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FISHING REPORTS  ARCHIVE: Your search returned 51 items (most recent reports for all waters in )  Now showing items: 11 - 20. Select page: 1 2 3 4 5 6   Green River - April 12th, 2007 supplied by: Fishwest Outfitters FISHING: Good maps 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).   800 cfs and steady. Current information from BOR says that anticipated inflow into Flaming Gorge in April-July is predicted at 51 % of normal. Daily Release Patterns  The river will be held at a constant 800cfs for now. RIVER WATER TEMPERATURES- Water temperature is 40.0 degrees. Checked 4/6/2007. 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= Excellent. LITTLE HOLE TO RED CREEK= Excellent BELOW RED CREEK= Running from Good to Poor with a little early run-off. Has been un-fishable on and off over the past several weeks. Might be wise to get a local update before trying to fish this lower river reach. 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. BAETIS- Yes, There are still a few of the fall/winter Baetis, in the past several days, a few of the larger spring Baetis have been observed in the A Section. Which means they should have occurred downstream as well, but no reports of that has crossed the shop. This is just the beginning and is not in full swing yet.    P.M.D's- None. CALLIBAETIS- None. TRICOS-  None. CADDIS- Yes, winter sedges. STONEFLIES- Yes, Slender winter stones. CICADAS- None. MORMON CRICKETS- None. OTHER TERRESTRIALS- Yes, ants. ***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 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-None. TRICOS- None. CALLIBAETIS- None. CADDIS- Winter sedges are a blond/cinnamon colored caddis #10-14. STONE FLIES- For Slender Winter Stones, naturals have slender black body with clear veined wings. Can use #14-16 ant or flying ant patterns or small black caddis, a standard is a Rio Grande King Trude.   CICADAS- None. TERRESTRIALS- Small black ant patterns.. ATTRACTORS- None. MORMAN CRICKETS- None. STREAMERS- Woolly Buggers 4_6, black, olive, tan, Goldilocks. Double Bunnies 2-4.   ***THE "HOT" PATTERNS The fly list above suggests the available trout food and their imitations. Each week I will list the top 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. I used to limit this to six patterns but could not stick to my own number limits. Sailor ant black #14-16 (or other patterns that imitate the small black stoneflies). BWO dun patterns #16-18: though we haven�t seen these in great numbers yet, better have a few on hand. Para Adams #20-26 Griffith's Gnat #20-24 Tungsten Zebra Midges #14-16 brown, red. small scuds- olive, grey #18-22 Glo-bugs #12-14 all colors San Juan Worms, red #14-12. RS2's and WD 40's grey, olive or wine #18-24 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  5-5.5 We returned to winter once again this week, nothing serious except the wind.  A skiff of snow in the mornings and colder air temperatures. The long range weather forecast is for this same un-settling weather for the immediate future. The good news is the increasing activity of our spring Baetis. We have seen some very good hatches this past week. We need a little more consistency before we can claim the hatch is on, but overall, it is promising. The most consistent timeframe was 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, but there were several days where they were present on the water even later. Don�t forget that Baetis emergers spend several hours prior to the dun stage swimming in the currents and are available to feeding trout. Great fishing with nymphs suspended 3-5 feet below the rivers surface. UDWR has scheduled its spring shocking program for April 16th at spillway and 17th at Little Hole. This activity will take place during night hours. These are the only updates this week, but I will leave in place parts of last week�s report that are still current. FROM LAST WEEKS REPORT.  I was out on the river Wednesday this week and had great weather all day. The fishing for us in the morning was slow as we pushed a dry fly only preference further than we should have if we wanted more fish. You make those choices sometimes, and then you need to be willing to pay the price. There were certainly lots of fish available to us down deeper, which we finally succumbed to late morning and put some fish in the boat. There were midges on the surface nearly the entire day. In shady areas on the river the fish fed heavily on midges. It was more challenging in the sunny areas with the fish being able to see and reject patterns too easily. Part of the issue was naturals so small that the fish had no problem in identifying the fakes. Even a #26 isn�t very effective in the face of needing the #56 hook (that has never been made) to even get close to matching the naturals. Our first shot at the river came with dry/dropper rigs. Chernobyl Ants with zebra midges were the chosen approach and as mentioned, we didn�t do well early with it. Our successful deep fishing with indicators and a large zebra midge trailered with a smaller one ended when the fish got active closer to the rivers surface in the early afternoon. Then, we were successful for the remainder of the day with our Dry/dropper combo�s. For me, dry/dropper rigs lose their efficiency when you dropper more than three feet below the dry fly. The increase in tangles and awkwardness of casting such rigs makes it less appealing. For most of the day we fished at three feet, in the faster water we reduced to two feet because we were often in the more shallow edges of the river.   One of the neat recent events has been the little black stoneflies (slender winter stones). Their numbers have been great enough to interest the fish. Anglers have fished everything from Chernobyl�s or sailor ants to black caddis and done well. We saw a few of the naturals on the water, and though we got reports of other anglers doing well that day fishing patterns imitating these small stoneflies, we didn�t do very well with it. Either we weren�t in the right place at the right time or didn�t fish the right flies to take advantage of it.   Everyone is still waiting on the spring Baetis hatch to arrive to make fishing life a breeze. And their presence does simplify it all for those who wish to catch lots of fish on dry flies. We are seeing some activity daily, including even a few of the smaller versions, but are still waiting for the hatches we have come to expect. And truthfully, it�s early yet. Peak season has historically been mid-to late April into early May. But I still wouldn�t head to the river without some #16/18 BWO patterns in my fly box.     To summarize: midges have been daily with many different taxa on the water so they range from small to nearly invisible (at least for us older guys with our eyesight); little black stoneflies have been fun when and where you can find them; Baetis are spotty; fish dry/dropper for fish in the upper water columns; go deep for those who are not; and be observant enough to watch for those shifts in depth holding by the fish; fish at the levels you find them.   The most productive hours on surface are 10:00 am to 1:00 pm daily.  For nymphing: small scuds, red San Juan Worms, Glo-bugs, midge larva and zebra midges are the best. For scuds, colors of grey and olive are best fished whether as droppers or deep. Midge larva is best in red or black, zebras in wine, red, brown and black. Don�t forget that the smaller bugs should be fished as a trailer to one of the brighter patterns such as the red San Juan worm or Glo-bugs. Traditional Baetis activity, when available, occurs 10:00-11:00 am to 1:00-2:00 pm. Streamers have been great too!   If you are preparing for an upcoming visit to the Green, you may wish to review the "SPRING FISHING INFO" section further down in this report. FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AHEAD- RATED 5.0 and higher. In the coming March weeks and into April the midge and Baetis hatches should be prolific. The Spring Baetis hatches have been one of this rivers premier hatches for many years. You can expect optimum fishing conditions in the weeks ahead.    ***SPRING FISHING INFORMATION As spring progresses there will be some big changes in the trout and insect activities from those of winter. Typically, longer days with longer periods of sunlight will move trout back towards a reversal of what occurs in winter by their noticeable un‑podding and re-stationing in the more typical river lies. This reversal will occur over time and overall create some great fishing. This movement is further aided by the (opening at higher elevations) (around April 1) of the "selective withdrawal structures" attached to the penstocks (outlets) at the dam. This "opening" provides the start of warmer temperatures through the dam and additional nutrients from the released water. Aquatic invertebrates will also become more active resulting in great midge and Baetis hatches. Midges should be active most every day until the air temperatures become consistently warm, I expect the strongest Baetis activity to start mid‑April, with the most consistent hatches late April and early May. The water temperatures will rise slowly, so still expect to find the most trout in the slower velocity water with fewer available in the fast/heavy river sections. This will continue until water temperatures reach close to the high forties. Many fish will have to be fished for deep with scuds and midge nymphs to be productive, but others will resume their bank hugging and feeding activities making them prime targets for anglers. The suspended pool eddied trout can be caught by suspending nymphs at 5 to 6 feet with an indicator or watch for them to start working near or just under the surface. The river should come into full bloom by mid‑May with the return of our terrestrials such as the cicadas that are so important to our great surface fishing. 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)= 5-6 for fishermen, 0 for rafters. B section (Friday/Saturday)= 3-4 for fishermen- 0 for rafters. Weekdays, all sections = 3 RECENT WEATHER Daytime highs- 30-68 degrees Night time lows, 15-35 degrees This past weeks=  Blue sky/sunshine, snow/cold,windy at times. ***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. photos Weather and Lunar Phases Green River - February 22nd, 2007 supplied by: Fishwest Outfitters FISHING: Good maps 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).   WAPA is doing a double-hump flow daily for electric generation. From a 800 cfs level they are raising the flows from 6:00 am to 8:00 am to 1874 cfs, reducing flows from 10:00am to 12:00 am to 800 cfs, raising the flows at 3:00 pm to 1874 cfs until 10:00 pm then back to 800 cfs. PLEASE NOTE: Because of low snow pack this winter, flows may be reduced to 800 cfs and steady in March and April. We have not seen exact start dates for this. Will post them ASAP Daily Release Patterns Hour CFS Hour CFS Hour CFS Hour CFS 100 0812 700 1093 1300 937 1900 1874 200 0812 800 1874 1400 937 2000 1874 300 0812 900 1874 1500 937 2100 1874 400 0812 1000 1874 1600 1062 2200 1093 500 0812 1100 1093 1700 1874 2300 812 600 0812 1200 937 1800 1874 2400 812   RIVER WATER TEMPERATURES- Water temperature is 39.0 degrees. Checked 2/22/2007. 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= Excellent. LITTLE HOLE TO RED CREEK= Excellent BELOW RED CREEK= Excellent. 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. BAETIS- Yes, Fall Baetis. P.M.D's- None. CALLIBAETIS- None. TRICOS-  None. CADDIS- None, rare.. STONEFLIES- None. CICADAS- None. MORMON CRICKETS- None. OTHER TERRESTRIALS- None.  ***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 Baetis #22-26 Para Adams, BWO patterns. PALE MORNING DUNS-None. TRICOS- None. CALLIBAETIS- None. CADDIS- None. STONE FLIES- None. CICADAS- None. TERRESTRIALS- None. ATTRACTORS- None. MORMAN CRICKETS- None. STREAMERS- Woolly Buggers 4_6, black, olive, tan, Goldilocks. Double Bunnies 2-4.   ***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. Two-bead midge #22-24 Para Adams #20-26 Griffith's Gnat #20-24 Tungsten Zebra Midges #14-16 brown, red. small scuds- olive, grey #18-22 Glo-bugs #12-14 all colors San Juan Worms, red #14-12. RS2's and WD 40's grey, olive or wine #18-24 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. We are now set up to do all fishing licenses by computer. The old way of writing them by hand is gone, however it is a bit slower if we have a number of licenses to do at a time. Therefore we recommend, if it is possible at home, you get them before coming to the Green River.      Utah Fishing License    THE PAST WEEK IN REVIEW - RATED  4.5 While our extreme cold spells have waned for the time being, winter is still here with fronts rolling through every 3 to 5 days or so. With each front we have gotten a little moisture in the form of snow, but no great accumulations. Snow pack is very low. Last year we were at 125% of normal, this year we are at 74 % of normal, up slightly from the 63 % of normal two weeks ago. A note from the Bureau of Reclamation is hinting that with the current trend, they may reduce the current flows down to 800 cfs (would be steady) for March and April. The days between the fronts have often been windy, some have been perfect. The current fishing conditions have still been frustrated by the current flow scenario. Dealing with multiple changes in flows daily has been a problem for many anglers. That said, overall success on the river has been good during the periods of stability (after the changes occur). Catch rates have been decent, anglers have used about every approach effectively: dries, nymphs and streamers. Two fly rigs can be helpful whether a dry and trailing an emerger or a colorful San Juan worm with a midge larva behind it. What�s important is to get your flies to the fish where they can see them and notice them. So with the shifting of flows, look and locate where the fish are being pushed to in order for the best success. With the warmer weather has come more sunshine. More sunshine has helped our fishing overall, but it has been pretty good near Little Hole for midging fish. Often these fish are most noticeable by their smutting rise, just exposing a dorsal fin or part of their nose or tail. Small dry flies such as Baetis and midge patterns work well on these guys. Most productive hours on surface are 10:00 am to 1:00 pm daily. For nymphing: small scuds, red San Juan Worms, Glo-bugs, midge larva and zebra midges are the best. For scuds, colors of grey and olive are best fished whether as droppers or deep. Midge larva is best in red or black, zebras in wine, red, brown and black. Don�t forget that the smaller bugs should be fished as a trailer to one of the brighter patterns such as the red San Juan worm or Glo-bugs. Streamers too! P.S.- We welcome you to stop by for a visit with us in our fly shop located on the corner of the Highway 191 and the Little Hole Road in Dutch John. Our current hours are 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Sunday through Thursday, 8:00am to 6:00 pm Friday and Saturday.. FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AHEAD- RATED 4.5 and higher. There's lots to look forward to in the coming months. As the weather improves and flows stabilize fishing should be good to great. In March, nymphing will only improve and we�ll watch for the first signs of Baetis hatches. In April the midge and Baetis hatches should be prolific. ***WINTER FISHING INFORMATION While the following is good advice for this river, it may well be appropriate wherever you fish in the winter. As we approach the colder months on the river, remember, winter is a time when trout often use different habitats than they do in warmer times of the year. This transition will occur as the water temperatures drop. It is generally first apparent when the trout become noticeably less visible along the rivers banks and they retreat to the deeper and more sheltered/structured areas of the river to conserve energy. Anglers should respond to this in two ways: First - it's time to start thinking about fishing deep with the scud and midge imitations that make up eighty percent of the trout's winter diet. Second-spend some time to locate the areas that hold the largest concentrations of trout. My typical winter approach is to fish to the fish, not just fish the water. So locate the trout first and don't just fish blindly in the areas you've fished before. It just may be that the trout have moved out of the pool or areas that produced the best fishing for you this season. Remember the reason for these changes are to conserve energy, so more trout will be found in the slower velocity water and fewer will be available in the fast/heavy river sections. Closer to the dam, the fish are either deep in the runs or suspended in the eddies. The deep fish will have to be fished with scuds and midge nymphs to be productive. The eddie fish can be caught by suspending nymphs at 5 to 6 feet with an indicator or waiting/watching for them to work the surface. Near Little Hole, watch for midging activity by the trout, they will only be found in a few areas. Locating these trout may be your best opportunity to surface fish. Typical nymphing will take those trout that are in the riffles in this area.   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)= 1-2 for fishermen, 0 for rafters. B section (Friday/Saturday)= 0 for fishermen- 0 for rafters. Weekdays, all sections =0 RECENT WEATHER Daytime highs- 20 to 45 degrees Night time lows, -5 to 15 degrees This past weeks=  blue sky, overcast, snow, moderately cold. ***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. Report provided by: Denny Breer Trout Creek Flies   Fishwest Outfitters & Guide Service www.fishwestoutfitters.com photos Weather and Lunar Phases Green River - December 19th, 2006 supplied by: Fishwest Outfitters FISHING: Fair maps 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).          PLEASE READ-         LETTER FROM DENNY         RE: GREEN FLOWS WINTER 2006         Please read this press release from the BOR (Bureau of Reclamation) in Salt Lake City, Utah. WAPA (Western Area Power Authority) has been trying to re-establish these flows after having lost that ability since the early 1990's. Restrictions from the Recovery Program for Threaten and Endangered Fishes downstream of Flaming Gorge had held winter flows in check. For many years WAPA has pushed hard their agenda to resume these flows. They were postponed for the 2005-06 winter because of concerns stated by UDWR (Utah Division of Wildlife) and other groups of the effects of such flows on the Flaming Gorge Tailwater trout fishery.         WAPA brought to the table several years ago a computer simulation model that they wanted to use to predict the effects of flow changes on trout. Trouble was, the model has never been scientifically reviewed. Furthermore, the model is funded by WAPA, which for us is like the fox guarding the hen house for credibility. The agreement arrived at in fall 2005 was that WAPA and UDWR would prepare a study under which, if water were available for double humps flows in winter 2006-07, data could be gathered on the effects of double hump power generation on wintering trout and help quantify whether the model was a useful tool in predicting actual trout behavior.         Since that agreement, UDWR has done additional electro-shocking and tagging of trout to help in this effort. But past that, there has been nothing brought to completion that produces the study as promised. WAPA submitted its plan to BOR in early November 2006, less than one month before it wanted to start double humping flows, far too short a time frame to setup any meaningful study. Despite the language below in the press release about a study and results being shared, those who have reviewed the submitted study plans stated that it fell way short of the even the basic needs for the data required. What did WAPA do over the past 12 months to prepare? UDWR claims that they requested the study proposal from WAPA back in August with no response. BOR states that info requested of UDWR was never received. The only thing for sure is that there is plenty of finger pointing by everyone!         On the surface it may appear that WAPA is the big winner here. But to me, everyone loses when the process and agreements made break down.         WAPA has lost credibility for a promise not kept and by moving forward with this operation without the study in place, proving to many of us that it only pursues its own agendas. Further, WAPAs efforts to legitimize use of its model in discussions of winter flows at Flaming Gorge should be viewed with great skepticism now that its own 2006-07 winter operation is compromising and tainting the baseline data that would be used in that model. But if they are getting what they want without a study anyway, why would they care? Arent they getting rewarded for their actions (could be phrased as lack of action in producing a credible study) and foot dragging?         UDWR loses a great opportunity to measure the effects of these flows to effect preservation of the sport fishery below Flaming Gorge. Short and long term effects of such flow patterns will no longer easily be discerned and documented. This unfairly benefits WAPA and appears to be part of their strategy.         The biggest potential loser to all the finger pointing and politics is the Flaming Gorge trout fishery. What will the impacts be? For years it has been UDWR biologists position that these flows add additional stress on trout during a time of year where their ability to expend energy levels are lowest. WAPA challenges that position. Impacts might have been measured this winter, but whatever is salvaged of any study will fall well short of what was needed. Some effects may not show for years. Again without data, how do you tie these effects to flow patterns?         This fact is not lost on those who always want you to prove your position.         Make no mistake about it, this is about the money. Using the figures below and the numbers they provided to us at other meetings, WAPA will save about $750,000 over three months, while generating $160,000,000 in revenue annually at Flaming Gorge. So for a .00478 savings they are willing to potentially impact the future of a sport fishery that has been valued at between $50,000,000- $80,000,000 in revenues annually to the State of Utah. For us, this is not about the money they want to save, but more WAPAs drive to re-establish the ability to operate with impunity. The headline below should really read Winter Power Generation Once Again King Over All Other Considerations at Flaming Gorge.         I will not update the river report in the immediate future until there has been some time to evaluate the effects of this new flow on the fishing. Waders need to use extreme caution. I would like to solicit visiting Green River winter anglers to document any impact that they encounter this winter. This can be how their fishing was, dead fish found, observation of live stranded fish, wading accidents due to flow changes, etc. Written notes, letters and even better, photos if possible, are important. If you send them to me, Ill make sure they go where needed. Denny.         P.S.- I am personally very saddened at this turn of events. This study would have given us an opportunity to know once and forever what the right winter operation is, for trout and power generation. The inability of the BOR to bring about the necessary partnering and follow through needed to study this event results in a huge loss of opportunity. It brings into question whether the Flaming Gorge Workgroup is an effective endeavor. For me, there is less trust in the process and players. Whatever approach might be needed, this resource needs protection from abuse and decline by those that treat it as an obstacle to their goals.         PRESS RELEASE         Reclamation to resume double peak flows from Flaming Gorge Dam to accommodate regional hydroelectric demand         Reclamation announced today that it will soon resume a double peak flow regime from Flaming Gorge Dam to better accommodate regional hydroelectric generation patterns and demand. Beginning on Monday, December 18, 2006, and continuing through February 2007, Reclamation will resume double peak releases from the dam with morning and evening peaks from the dam reaching approximately 1900 cubic-feet-second (cfs). Double peak flow regimes occur when water releases from the dam are increased twice daily to meet hydroelectric power demands.         Double peak flows have been a normal mode of operation at Flaming Gorge Dam over the course of its 40-year history, said Rick Gold, Regional Director of Reclamations Upper Colorado Region. Over the past 11 years through a combination of operational considerations and dry hydrologic conditions, double peak flows have not been scheduled at the facility.         In late 2005, the Western Area Power Association (Western) requested that Reclamation consider a proposal for operations at Flaming Gorge Dam to resume a double peak regime to better match the load pattern of federal power customers and reduce the spot market purchases the federal power marketer must make to meet their customers load demands. Western has estimated the cost savings of a double peak regime versus a single peak regime to be approximately $8500 per day over a three month winter season (December through February).         Releases from the dam will accommodate two peaks each day in the morning and evening reaching approximately 1900 cfs. Under a single peak operation, the peak flows reach about 1600 cfs during daylight hours. Under the double peak operation, the morning peak, beginning at 7:00 a.m., MST, will have duration of three hours and the evening peak, beginning at 5:00 p.m., MST, will have duration of four hours. Between the morning and evening peaks, releases will be reduced to about 900 cfs.         Releases are scheduled to be 800 cfs during the late evening and early morning hours. The ascending and descending ramp rates for both peaks are 800 cfs/hour. These ramp rates have been agreed to by the parties of the Flaming Gorge Working Group to provide a level of safety and also to maintain habitat in the river corridor below the dam.         The Colorado River Energy Distributors Association, a non-profit organization representing consumer-owned electric systems that purchase federal hydropower and resources of the Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP), supports Reclamations action as it will reduce the potential for future rate increases and lessen the impact to the Basin Fund which is used for upkeep and maintenance of the CRSP dam and generating facilities.         Prior to 1993, Flaming Gorge was generally operated under a double peak regime. Since 1993, in order to lessen the effects to the sport fishery below the dam, Reclamation has generally operated Flaming Gorge Dam using only a single peak per day with a limited ramp rate of 800 cfs/hour. This was a compromise between power interests and the recreation interests. The single peak operation was not viewed by Reclamation as a long term solution and was based on the presumed condition of the fishery in 1993.         Under the Flaming Gorge Record of Decision (February 2006), the issue of generation patterns was limited to daily stage change downstream at Jensen, Utah, associated with generation patterns at the dam. Reclamations position from 1993 to the present has been that NEPA is not required because these changes are within the range of normal operations that date back to the 1960s.         Reclamation also sees the merit in collecting scientific information during the double peak operational regime. Based on the draft study plan prepared by Western, impacts to the trout fishery below the dam will be evaluated. Western has committed to provide the Flaming Gorge Work Group and other stakeholders to the process with the results of the study by July 2007.                  Daily Release Patterns         Hour     CFS     Hour     CFS     Hour     CFS     Hour     CFS         100     0812     700     1093     1300     937     1900     1874         200     0812     800     1874     1400     937     2000     1874         300     0812     900     1874     1500     937     2100     1874         400     0812     1000     1874     1600     1062     2200     1093         500     0812     1100     1093     1700     1874     2300     812         600     0812     1200     937     1800     1874     2400     812          RIVER WATER TEMPERATURES- Water temperature is 44.0 degrees. Checked 12/5/2006. 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= Excellent. LITTLE HOLE TO RED CREEK= Excellent BELOW RED CREEK= Excellent. 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. -    BAETIS- Yes, Fall Baetis. -    P.M.D's- None. -    CALLIBAETIS- None. -    TRICOS-  None. -    CADDIS- None, rare.. -    STONEFLIES- None. -    CICADAS- None. -    MORMON CRICKETS- None. -    OTHER TERRESTRIALS- None. ***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 Baetis #22-26 Para Adams, BWO patterns. -    PALE MORNING DUNS-None. -    TRICOS- None. -    CALLIBAETIS- None. -    CADDIS- None. -    STONE FLIES- None. -    CICADAS- None. -    TERRESTRIALS- None. -    ATTRACTORS- None. -    MORMAN CRICKETS- None. -    STREAMERS- Woolly Buggers 4_6, black, olive, tan, Goldilocks. Double Bunnies 2-4.   ***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. Para Adams #20-26 Griffith's Gnat #20-24 Tungsten Zebra Midges #14-16 brown, red. small scuds- olive, grey #18-22 Glo-bugs #12-14 all colors San Juan Worms, red #14-12. RS2's and WD 40's grey, olive or wine #18-24 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  4.5 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT:  PLEASE READ RIVER FLOW INFORMATION AT TOP OF REPORT ABOVE! Winter has arrived on the Green River. In the past several weeks we were hit by the same cold front that dropped snow in many parts of the nation. While we gotten a little snow, we remain dry for the most part. The cold is different, we stayed warm for so long we got spoiled, now its winter. Recent daytime highs at best have been in the low forties. Nights have dropped into the tens and teens. Admittedly, the colder weather has run some anglers off, but on the weekends we are still seeing a few. Mid-week the river is often empty. Remember to layer your clothing and limit your exposure by reducing your hours on river or taking frequent breaks. If you are new to wintering fishing on the Green, please read WINTER FISHING INFORMATION lower in this report. So hows the fishing? Really it has been pretty good. We have had one recent change effecting it, changes in flows. While we are still looking at how the fish are responding, the immediate impacts have been noticed more by waders than boaters. We have been steady at 880 cfs all fall, now they are changing the flow from 880 cfs to 1400 cfs between 6-7:00 am. Most winter anglers head to the river later than that giving the fish an hour or two to adjust. Normally this would be enough time. Wading anglers are reporting that the fish have been put off with the change compared to recent weeks past. They too have noticed smaller flow changes throughout the day. Water temperature too have dropped significantly in the recent past, additionally we may be seeing a temperature shift with the flow changes due to release volumes that could account for some shift in the fishes moods. Wading anglers will need to watch for changes in flows that might effect their ability to safely wade or cross the river. There is a proposed research study to determine the effects of power fluctuations on wintering trout. New even more radical flows might occur this winter if this proceeds. Well keep you informed as this develops. The big attraction has been the browns spawning. While they are spawning in distinct areas, a few up river, but mostly at Little Hole and downstream, it is not river wide. Lots of these fish are being caught on Glo-bugs and such, streamers too are working well. There are fish to be had on small dry flies in the rivers sunny areas. Often these fish are most noticeable by their smutting rise just exposing a dorsal fin or part of their nose or tail. Small Baetis and midge patterns work well on these guys. Most productive hours are 11:00 am to 1:00 pm daily. You can nymph fish for the non-spawning fish too. Small scuds, red San Juan Worms, Glo-bugs, midge larva and zebra midges are the best. For scuds, colors of grey and olive are best fished whether as droppers or deep. Midge larva is best in red or black, zebras in wine, red, brown and black. Dont forget that the smaller bugs should be fished as a trailer to one of the brighter patterns such as the red San Juan worm or Glo-bugs. P.S.- We welcome you to stop by for a visit with us in our fly shop located on the corner of the Highway 191 and the Little Hole Road in Dutch John. Our current hours are 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. ***FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AHEAD- RATED 5.0- 6.0 and higher. Well watch for future possible flow changes. But at this moment fishing should remain good as the fish settle down with the new flows. Water temperatures will continue downward. By the first of the year we should be hovering around 39-41 degrees. The browns on the Green River are late spawners, they should continue into early January. ***WINTER FISHING INFORMATION While the following is good advice for this river, it may well be appropriate wherever you fish in the winter. As we approach the colder months on the river, remember, winter is a time when trout often use different habitats than they do in warmer times of the year. This transition will occur as the water temperatures drop. It is generally first apparent when the trout become noticeably less visible along the rivers banks and they retreat to the deeper and more sheltered/structured areas of the river to conserve energy. Anglers should respond to this in two ways: First- its time to start thinking about fishing deep with the scud and midge imitations that make up eighty percent of the trouts winter diet. Second-spend some time to locate the areas that hold the largest concentrations of trout. My typical winter approach is to fish to the fish, not just fish the water. So locate the trout first and don't just fish blindly in the areas you've fished before. It just may be that the trout have moved out of the pool or areas that produced the best fishing for you this season. Remember the reason for these changes are to conserve energy, so more trout will be found in the slower velocity water and fewer will be available in the fast/heavy river sections. Closer to the dam, the fish are either deep in the runs or suspended in the eddies. The deep fish will have to be fished with scuds and midge nymphs to be productive. The eddie fish can be caught by suspending nymphs at 5 to 6 feet with an indicator or waiting/watching for them to work the surface. Near Little Hole, watch for midging activity by the trout, they will only be found in a few areas. Locating these trout may be your best opportunity to surface fish. Typical nymphing will take those trout that are in the riffles in this area.   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)= 1-2 for fishermen, 0 for rafters. B section (Friday/Saturday)= 0 for fishermen- 0 for rafters. Weekdays, all sections =0 RECENT WEATHER Daytime highs- 29-41 degrees Night time lows, 9-22 degrees This past weeks=  blue sky, overcast, snow, cold. ***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. Report provided by: Denny Breer Trout Creek Flies   Fishwest Outfitters & Guide Service www.fishwestoutfitters.com photos Weather and Lunar Phases Green River - November 1st, 2006 supplied by: Fishwest Outfitters FISHING: Good maps PLEASE NOTE: HEADERS WITH AN *** preceding the title indicate no changes from the previous report. Daily Release Patterns - The river is being held at a constant 800 cfs. RIVER WATER TEMPERATURES - Water temperature is 50.0 degrees. Checked 11/1/2006. Temperatures are BOR readings as released from Flaming Gorge dam. Please note: This is one of the highest water release temps I have ever seen, Denny. WATER QUALITY- Water quality rated poor, fair, good or excellent is currently: DAM TO LITTLE HOLE= Excellent. LITTLE HOLE TO RED CREEK= Excellent BELOW RED CREEK= Excellent. 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. BAETIS- Yes, Fall Baetis. P.M.D's- No. CALLIBAETIS- None. TRICOS-  Yes, Spotty. CADDIS- Yes, several species including Fall or October caddis. STONEFLIES- None. CICADAS- None. MORMON CRICKETS- No. OTHER TERRESTRIALS- Ants, beetles, crickets.  ***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 Baetis #22-26 Para Adams, BWO patterns. PALE MORNING DUNS-None. TRICOS- Black/white spinners #20-26. CALLIBAETIS- None. CADDIS- #12-16 GT Triple Doubles, olive, black. Thorax caddis, peacock, olive or tan, October caddis- Elk hair Caddis #16-8 orange bodied. STONE FLIES- None. CICADAS- None. TERRESTRIALS- Para Crickets #18-10, Ants #16-12 black or brown, beetles. ATTRACTORS- Chernobyls. MORMAN CRICKETS- None. STREAMERS- Woolly Buggers 4_6, black, olive, tan, Goldilocks. Double Bunnies 2-4.  ***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. Para Adams #20-26 Para Crickets #18-10 Tungsten Zebra Midges #14-16 brown, red. Small scuds- olive, grey #18-22 Glo-bugs #12-14 all colors Peacock PMX’s #10-16 San Juan Worms, red #14-12. Chernobyl Ants #10-12 Black Ants and Beetles #14-18 GT Triple Doubles #12-16 Amber, olive. 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  4.5-5.0 The Green River has been pretty quiet of late, with those anglers who appreciate solitude getting their way most of the time. Several shots of winter cold/snow has impacted river use, but we have had many blue sky days as well. Daytime air temperatures have dropped, when there’s not a weather low system here we have commonly been in the high fifties/low sixties, when the poorer weather is here we have been in the thirties and forties. Water temperatures released from the dam are still high, today they were fifty degrees. They will stay there until the ambient air temperatures cool the upper layers of the reservoir more. The BOR is still drawing from these upper layers of the reservoir using the selective withdrawal apparatus attached to the dam. With higher water temperature releases into the river, we are seeing the extension of fish’s willingness to feed on top as their metabolisms are still running high and the normal depression of the brown trout in beginning their spawning. Recent fishing on the river has been reported as good to very good. We seem to have dodged the inconsistent days of the recent past, replaced by steady fishing and conditions except for weather. Top of water patterns continue to produce despite the fact that we are headed towards lower water temperatures that will favor bottom bouncing and streamers in the near future. Many fish will be observed in sunny areas such as Little Hole “smutting” on midges and very small Baetis. You have to watch the water closely to observe this behavior because the rises are so slight and often pattern selection can be frustrating. Though they can be difficult to figure out, they are not impossible at all. Fall and winter Baetis tend to be in larger numbers when the weather tends towards the wet and cold side. On brighter, sunnier days, they can be non-existent except as the smutters as mentioned above. These are very small (22-28) versions of our spring hatches and continue throughout the winter. Remember that there is always several hours of activity by the Baetis nymphs swimming in the current prior to the duns appearing. All nymph and dun patterns should have very slender body profiles. On the large side, Chernobyl Ants and a few Fall or October caddis patterns have faired well for many anglers. The appearance of Fall or October caddis always adds a little spice to our fishing. There is a variety in sizes this year ranging from #16 to #8 with orange bodies. A standard Elk Hair Caddis tied with a pale orange body/brown hackle works. Try skittering them as well. The Chernobyls and other attractors work too when the fish’s moods are right, though some anglers are successful with this approach, it doesn’t always work for everyone. Experience with where to fish them on the river helps. While we are reaching the end of the influence of terrestrials because the naturals are disappearing, don’t stop looking to their effective imitations just yet. They still work!   If nymphing is the only obvious or your preferred approach; small scuds, red San Juan Worms, Glo-bugs, midge larva and zebra midges are the best. For scuds, colors of grey and olive are best fished whether as droppers or deep. Midge larva is best in red or black, zebras in wine, red, brown and black. Don’t forget that the smaller bugs should be fished as a trailer to one of the brighter patterns such as the red San Juan worm or Glo-bugs. Many anglers have backed away from the dry/dropper technique. It still works. But I would agree that if the trout are eating your dry fly more often than the dropper, get rid of the dropper.   Streamers are becoming more important to us as the weather turns colder. They are always great winter flies. With the brown trout entering the spawning stages, streamers are an important way to fish for them.   ***FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AHEAD- RATED 5.0- 6.0 and higher. Looking for a great fall of fishing on the Green River. Expect river conditions and fishing to remain very solid through November. The weather however could change radically at anytime, address this issue with layered clothing. Caddis, Tricos, fall Baetis, will continue for the immediate future while ants, beetles, crickets will only be good for the next several weeks. Scuds, WD 40's, midge larva, tungsten zebra midges down deep. Water flows will be 800 cfs with a possible change in December and January. 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)= 1-2 for fishermen, 0-1 for rafters. B section (Friday/Saturday)= 1 for fishermen- 0-1 for rafters. Weekdays, all sections =0- 1  RECENT WEATHER Daytime highs- 45-65 degrees Night time lows, 25-38 degrees This past weeks=  blue sky, overcast, snow, cold.  ***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. Report provided by: Denny Breer Trout Creek Flies   Fishwest Outfitters & Guide Service www.fishwestoutfitters.com photos Weather and Lunar Phases Green River - September 22nd, 2006 supplied by: Fishwest Outfitters FISHING: Good maps PLEASE NOTE: HEADERS WITH AN *** preceding the title indicate no changes from the previous report. Daily Release Patterns - The river is being held at a constant 800 cfs. RIVER WATER TEMPERATURES- Water temperature is 59.0 degrees. Checked 9/15/2006. Temperatures are BOR readings as released from Flaming Gorge dam. Please note: This is one of the highest water release temps I have ever seen, Denny. WATER QUALITY- Water quality rated poor, fair, good or excellent is currently: DAM TO LITTLE HOLE= Excellent. LITTLE HOLE TO RED CREEK= Excellent BELOW RED CREEK= Has been changing back and forth with recent rain storms, muddy then clear. 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. BAETIS- Yes, Fall Baetis. P.M.D's- No. CALLIBAETIS- Look for them in C Section. TRICOS-  Yes, not everyday, still spotty. CADDIS- Yes, several species. STONEFLIES- None. CICADAS- None. MORMON CRICKETS- No. OTHER TERRESTRIALS- Ants, beetles, crickets, hoppers.   ***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 Baetis #22-26 Para Adams, BWO patterns. PALE MORNING DUNS-None. TRICOS- Black/white spinners #20-26. CALLIBAETIS- None. CADDIS- #12-16 GT Triple Doubles, olive, black. Thorax caddis, peacock, olive or tan. STONE FLIES- None. CICADAS- None. TERRESTRIALS- Mormon Crickets #6-2, Para Crickets #18-10, Ants #16-12 black or brown, beetles. ATTRACTORS- Fat Alberts, Peacock PMX's. MORMAN CRICKETS- None. STREAMERS- Woolly Buggers 4_6, black, olive, tan, Goldilocks. Double Bunnies 2-4.   ***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. With the higher flows and warmer weather, the selection here has really changed. Para Adams #20-26 Para Crickets #18-10 Tungsten Zebra Midges #14-16 brown, red. small scuds- olive, grey #18-22 Peacock PMX's #10-16 Parachute Hoppers #12-6 Chernobyl Ants #10-12 Black Ants and Beetles #14-18 Fat Alberts tan, #16-10 GT Triple Doubles #12-16 Amber, olive.   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  6.0+   We have been wet and cool over this past week. Today (9/22/2006) it is trying to snow but is supposed to improve soon. The cooler weather has brought out some blanket hatches of Fall Baetis #22-24. Intact below is part of last weeks river report dated 9/8/2006. With the exception of weather changes, we have had consistent fishing over the past week but have had a few anglers who struggled with the fishing. But in general the reports have been good. Those who have struggled most often have limited fishing experience on the Green or with fishing in general. Early in the day many anglers have reverted to nymphing, which often can be pre-mature. And while it works well, my approach would be to give the topwater approach a try, then hit the bottom if needed. What is interesting is how many anglers have backed away from the dry/dropper technique. It still works. But I would agree that if the trout are eating your dry fly more often than the dropper, get rid of the dropper. If nymphing is the best approach, small scuds, midge larva and zebra midges are the best. Colors of grey, wine and olive are best fished whether as droppers or deep. From 9/8/2006: We are seeing the development of some activity by Tricos. But keep in mind that this hatch is very sporadic in timing and even less predictable by area. The hatch lasts for a very brief period of 30 to 90 minutes, rarely longer. And the spinner fall is the most important stage to the angler. Watch for the column of males in the air in early morning to as late as 10:00 am as a tip off. We are seeing the return of our Fall Baetis, they are important to us in that they keep the fish very interested in watching the river's surface for opportunities to feed there. These are very small versions of our spring hatches and continue even through the winter. Our evening caddis emergence activity will continue for a little longer (into October), watch for it in the late evening hours. While the river currently only has the few aquatic bugs mentioned that are active, we are in full bloom in our trump card: terrestrials. Ants, beetles, crickets that have worked well as summer trout food remain dominant, especially on those fussy browns. Hopper action too remains an important part of the fishing arsenal. Often, the larger the better. Additionally don't forget the attractor side of the terrestrial family- Chernobyls, Para Madam X's, Fat Alberts all are still contributing to the catch rates. P.S.- We welcome you to stop by for a visit with us in our flyshop located on the corner of the Highway 191 and the Little Hole Road in Dutch John. Our current hours are 7:00 am to 8:00 pm Sunday through Thursday, 7:00 am to 9:00pm Friday and Saturday.   ***FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AHEAD- RATED 5.0- 6.0 and higher. Looking for a great fall of fishing on the Green River. Expect river conditions and fishing to remain very solid through September and October. The weather however could change radically at anytime, address this issue with layered clothing. Caddis, Tricos, fall Baetis, ants, beetles, crickets and hoppers are all important on top. Scuds, WD 40's, midge larva, tungsten zebra midges down deep. Water flows will be 800 cfs with a possible change in December and January.   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)= 5 for fishermen, 3 for rafters. B section (Friday/Saturday)= 4 for fishermen- 2 for rafters. Weekdays, all sections = 4 RECENT WEATHER Daytime highs- 38-60 degrees Night time lows, 37 degrees This past weeks=  overcast, rain turning to snow, trying to be winter. ***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.   Report provided by: Denny Breer Trout Creek Flies   Fishwest Outfitters & Guide Service www.fishwestoutfitters.com photos Weather and Lunar Phases Green River - August 10th, 2006 supplied by: Fishwest Outfitters FISHING: Great maps PLEASE NOTE: HEADERS WITH AN *** preceding the title indicate no changes from the previous report. Daily Release Patterns - The river is being held at a constant 800 cfs. ***RIVER WATER TEMPERATURES-Water temperature is 56.0 degrees. Checked 8/10/2006. 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= Excellent. LITTLE HOLE TO RED CREEK= Excellent BELOW RED CREEK= Excellent.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:bullet    SCUDS-Yes, available all yearbullet    MIDGES-Yes, adults- some activity, larva/pupae available in the drift all year. BAETIS- Rare P.M.D's- Yes. CALLIBAETIS- Look for them in C Section. TRICOS-  None. CADDIS- Yes, several species. STONEFLIES- Spotty, Little Yellow Sallies. CICADAS- None. MORMON CRICKETS- Yes, lower B and in C Sections. OTHER TERRESTRIALS- Ants, beetles, crickets, hoppers. ***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- None. PALE MORNING DUNS- PT nymphs, PMD nymphs, Para PMD's #14-16 TRICOS- None. CALLIBAETIS- None. CADDIS- #12-16 Thorax caddis, peacock, olive or tan. STONE FLIES- #12-14 Yellow, olive Stimulators, Little Yellow Sallies- Goldie Hawns and GT Triple Doubles amber. CICADAS- None. TERRESTRIALS- Mormon Crickets #6-2, Para Crickets #18-10, Ants #16-12 black or brown, beetles. ATTRACTORS- Fat Alberts, Peacock PMX's. MORMAN CRICKETS- Rainey's Foam Hopper Brown, Fat Alberts Black #4-8 STREAMERS- Woolly Buggers 4_6, black, olive, tan, Goldilocks. Double Bunnies 2-4.  ***THE "HOT" SIXThe 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.With the higher flows and warmer weather, the selection here has really changed.Para Crickets #18-10Tungsten Zebra Midges #14-16 brown, red.Mormon Cricket #4-6 Fat Albert Black, Rainey's Foam Hopper BrownPeacock PMX's #10-16Goldie Hawns #14-16Chernobyl Ants #10-12Black Ants and Beetles #14-18Fat Alberts tan, #16-10GT Triple Doubles #12-16 Amber, olive.PMD Parachutes #14 or floating PMD nymph.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  6.0+River flows remain steady at 800 cfs and fishing has remained good on all three river sections.With the consistency of good fishing I have not revised the rating downward yet, I expect we will be good well into September or later before we see a change. Air temperatures have cooled considerably this past several weeks after several weeks of very hot sometimes one-hundred degrees plus weather. We still are into the eighties and low nineties some days, many have been cooler yet and very pleasant. Many anglers are still fishing earlier in the day to avoid the heat or rafters, or both. Weekends we are seeing lots of rafters on the upper canyon. With school starting in the next few weeks we will see a lessening of their presence until Labor Day weekend. In September, the river will head towards quieter but most weekends will remain somewhat busy. By October, you'd think that the fish went into hibernation with the lack of visitors.The river currently only has a few aquatic bugs that are active. But we are in full bloom in our trump card- terrestrials: ants, beetles, crickets have worked well as summer trout food, especially on those fussy browns. Hopper action is the one great new addition to the fishing arsenal, good recent increase in interest by the fish. Often, the larger the better.With the warmer temperatures, the fish have moved to the moving/broken water or deeper runs in preference to areas of river with lesser current. A reminder too: that fish should not be played too long in higher water temperatures and those that are need more care in the release to insure higher survival rates.Evening caddis emergence activity has presented great angling opportunities for very brief intervals of time, but the adult patterns can be fished all during the day as well especially in areas where the naturals are active. What's fun is that fishing the big dries has been consistently good. Chernobyl's, PMX"s, Para Crickets just to name a few, but they are far from the only ones. In fact, bug selection is easy. Mostly a B and C section bug, PMD's are our summer mayfly. They are large (#12-14)(they get smaller as the summer progresses) and the fish are interested in them. I have seen PMD spinner falls even in the late afternoons. Scattered among them you might well encounter Little Yellow Sally stoneflies. While fishing the smaller fly patterns it is harder to fish droppers. Some anglers are fishing droppers under the bigger dries, but I have found it unnecessary most of the time.Nymph fishing deep still has great fish catching ability and can be extremely important early on the days when dries aren't working. Small scuds, midge larva and zebra midges are the best. Colors of grey, wine and olive are best fished as droppers or deep. ***FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AHEAD- RATED 5.0- 6.0 and higher.Caddis, ants, beetles, crickets, cicadas and Pale Morning Duns are on tap along with summer river water flows averaging 800 cfs.  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)= 7-8 for fishermen, 8-9 for rafters. B section (Friday/Saturday)= 7 for fishermen- 6 for rafters. Weekdays, all sections = 6 RECENT WEATHERDaytime highs- 72-92 degreesNight time lows, 45 degreesThis past weeks=  warm/hot days. ***EVALUATION RATINGSOn 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.   Report provided by: Denny Breer Trout Creek Flies   Fishwest Outfitters & Guide Service www.fishwestoutfitters.com photos Weather and Lunar Phases Green River - July 27th, 2006 supplied by: Fishwest Outfitters FISHING: Good maps 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).  BOR sent out notice last week that forecasted inflows into FG are lower than anticipated and that flows will go to 800 cfs average until further notice. Daily Release Patterns Hour CFS Hour CFS Hour CFS Hour CFS 100 0800 700 0800 1300 0800 1900 0800 200 0800 800 0800 1400 0800 2000 0800 300 0800 900 0800 1500 0800 2100 0800 400 0800 1000 0800 1600 0800 2200 0800 500 0800 1100 0800 1700 0800 2300 0800 600 0800 1200 0800 1800 0800 2400 0800   RIVER WATER TEMPERATURES- Water temperature is 56.0 degrees. Checked 7/27/2006. 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= Excellent. LITTLE HOLE TO RED CREEK= Excellent BELOW RED CREEK= Excellent. 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. BAETIS- Rare. P.M.D's- Yes. CALLIBAETIS- Look for them in C Section. TRICOS-  None. CADDIS- Yes, several species. STONEFLIES- Yes, Little Yellow Sallies. CICADAS- None. MORMON CRICKETS- Yes, lower B and in C Sections.  OTHER TERRESTRIALS- Ants, beetles, crickets, hoppers. ***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- None. PALE MORNING DUNS- PT nymphs, PMD nymphs, Para PMD�s #14-16 TRICOS- None. CALLIBAETIS- None. CADDIS- #12-16 Thorax caddis, peacock, olive or tan.. STONE FLIES- #12-14 Yellow, olive Stimulators, Little Yellow Sallies- Goldie Hawns and GT Triple Doubles amber. CICADAS- None. TERRESTRIALS- Mormon Crickets #6-2, Para Crickets #18-10, Ants #16-12 black or brown, beetles. ATTRACTORS- Fat Alberts, Peacock PMX's. MORMAN CRICKETS- Rainey's Foam Hopper Brown, Fat Alberts Black #4-8 STREAMERS- Woolly Buggers 4_6, black, olive, tan, Goldilocks. Double Bunnies 2-4.   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. With the higher flows and warmer weather, the selection here has really changed. Para Crickets #18-10 Tungsten Zebra Midges #14-16 brown, red. Para Hoppers #6-10 olive, tan Peacock PMX�s #10-16 Goldie Hawns #14-16 Chernobyl Ants #10-12 Black Ants and Beetles #14-18 Fat Alberts tan, #16-10 GT Triple Doubles #12-16 Amber, olive. PMD Parachutes #14 or floating PMD nymph. 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.   Emmett's Sneakin' out 2006 We are now set up to do all fishing licenses by computer. The old way of writing them by hand is gone, however it is a bit slower if we have a number of licenses to do at a time. Therefore we recommend, if it is possible at home, you get them before coming to the Green River.      Utah Fishing License      THE PAST WEEK IN REVIEW - RATED  6.0+ The past week or so the weather has been very hot some days, including some into the low hundreds. Most anglers have shifted to fishing earlier in the day to avoid some of this heat. A few cloudy/overcast days have been nice, but not consistent enough for relief. Despite that, fishing has remain good on all three river sections and there�s not really much new from the last posting. River flows are steady at 800 cfs. Hopper action is the one great new addition to the fishing arsenal, good increase in interest by the fish this past several weeks. Often, the larger the better. The Little Yellow Sallies are fading and slowly being replaced by increased activity of caddis. Their (caddis) evening emergence activity has presented great angling opportunities for very brief intervals of time, but the adult patterns can be fished all during the day as well especially in areas where the naturals are active. What�s fun is that fishing the big dries has been consistently good. Chernobyl�s, PMX�s, Para Crickets just to name a few, but they are far from the only ones. In fact, bug selection is easy. Mostly a B and C section bug, PMD�s are our summer mayfly. They are large (#12-14) and the fish are interested in them. I have seen PMD spinner falls even in the late afternoons. Scattered among them you might well encounter Little Yellow Sally stoneflies. While fishing the smaller fly patterns it is harder to fish droppers. Some anglers are fishing droppers under the bigger dries, but I have found it unnecessary most of the time. Nymph fishing deep still has great fish catching ability and can be extremely important early on the days when dries aren�t working. Small scuds, midge larva and zebra midges are the best. Colors of grey, wine and olive are best fished as droppers or deep. P.S.- We welcome you to stop by for a visit with us in our flyshop located on the corner of the Highway 191 and the Little Hole Road in Dutch John. Our current hours are 6:30 am to 9:00 pm everyday.   P.S.- We welcome you to stop by for a visit with us in our flyshop located on the corner of the Highway 191 and the Little Hole Road in Dutch John. Our current hours are 6:30 am to 9:00 pm everyday. ***FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AHEAD- RATED 5.0- 6.0 and higher. Caddis, ants, beetles, crickets, cicadas, Pale Morning Duns and Little Yellow Sallies are on tap along with summer river water flows averaging 800 cfs.   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- 7 for fishermen, 7-8 for rafters. B section (Friday/Saturday)= 7 for fishermen- 4-5 for rafters. Weekdays, all sections = 5-8 RECENT WEATHER Daytime highs_ 92 degrees Night time lows, 45 degrees This past weeks=  warm/hot days. ***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. Report provided by: Denny Breer Trout Creek Flies Fishwest Outfitters & Guide Service www.fishwestoutfitters.com photos Weather and Lunar Phases Green River - July 27th, 2006 supplied by: Fishwest Outfitters FISHING: Good maps 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).  BOR sent out notice last week that forecasted inflows into FG are lower than anticipated and that flows will go to 800 cfs average until further notice. RIVER WATER TEMPERATURES- Water temperature is 56.0 degrees. Checked 7/27/2006. 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= Excellent. LITTLE HOLE TO RED CREEK= Excellent BELOW RED CREEK= Excellent. 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. BAETIS- Rare. P.M.D's- Yes. CALLIBAETIS- Look for them in C Section. TRICOS-  None. CADDIS- Yes, several species. STONEFLIES- Yes, Little Yellow Sallies. CICADAS- None. MORMON CRICKETS- Yes, lower B and in C Sections.  OTHER TERRESTRIALS- Ants, beetles, crickets, hoppers. ***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- None. PALE MORNING DUNS- PT nymphs, PMD nymphs, Para PMD's #14-16 TRICOS- None. CALLIBAETIS- None. CADDIS- #12-16 Thorax caddis, peacock, olive or tan.. STONE FLIES- #12-14 Yellow, olive Stimulators, Little Yellow Sallies- Goldie Hawns and GT Triple Doubles amber. CICADAS- None. TERRESTRIALS- Mormon Crickets #6-2, Para Crickets #18-10, Ants #16-12 black or brown, beetles. ATTRACTORS- Fat Alberts, Peacock PMX's. MORMAN CRICKETS- Rainey's Foam Hopper Brown, Fat Alberts Black #4-8 STREAMERS- Woolly Buggers 4_6, black, olive, tan, Goldilocks. Double Bunnies 2-4.   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.  With the higher flows and warmer weather, the selection here has really changed. Para Crickets #18-10 Tungsten Zebra Midges #14-16 brown, red. Para Hoppers #6-10 olive, tan Peacock PMX's #10-16 Goldie Hawns #14-16 Chernobyl Ants #10-12 Black Ants and Beetles #14-18 Fat Alberts tan, #16-10 GT Triple Doubles #12-16 Amber, olive. PMD Parachutes #14 or floating PMD nymph. 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. We are now set up to do all fishing licenses by computer. The old way of writing them by hand is gone, however it is a bit slower if we have a number of licenses to do at a time. Therefore we recommend, if it is possible at home, you get them before coming to the Green River.      Utah Fishing License    THE PAST WEEK IN REVIEW - RATED  6.0+ The past week or so the weather has been very hot some days, including some into the low hundreds. Most anglers have shifted to fishing earlier in the day to avoid some of this heat. A few cloudy/overcast days have been nice, but not consistent enough for relief. Despite that, fishing has remain good on all three river sections and there's not really much new from the last posting. River flows are steady at 800 cfs. Hopper action is the one great new addition to the fishing arsenal, good increase in interest by the fish this past several weeks. Often, the larger the better. The Little Yellow Sallies are fading and slowly being replaced by increased activity of caddis. Their (caddis) evening emergence activity has presented great angling opportunities for very brief intervals of time, but the adult patterns can be fished all during the day as well especially in areas where the naturals are active. What's fun is that fishing the big dries has been consistently good. Chernobyl's, PMX's, Para Crickets just to name a few, but they are far from the only ones. In fact, bug selection is easy. Mostly a B and C section bug, PMD's are our summer mayfly. They are large (#12-14) and the fish are interested in them. I have seen PMD spinner falls even in the late afternoons. Scattered among them you might well encounter Little Yellow Sally stoneflies. While fishing the smaller fly patterns it is harder to fish droppers. Some anglers are fishing droppers under the bigger dries, but I have found it unnecessary most of the time. Nymph fishing deep still has great fish catching ability and can be extremely important early on the days when dries aren't working. Small scuds, midge larva and zebra midges are the best. Colors of grey, wine and olive are best fished as droppers or deep. ***FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AHEAD- RATED 5.0- 6.0 and higher. Caddis, ants, beetles, crickets, cicadas, Pale Morning Duns and Little Yellow Sallies are on tap along with summer river water flows averaging 800 cfs. 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- 7 for fishermen, 7-8 for rafters. B section (Friday/Saturday)= 7 for fishermen- 4-5 for rafters. Weekdays, all sections = 5-8 RECENT WEATHER Daytime highs_ 92 degrees Night time lows, 45 degrees This past weeks=  warm/hot days. ***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. Report provided by: Denny Breer Trout Creek Flies Fishwest Outfitters & Guide Service www.fishwestoutfitters.com photos Weather and Lunar Phases Green River - June 8th, 2006 supplied by: Fishwest Outfitters FISHING: Good maps 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). 1000 cfs, some fluctuation possible in late afternoon for power generation. Daily Release Patterns Hour  CFS 100 0800 200 0800 300 0800 400 0800 500 0800 600 0800 700 0800 800 0800 900 0800 1000 0800 1100 0800 1200 0800 1300 0800 1400 0800 1500 1200 1600 2000 1700 2000 1800 2000 1900 2000 2000 2000 2100 2000 2200 0800 2300 0800 2400 0800 RIVER WATER TEMPERATURES- Water temperature is 49.0 degrees. Checked 6/8/2006. 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= Excellent. LITTLE HOLE TO RED CREEK= Excellent BELOW RED CREEK= Excellent. 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. - BAETIS- Spring Baetis (#16-20) are fading.