.
Provo River - July 29th, 2008
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Lower Provo:
River below Deer Creek is currently 512 cfs. As always nymph fishing will be successful. Scuds, caddis and mayfly imitations. PMD's are hatching, look for them to start mid to late morning. Overcast days will poduce the most prolific hatches. For those out after work look for the PMD spinner fall to occur. Caddis are on, look for them on sunny mornings and at night.
Middle Provo:
Flows are at 451 cfs in the upper reaches and Chartleston reporting 596 cfs. Nymphing in the lower reaches using sowbugs, stones and mayfly patterns has been effective. Caddis and mayfly subsurface imitations for the upper reaches have , both Golden stones and Yellow Sallies. The Green Drakes are beginning to taper off, so the trout are becoming selective. PMD and Caddis continue to show up. HOPPER TIME!!! if you are in the middle reaches.
Flies you will need for a day on the middle and lower Provo:
Dry flies: Caddis emergers #14 & #16, Goddard Caddis #12-#16, Pale Morning Duns #16 & #18, PMD Spinners #14-#16, Rusty Spinners #14 & #16, Green Drakes #12, Golden Stones #8  and Yellow Sallies #14 & #16, Hoppers #8-#12.
Nymphs: 20 incher #10-#14, Copper John #10-#16, Sow bug #12-16#, scud (olive and gray) #16-#20, zebra midge (red, black, rusty brown) #14-#22, miricle nymph #20, wd 50 (brown, gray) #18-#20, pheasant tail #16-#18. Streamers: Olive Slump buster #6 or #8, Platte River Spider #6 or #8, Olive and Black Bunny Leach #6
Weber River - July 29th, 2008
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Current reported flow is at 219 cfs near Wanship. More than ever expect to find fish holding in deep pockets and deeper riffle sections. A sow bug or hare's ear trailed by a midge larvae or a caddis nymph will produce consistently. With hot days upon us look for cranefly larva subsurface and the adult to produce an occasional rise. For those venturing during the day a hopper dropper combo works. Morning and evening caddis action is producing some great top water action.
Nymphs: Sow bug #12-#16, Hare's Ear with and without a beadhead#14-#16 (hello whitey),Zebra midge (red and black) #20-#22, Caddis emergers. Deep Sparkle Pupa.
Streamers: Double bunnies, Clousers, Woolly Buggers, Platte River Spider and Zonkers are always good.
Green River - July 23rd, 2008
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PLEASE NOTE: HEADERS WITH AN *** preceding the title indicate no changes from the previous report.
RIVER FLOW INFORMATION-FLAMING GORGE - (Extracted from the Bureau of Reclamations Weekly Report). Flows are 1500 cfs daily average. Variation is between 1360 and 1640 daily.
RIVER WATER TEMPERATURES- Water temperature is 53.0 degrees. Checked 7/23/2008. Temperatures are BOR readings as released from Flaming Gorge dam.
WATER QUALITY- Water quality rated poor, fair, good or excellent is currently: DAM TO LITTLE HOLE= Clear, Excellent LITTLE HOLE TO RED CREEK= Excellent. BELOW RED CREEK= Excellent. Best to check locally before depending on conditions to be favorable enough to fish.
A NOTE ABOUT RED CREEK: Rain storms or early spring run-off may cause Red Creek (12 miles downstream from the dam) to flow on occasion, it's effect depends on how much flow is occurring into the river-just a little, not bad, a lot, cloudy but usually can be fished with streamers. A heavy flow will cause the lower Green River to run completely red at times and be entirely unfishable.
AVAILABLE AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, AQUATIC INSECTS AND TERRESTRIAL HATCHES:
SCUDS-Yes, available all year MIDGES-Yes, adults- some activity, larva/pupae available in the drift all year. Rarely active on hot sunny days. BAETIS- Rare. P.M.D's- Yes, A few have been observed. CALLIBAETIS- None- But watch for them in C Section. TRICOS- None. CADDIS- Yes, several species. STONEFLIES-Yes, Little Yellow Sallies on B and C Sections. CICADAS- Yes, gone in upper canyon, still present in B Section. MORMON CRICKETS- None. OTHER TERRESTRIALS-Ants, flying ants, beetles, baby hoppers and cicadas..
***FLY PATTERNS
SCUDS- Scuds should be olive/gray, #16-22 or smaller if you want to match. the natural micro-scuds. Larger scuds (#14-10) in Tan, Pink and Orange as attractors are also effective. MIDGES- Pupa: brassie, red, olive, or black #20-24. Tie some with tungsten beads for weight (known as Zebra midges), others with glass beads for color. Adults: the most common adults are black, olive, or gray. Small Adams and simple adult midge patterns (#16 to #22) will work including clustering patterns such as a Griffiths Gnat, Two Bead Midge or the local Fuzzball. BAETIS- For Fall/Winter Baetis #22-26 Para Adams, BWO patterns. For Spring Baetis: #16-18 BWO patterns in low profile adult patterns. Compara-duns, parachutes, extended bodies. For emergers: #18-20 RS-2’s, WD 40’s in grey and olive bodies, pheasant-tail nymphs, tungsten zebra midges camel brown. Flashback versions of some of these patterns are useful. PALE MORNING DUNS- Winger PMD’s or Compara-duns #14-16. .
TRICOS- None. CALLIBAETIS- None. CADDIS- Elk Hair Caddis tan, peacock #16-14, GT Triple Doubles olive and amber #12. 14. STONE FLIES- Little Yellow Sally Patterns #16-14. CICADAS-There are 2 species present. The smaller = #10-12 3x long shank in size, the larger #8-4 3x long shank in size. Boomers Cicada std and Orange Leggers work well for both species. Elvira, Denny’s Crystal and others work too, but when the fish get selective try other similar patterns such as Para Crickets, Peacock PMX’s, Stimulators that carry a cicada profile to get fewer refusals. TERRESTRIALS- Yes, ants, flying ants, beetles, crickets, baby hoppers, cicadas. . ATTRACTORS- Peacock or Royal PMX , Double Uglies, stimulators.. MORMAN CRICKETS- None. STREAMERS- Woolly Buggers 4_6, black, olive, tan, Goldilocks. Double Bunnies 2-4.(in rainbow trout colors for stockers).
***THE "HOT" SIX
The fly list above suggests the available trout food and their imitations. Each week I will list the top six flies that were productive from the week before. The danger here is that things change from week to week, so while trends in fly selection can be consistent, keep in mind they do also change with current fishing conditions.
Many of the patterns for higher flows should have color or flashbacks, anything that draws extra attention.
Small scuds- olive, grey #18-22 Blue Winged Olives: your choice of patterns #16-18. Compara-duns, Para BWO, Para extended bodies, Wingers, any other low profile dun pattern.
Para Crickets #18-10
Tungsten Zebra Midges #14-16 brown, wine, red.
Cicadas #12-8 as attractors in Section A, the naturals are very much gone here but the patterns still have some effectiveness. The larger species (magnificas) are present in the Little Hole are and downstream, use cicada patterns #8-4’s.
Fat Alberts #14-8 Tan
RS2's and WD 40's (flashbacks) grey, olive or wine #18-24
GT Triple/Doubles #12-16 amber, olive, black, purple. Great for caddis hatches.
Black Ants #18-12 regular, #10-8 longer shanked hooks.
Para Hoppers Tan #14-8
Small scuds #18-14 olive or grey.
Streamers #2-6 Buggers in tan, black, olive, Goldilox Buggers, Double Bunnies, and because of recent stocked rainbows- a good rainbow imitation #4 or larger.
THE PAST WEEK IN REVIEW - RATED 6
So far it has been the perfect summer on the Green. The weather has been pleasant, not too hot by normal summer standards and the whole river has responded by producing some of the best fishing we have seen for many years. All three river sections have been exceptional. This past week we witnessed a slowing of that pace in the upper canyon. The cicadas there are gone for the most part and we are left to using their imitations as attractor patterns or to support droppers. There are times when they remain effective, just not the interest from the fish we were experiencing, they have moved on to other hatches and feeding opportunities. In contrast, cicadas in the B Section have remained strong with the presence of our larger species “magnifica’s” still holding a decent level of activity and the fish are still very interested. You need to fish over sized (#8 and up) cicada patterns to come close to these guys. Past experience with this species has seen them present some years up to mid-August, but they, like their cousins up river can fade fast anytime.
As the cicadas become less important to us, hoppers and caddis have stepped up in their place. The hoppers have been more than abundant, they are thick. Anglers walking the river banks often stir not just a few hoppers, but hundreds. The stronghold of this hopper presence has been the lower two miles of the A Section and down river. Some very exciting fishing when the fish get on these guys. Caddis has been of primary importance too. While you can fish imitations from spillway down, down river of the Rock Garden has been the dominant areas. You can experience an emergence periods some evenings at Little Hole on the flats that creates hot fishing. The noisy rises are a clue, but this action can be very short in duration, so you need to be on it as soon as possible. Caddis pupa with Leisering lifts are very effective. On the topside, #14-16 Peacock caddis or GT Triple/Doubles work well.
Other hatches of importance are the PMD’s and Little Yellow Sallies and by one description and angler ran into a Golden Stone hatch by his description. The PMD’s are not as strong as I have seen them in the past, but as I have stated in earlier reports, we are running several weeks behind normal this year. So they can still be important to us. Yellow Sallies have been good but mostly present in the B and C Sections. The golden stones are a little known aspect of our river. They are present in some numbers but are in more specific areas (not river widespread). I have encountered them at Little Hole, but have seen larger numbers in the riffle areas of the B Section.
Nymphing, if you choose, will still pick up the slower portions of the anglers day. Small scuds, Tungsten Zebra midges, San Juan worms will all add to the effort. With PMD’s, the best emerger pattern is often a Pheasant tail nymph. Beadhead versions are popular too.
With the small stockers in the river, it might be time to pass a few small rainbow patterns in front of those aggressive browns. This is the most important time to go for the truly large trout in the river.
JUST A THOUGHT:
As we have dropped off the intensity of recent weeks, many anglers are finding it hard to adjust. I see it every day in the shop. Anglers that have had the excitement and enthusiasm wiped out of them from what was promised and reportedly would be an easy walk in the catch lots of fish park. I am not unsympathetic, but that is fishing! Some anglers are reverting back to nymphing (at least for portions of the day) which still produces any day of the year. That’s OK. Some anglers are moving on to other hatches and trying other flies in the shadow of put on a cicada, never change flies all day and catch a zillion fish recent past. And that is real good, it has been too easy. But I think it is important to remember, there’s always times on any river when anglers will need to work harder for fish than they might like. The Green River even with its great fishery is no different. It is still producing days of a lifetime for many anglers and when a day of fishing is “hot”, it’s a no-brainer. While many anglers do not exhibit patience, it is an aspect of our sport of fly fishing that on the slower days of fishing becomes paramount. Fish will feed when they are ready. The heat of a summer day, a change in cloud cover, appearance or lack of a insect hatch or even a slight shift in flows will have their impacts on fish behavior and in turn on fishing. Too many anglers try to force situations and by the time the fish are ready, they have lost their focus and become frustrated; trying every fly in their fly box, switching techniques, moving up and down river. While problem solving and flexibility are important aspects of producing the best results possible, we can defeat ourselves in the process if we are not careful. I too, have spent considerable time putting the myriad of flies away at the end of a day when fishing was challenging. Mother-nature has her way of protecting her creatures, even from the most skillful of anglers some days. When that happens, a level of respect for the fish can be restored. But I might offer up what the many years of fishing this river has taught me, do what you know works and stick to it as long as possible, waiting with patience until the fish come to you. It has been proved to me time and again that this approach works. And like every other angler, I too, fall easily into the same traps. Is it that patience is practiced more than leaned? All I know is that I am just trying to be better than I used to be.
FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AHEAD- RATED 5.0 and higher. The river should remain at a high level of productivity into the near future. Some days will be more challenging than others, but the majority of days will have their periods when the fishing exceeds most expectations. Hopper and caddis activity will be the hot approaches to the fish.
THIS PAST WEEKS CROWD MONITOR-Rated 1 to 10, with one being an empty river and ten stay home. I posted this note last year and it is still appropriate! Important to remember: Waders: There are only two access points on the upper river, Little Hole and Spillway. Everyone has to enter at one of these two areas. It's not important how many people are there, but what you do to separate yourself from others makes for solitary fishing. If you are unwilling to walk a little, expect to fish with others. Boaters: Seems there are always a large number of novice boaters trying out their river skills, not all are successful, hopefully they will improve as the year progresses. The worst transgressions: Following too close to others boaters, cutting too closely in front of other drifting boats, floating through or over another anglers fish, competing for fishing holes and fish already occupied by other boating or wading anglers. There's plenty of river and fish, let's give each other a little courtesy and room (i.e. try practicing the Golden Rule when it comes to our fellow anglers). This is supposed to be fun for us all!
These ratings are the lowest possible anytime. Weekends A Section (Friday/Saturday)= 6 for fishermen, 6 Rafters . B section (Friday/Saturday)= 4-6 for fishermen- 3 for rafters. Weekdays, all sections =5-6
RECENT WEATHER Daytime highs- 79-89 degrees Night time lows, 50 degrees This past week: Sunny, beautiful, afternoon cloudiness.
***EVALUATION RATINGS On occasions I'm asked about my rating numbers that are used to evaluate the fishing in this report. The questions are generally things like: do you ever rate the fishing a ten? You won't see a ten from me very often, it has to be consistently incredible for a ten rating. Though we do get incredible days, we seldom get a full week of it. Other comments are that I'm to conservative only rating the river at a five or six. So here it is: 1,2,3 very poor to poor; 4 below average; 5,6 average to good; 7 great; 8 excellent; 9 superb; 10 incredible. So you can see, a five or six rating is not a poor rating and should be a great time to fish the river.
Provo River - Lower - December 12th, 2006
supplied by: Four Seasons Flyfishers FISHING: Good
Middle Provo: 210 – 235 c.f.s. Higher water levels have helped to really improve fishing as opposed to our typical winter flow rates. As long as this trend continues; look for trout nearer the head of the run. There are a variety of larger [#14 to #18] scuds in the water ranging from gray to green to tan. Sow bugs have also been consistent fish producers for the past several weeks. Colors range from brown to gray to white and sizes are consistent with the scuds. There is an increasingly strong midge presence on the water as one approaches the Jordanelle Dam. Most common colors have been black and green; although one could expect to see gray adults as well. Any variety of colors and/or stages of emergence will work sub-surface. Hook sizes should be kept somewhere in between #22 to #26.
Provo River - Middle - November 19th, 2005
supplied by: Four Seasons Flyfishers FISHING: Excellent
Daily Stage and Stream Flow [click here]
The Middle is still great. the fish are eating globugs, San Juan worms, and baetis nymphs pretty much everywhere. The streamer fishing is also good with lots of fish eating the classic Mickey Finn.
Provo River - Upper - November 19th, 2005
supplied by: Four Seasons Flyfishers FISHING: Great
The Upper is being great to us as well. The rainbows are still in the river trying to do their thing. Same with the brown trout. Fishing with glo-bugs and streamers is the best way to go.
Strawberry Reservoir - November 19th, 2005
supplied by: Four Seasons Flyfishers FISHING: Great
Go now for one last hoo-rah before the lakes ices up. The fishing is great and we are seeing some enormous fish this year. Big streamers are the key to success.
Currant Creek - November 19th, 2005
supplied by: Four Seasons Flyfishers FISHING: Good
This little stream has plenty of browns spawnign right now in very shallow water. The fish are chasing small streamers, globugs and there seems to be quite a few cutthroat eating dries still.
Huntington Creek - June 28th, 2005
supplied by: Western Rivers Flyfisher FISHING: Good
This little creek has good water for the first several miles below the dam till the Left Hand Fork joins the main body of water. Given how low Electric Lake is, this fishery should not be affected anymore by run-off. Midges and PMDs will produce good dry fly and nymph fishing. Caddisflies and stoneflies will also start to hatch any day. Very small streamers that do a good job of imitation the small baby browns will move some of the streams larger fish. As they try and fill this depleted reservoir I would expect this fishery to stay in shape much longer than most.
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