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Green River - April 5th, 2006
supplied by: Fishwest Outfitters
FISHING: Good
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PLEASE NOTE: HEADERS WITH AN *** preceding the title indicate no changes from the previous report.
***RIVER FLOW INFORMATION-FLAMING GORGE - (Extracted from the Bureau of Reclamations Weekly Report). Releases from Flaming Gorge are currently averaging 1400 cfs each day with fluctuations for power generation occurring throughout the daylight hours. The approximate fluctuation pattern that is being released from Flaming Gorge Dam is shown below:
Daily Release Patterns
Hour CFS
100 940
200 940
300 940
400 940
500 940
600 940
700 1510
800 1580
900 1580
1000 1640
1100 1660
1200 1660
1300 1660
1400 1660
1500 1660
1600 1660
1700 1660
1800 1660
1900 1660
2000 1660
2100 1660
2200 1330
2300 940
2400 940
Snow conditions above Flaming Gorge remain above normal for this time of year. As of 1/30/2006 the snow pack above Flaming Gorge was 109% of normal. One year ago at this time, the snow pack measured 94% of normal. Reservoir conditions are also much better this year as compared to one year ago. The current live storage of Flaming Gorge Reservoir is 3.06 million acre-feet with a reservoir elevation of 6022.15 feet above sea level. One year ago, the live storage of Flaming Gorge was 2.77 million acre-feet with a reservoir elevation of 6013.8 feet above sea level. The snow pack of the Yampa River basin is very good at this point of the season. The Yampa snow pack is currently measuring 113% of normal as compared to 92% of normal at this time last year.
RIVER WATER TEMPERATURES-
Water temperature is 41.0 degrees. Checked 3/16/2006. Temperatures are BOR readings as released from Flaming Gorge dam. Please note-- was not able to get report from BOR this date. temperature reflected is annual average for this time of year. DEB.
***WATER QUALITY- Water quality rated poor, fair, good or excellent is currently: DAM TO LITTLE HOLE= Excellent. LITTLE HOLE TO RED CREEK= good to excellent. BELOW RED CREEK= Currently running red. It has been Excellent though.
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. Mostly early and late. BAETIS- Fall Baetis. P.M.D's- None. CALLIBAETIS- None. TRICOS- None. CADDIS- several species. STONEFLIES- None. CICADAS- None. MORMON CRICKETS- None. OTHER TERRESTRIALS- Ants, beetles, hoppers, a few cicadas..
***FLY PATTERNS
SCUDS- Scuds should be olive/gray, #16-22 or smaller if you want to match. the natural micro-scuds. Larger scuds (#14-10) in Tan, Pink and Orange as attractors are also effective. MIDGES- Pupa: brassie, red, olive, or black #20-24. Tie some with tungsten beads for weight (known as Zebra midges), others with glass beads for color. Adults: the most common adults are black, olive, or gray. Small Adams and simple adult midge patterns (#16 to #22) will work including clustering patterns such as a Griffiths Gnat, Two Bead Midge or the local Fuzzball. BAETIS- Para Adams, Para BWO, #22-26. Emergers: WD 40's (olive, grey) RSII's (grey), Tunsten Zebra midges (camel brown, grey, olive). PALE MORNING DUNS- None. TRICOS- None. CALLIBAETIS- None. CADDIS- #12-16 Thorax caddis, peacock, olive or tan.. STONE FLIES- None. CICADAS- Your favoites as attractors #12-10. TERRESTRIALS- Ants #16-12 black or brown, beetles #10-14, hoppers.. ATTRACTORS- Peacock PMX's, GT Triple Doubles #12-16, black, olive, amber, purple. 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.
Parachute Adams #20-26
Befus Para Emergers #22
Griffiths Gnats #20-24
RS2's and WD 40's grey, olive or wine #20-24
Glo-bugs- all colors, all sizes.
Large Scuds #14-10 in pink and orange, Small scuds #18-14 olive or grey.
San Juan Worms, red #10-14
Streamers #2-6 tan, black, olive, Goldilox Buggers, Double Bunnies, etc.
THE PAST WEEK IN REVIEW - RATED - 4.5
While things are moving along well heading towards spring, the weather continues wet and often cool. Numerous fronts have kept longer spells of warming temperatures on the run and we have not seen any trend towards a change. So, don't start putting up the cold/wet gear anytime soon, spring this year looks to be on the wetter side. A little pre-runoff has been effecting water quality below Red Creek, on some days the staining has produced great streamer fishing along the river edges. Other days it has been too muddy to fish. If you plan to fish below Red Creek, a phone call might save you some travel or fishing hours. We are definitely seeing increased angler pressure on the river, surprisingly so considering the colder weather. Fridays and Saturdays are the busiest days. We might see a trailing off after April 1 for a week or two as many of the guide services and lodges end their "winter specials" on rooms and guide services.
Fishing has been good for the most part. Some days have been tougher than others. But mostly it has been positive. So I upped the fishing rating slightly to reflect the minor improvements. A few complaints here and there about slow fishing followed by reports from others of great fishing. The difference often is simply experience in fly fishing or often with the Green itself. Another variable is that different things are happening dependent on where you are physically on the river. Midges can be thick in one area, not present in others. The biggest question I get presently is are the Baetis here yet? The smaller winter versions are still around and can be found side by side with midges. The bigger spring cousins have not really shown themselves well yet. Only minor reports of a few down river of Little Hole, which is as it should be. Down river hatches moving upstream is natures way. That said, they could appear any day now. Midges have been the best top water action, reports are of larger hatches and more sporadic timing than has occurred most winter. At present, they can be anywhere, anytime and in different densities where ever they occur. Steamer fishing remains very productive and nymphing rock solid anytime.
Simple midge patterns such as Griffith's Gnat Two-bead midges or Para-Adams has meet many of the midge challenges. For nymphing: Glo-bugs, San Juan worms, big scuds backed up (trailer) with smaller scuds, wd 40's, blood midges, zebra midges and other smaller more natural flies. The best streamers have been #4 buggers and Bunnies. Buggers in tan, black, olive, or Goldilox. Double and Playboy Bunnies (pink/white) too. Anglers have to play with their retrieve speeds to find the fishes moods, but once that is obtained, hold on! Slow has been the best average speed.
***FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AHEAD- RATED 4.0- 6.0 and higher.
We are starting to see a few anglers return to the river despite the recent cold weather. In March and April there will be an increase as traditional "cabin fever" sets in. Really no reasons not to be here and fish. Dress warmly, on the coldest days, take short breaks to warm up, then get back to the fishing. Days are starting to produce longer periods of sunlight, expect the fish to respond to that. River areas that receive larger doses of sunshine will create the largest opportunities to surface fish. Dark, overcast cast days produce the best streamer fishing. Nymphs, anytime. Spring Baetis hatches are just ahead. Typically we will start seeing them at least sporadically in mid to late March, on dry years they can come and go early. This doesn't appear to be such a year. But we have been fooled before! Traditional Baetis hatch periods occur mid-April into mid, even late May as long as weather conditions stay on the cool/wet side. To help prepare you for the upcoming spring, read this next section
"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 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 (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)= 4 for fishermen, 1 for rafters.
B section (Friday/Saturday)= 2-3 for fishermen- 0-1 for rafters.
Weekdays, all sections = 2-3
RECENT WEATHER
Daytime highs_ 10-35 degrees
Night time lows, -18 to 20 degrees
This past weeks= cool days, blue sky/sunshine, occasional snow, 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.
Report provided by:
Denny Breer
Trout Creek Flies
Fishwest Outfitters & Guide Service
www.fishwestoutfitters.com
photos
Weather and Lunar Phases
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Green River - March 16th, 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). Releases from Flaming Gorge are currently averaging 1400 cfs each day with fluctuations for power generation occurring throughout the daylight hours. The approximate fluctuation pattern that is being released from Flaming Gorge Dam is shown below:
Daily Release Patterns
Hour CFS
100 940
200 940
300 940
400 940
500 940
600 940
700 1510
800 1580
900 1580
1000 1640
1100 1660
1200 1660
1300 1660
1400 1660
1500 1660
1600 1660
1700 1660
1800 1660
1900 1660
2000 1660
2100 1660
2200 1330
2300 940
2400 940
Snow conditions above Flaming Gorge remain above normal for this time of year. As of 1/30/2006 the snow pack above Flaming Gorge was 109% of normal. One year ago at this time, the snow pack measured 94% of normal. Reservoir conditions are also much better this year as compared to one year ago. The current live storage of Flaming Gorge Reservoir is 3.06 million acre-feet with a reservoir elevation of 6022.15 feet above sea level. One year ago, the live storage of Flaming Gorge was 2.77 million acre-feet with a reservoir elevation of 6013.8 feet above sea level. The snow pack of the Yampa River basin is very good at this point of the season. The Yampa snow pack is currently measuring 113% of normal as compared to 92% of normal at this time last year.
RIVER WATER TEMPERATURES-
Water temperature is 41.0 degrees. Checked 3/16/2006. Temperatures are BOR readings as released from Flaming Gorge dam. Please note-- was not able to get report from BOR this date. temperature reflected is annual average for this time of year. DEB.
***WATER QUALITY- Water quality rated poor, fair, good or excellent is currently: DAM TO LITTLE HOLE= Excellent. LITTLE HOLE TO RED CREEK= good to excellent. BELOW RED CREEK= Currently running red. It has been Excellent though.
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 depend 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. Mostly early and late. BAETIS- Fall Baetis. P.M.D's- None. CALLIBAETIS- None. TRICOS- None. CADDIS- several species. STONEFLIES- None. CICADAS- None. MORMON CRICKETS- None. OTHER TERRESTRIALS- Ants, beetles, hoppers, a few cicadas..
***FLY PATTERNS: SCUDS- Scuds should be olive/gray, #16-22 or smaller if you want to match. the natural micro-scuds. Larger scuds (#14-10) in Tan, Pink and Orange as attractors are also effective. MIDGES- Pupa: brassie, red, olive, or black #20-24. Tie some with tungsten beads for weight (known as Zebra midges), others with glass beads for color. Adults: the most common adults are black, olive, or gray. Small Adams and simple adult midge patterns (#16 to #22) will work including clustering patterns such as a Griffiths Gnat, Two Bead Midge or the local Fuzzball. BAETIS- Para Adams, Para BWO, #22-26. Emergers: WD 40's (olive, grey) RSII's (grey), Tunsten Zebra midges (camel brown, grey, olive). PALE MORNING DUNS- None. TRICOS- None. CALLIBAETIS- None. CADDIS- #12-16 Thorax caddis, peacock, olive or tan.. STONE FLIES- None. CICADAS- Your favoites as attractors #12-10. TERRESTRIALS- Ants #16-12 black or brown, beetles #10-14, hoppers.. ATTRACTORS- Peacock PMX's, GT Triple Doubles #12-16, black, olive, amber, purple. 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.
Parachute Adams #20-26
Befus Para Emergers #22
Griffiths Gnats #20-24
RS2's and WD 40's grey, olive or wine #20-24
Glo-bugs- all colors, all sizes.
Large Scuds #14-10 in pink and orange, Small scuds #18-14 olive or grey.
San Juan Worms, red #10-14
Streamers #2-6 tan, black, olive, Goldilox Buggers, Double Bunnies, etc.
THE PAST WEEK IN REVIEW_RATED - 5.0
March 16, 2006
The report just posted on February 17th still holds for current fishing information. We are at that time of year when things move very slowly. That said, by the end of March we might see real changes with spring BWO hatches and the fish on the move with longer daylight hours, opening of the "selective withdrawal system" and water temperature changes that will climb up. Current weather has storms fronts passing through or near us, a little snow now and again. While future weather is an uncertainty, we should see some great late winter days worth fishing. River traffic is picking up slightly, especially on the weekends. Good to see a few anglers taking advantage of an under utilized winter fishing resource.
From February 17, 2006
The winter has gone well. Up north, the Winds and Bridger areas are slightly higher than normal in snow pack. March and April are now in progress, they are known as our two wettest winter months. So the reservoir should remain somewhat full unless they decide to do any major water releases that haven't been discussed yet. Normal spring scheduling calls for some higher water in late May, early June. Typically these flows are fishable. We expect, at this time, a normal spring for us at Flaming Gorge. Below the Green's confluence with the Yampa River(downstream of us) is a different matter.
Fishing all winter has remained at the 'good' level, only the weather conditions down rate the report ratings and those don't suffer when anglers dress for the occasion. Daily midge hatches have prevailed (and are thickening) around 10:00 am (some mornings earlier) to 1-2:00 pm creating great opportunities to fish on the surface. A simple Griffith's Gnat or Para-Adams has meet many of the challenges. Small presence of winter Baetis have added spice to the patterns fish are accepting. Spring Baetis (much larger) could start showing any day now, so add a few of the #16 or 18's to the flybox. The browns spawned late and came out of it in late January. Spawned out hen browns, depleted from the energy they spent, are a little snakey, the rest of the fishery remains in decent shape. A lot of small fish are showing in the catch rates. This is not un-usual for this time of year. The larger fish are still there and catchable. Nymph fishing has been very productive. Glo-bugs, San Juan worms, big scuds backed up (trailer) with smaller scuds, wd 40's, zebra midges and other smaller more natural flies. While most years winter time means lots of nymphing, this winter streamers have been king. The best streamers have been #4 buggers and Bunnies. Buggers in tan, black, olive, or Goldilox. Double and Playboy Bunnies (pink/white) are great winter fish movers too. Anglers have to play with their retrieve speeds to find the fishes moods, but once that is obtained, hold on!
Other news.
Bureau of Reclamation just announced issuing the Record of Decision on the recent EIS concerning the Operation of Flaming Gorge Dam. This just formalizes the operations conducted over the past ten years or so as standards for future flows.
***FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AHEAD- RATED 4.0- 6.0 and higher.
We are starting to see a few anglers return to the river despite the recent cold weather. In March and April there will be an increase as traditional cabin fever sets in. Really no reasons not to be here and fish. Dress warmly, on the coldest days, take short breaks to warm up, then get back to the fishing. Days are starting to produce longer periods of sunlight, expect the fish to respond to that. River areas that receive larger doses of sunshine will create the largest opportunities to surface fish. Dark, overcast cast days produce the best streamer fishing. Nymphs, anytime. Spring Baetis hatches are just ahead. Typically we will start seeing them at least sporadically in mid to late March, on dry years they can come and go early. This doesn't appear to be such a year. But we have been fooled before! Traditional Baetis hatch periods occur mid-April into mid, even late May as long as weather conditions stay on the cool/wet side. To help prepare you for the upcoming spring, read this next section
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 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 (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)= 4 for fishermen, 1 for rafters.
B section (Friday/Saturday)= 2-3 for fishermen- 0-1 for rafters.
Weekdays, all sections = 2-3
RECENT WEATHER
Daytime highs_ 10-35 degrees
Night time lows, -18 to 20 degrees
This past weeks= cool days, blue sky/sunshine, occasional snow, 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.
Report provided by:
Denny Breer
Trout Creek Flies
Fishwest Outfitters & Guide Service
www.fishwestoutfitters.com
photos
Weather and Lunar Phases
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Green River - January 28th, 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 - Daily average releases will be maintained at 1400 cfs beginning on July 11 th until further notice. Projected hourly fluctuations for power generation will be conducted basing at 870 cfs, up ramps at 800 cfs per hour to 1770 cfs ceiling. Projected times for ramp up 7:00 am, 9:00-11:00 am, start down ramp 9:00 pm. Future flows will experience some small changes. For the Winter they are trying to get two bumps during the day which will mess up the fishing a bit more then usual. We haven't seen any of these flows yet but they may get that so keep in touch with us and we can let you know what is happening.
RIVER WATER TEMPERATURES - Water temperature is 40.0 degrees. Checked . Temperatures are BOR readings as released from Flaming Gorge dam. We should see some improvement in the next several weeks.
***WATER QUALITY- Water quality rated poor, fair, good or excellent is currently: DAM TO LITTLE HOLE= Excellent. LITTLE HOLE TO RED CREEK= good to excellent. BELOW RED CREEK= Currently running red. It has been Excellent though.
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 depend 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. Mostly early and late. BAETIS- Fall Baetis. P.M.D's- None. CALLIBAETIS- None. TRICOS- None. CADDIS- several species. STONEFLIES- None. CICADAS- None. MORMON CRICKETS- None. OTHER TERRESTRIALS- Ants, beetles, hoppers, a few cicadas..
***FLY PATTERNS
SCUDS- Scuds should be olive/gray, #16-22 or smaller if you want to match. the natural micro-scuds. Larger scuds (#14-10) in Tan, Pink and Orange as attractors are also effective. MIDGES- Pupa: brassie, red, olive, or black #20-24. Tie some with tungsten beads for weight (known as Zebra midges), others with glass beads for color. Adults: the most common adults are black, olive, or gray. Small Adams and simple adult midge patterns (#16 to #22) will work including clustering patterns such as a Griffiths Gnat, Two Bead Midge or the local Fuzzball. BAETIS- Para Adams, Para BWO, #22-26. Emergers: WD 40's (olive, grey) RSII's (grey), Tunsten Zebra midges (camel brown, grey, olive). PALE MORNING DUNS- None. TRICOS- None. CALLIBAETIS- None. CADDIS- #12-16 Thorax caddis, peacock, olive or tan.. STONE FLIES- None. CICADAS- Your favoites as attractors #12-10. TERRESTRIALS- Ants #16-12 black or brown, beetles #10-14, hoppers.. ATTRACTORS- Peacock PMX's, GT Triple Doubles #12-16, black, olive, amber, purple. 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.
Egg Patterns- all colors, but pink is the surest at this time.
Midges, very small #28-18. actual fly is at least 26
Midge dry flies size #26-18
WD 40 size #26 - 18
Tungsten Zebra midge, #14-24 brown or red.
Small scuds #20-14 olive or grey.
San Juan Worms, red #10-14
Streamers #2-6 tan, black, olive, Goldilox Buggers, Double Bunnies, etc.
THE PAST WEEK IN REVIEW-RATED - 5.0
There has not been much snow but as cold as it is the snow is lingering on the ground. Down on the river the snow has melted, leaving only patches in some areas. your line will freeze but the sun is out making the middle of the day still comfortable. Temperatures have been as cold as 18 below 0. Right now lows are right near 10 and it warms to close to 30 sometimes 40 degrees in the early afternoon. When the sun lowers toward the canyon rim the temperatures drop very fast. Even with the cold weather the midge hatch has begun and dry flies are working mid-day for several hours giving the dry fly enthusiasts a bit of incentive to make a visit to the Green River.
River flows are still coming up around 7:00 am then running at that volume until late at night. It has been best to avoid early arrivals on the river. Shorter days ( not even light until after 7:30 am) and cooler weather will add emphasis to that approach. Nymph fishing is very productive, but streamer fishing has been even better when the conditions are right for it. Glo-bugs, San Juan worms, big scuds backed up (trailer) with smaller scuds, wd 40's, zebra midges and other smaller more natural flies. The best streamers have been #4 buggers and Double Bunnies.
FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AHEAD- RATED 4.0- 6.0 and higher.
Winter is in full swing and it has been the coldest December for at least 7 years. January has not been bad with many very good fishing days. Serious anglers continue to fish the Green in late fall and early winter. While there will be a few busy days they will find the river very vacant and accessible in comparison to other time frames they might visit the river. Streamers, small nymphs, and midge-bwo imitations are the Winter flies to use.
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)= 4 for fishermen, 1 for rafters.
B section (Friday/Saturday)= 2-3 for fishermen- 0-1 for rafters.
Weekdays, all sections = 2-3
RECENT WEATHER
Daytime highs_ 10-35 degrees
Night time lows, -18 to 20 degrees
This past weeks= cool days, blue sky/sunshine, occasional snow, 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.
Report provided by:
Denny Breer
Trout Creek Flies
Fishwest Outfitters & Guide Service
www.fishwestoutfitters.com
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Green River - November 21st, 2005
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 - Daily average releases will be maintained at 1400 cfs beginning on July 11 th until further notice. Projected hourly fluctuations for power generation will be conducted basing at 870 cfs, up ramps at 800 cfs per hour to 1770 cfs ceiling. Projected times for ramp up 7:00 am, 9:00-11:00 am, start down ramp 9:00 pm. Future flows will experience some small changes. For the Winter they are trying to get two bumps during the day which will mess up the fishing a bit more then usual. We haven't seen any of these flows yet but they may get that so keep in touch with us and we can let you know what is happening.
RIVER WATER TEMPERATURES - Water temperature is 53.0 degrees. Checked 11/6/2005. Temperatures are BOR readings as released from Flaming Gorge dam. We should see some improvement in the next several weeks.
***WATER QUALITY- Water quality rated poor, fair, good or excellent is currently: DAM TO LITTLE HOLE= Excellent. LITTLE HOLE TO RED CREEK= good to excellent. BELOW RED CREEK= Currently running red. It has been Excellent though.
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 depend 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. Mostly early and late. BAETIS- Fall Baetis. P.M.D's- None. CALLIBAETIS- None. TRICOS- None. CADDIS- several species. STONEFLIES- None. CICADAS- None. MORMON CRICKETS- None. OTHER TERRESTRIALS- Ants, beetles, hoppers, a few cicadas..
***FLY PATTERNS
SCUDS- Scuds should be olive/gray, #16-22 or smaller if you want to match. the natural micro-scuds. Larger scuds (#14-10) in Tan, Pink and Orange as attractors are also effective. MIDGES- Pupa: brassie, red, olive, or black #20-24. Tie some with tungsten beads for weight (known as Zebra midges), others with glass beads for color. Adults: the most common adults are black, olive, or gray. Small Adams and simple adult midge patterns (#16 to #22) will work including clustering patterns such as a Griffiths Gnat, Two Bead Midge or the local Fuzzball. BAETIS- Para Adams, Para BWO, #22-26. Emergers: WD 40's (olive, grey) RSII's (grey), Tunsten Zebra midges (camel brown, grey, olive). PALE MORNING DUNS- None. TRICOS- None. CALLIBAETIS- None. CADDIS- #12-16 Thorax caddis, peacock, olive or tan.. STONE FLIES- None. CICADAS- Your favoites as attractors #12-10. TERRESTRIALS- Ants #16-12 black or brown, beetles #10-14, hoppers.. ATTRACTORS- Peacock PMX's, GT Triple Doubles #12-16, black, olive, amber, purple. 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.
Egg Patterns- all colors, but pink is the surest at this time.
Midges, very small #28-18. actual fly is at least 26
WD 40 size #26 - 18
Tungsten Zebra midge, #14-16 brown or red.
Small scuds #18-14 olive or grey.
San Juan Worms, red #10-14
Streamers #2-6 tan, black, olive, Goldilox Buggers, Double Bunnies, etc.
THE PAST WEEK IN REVIEW_RATED - 5.0 - We finally got a taste of winter and received several inches of snow, however the river has remained clear of snow and fishing has been good. Due to the warmer fall weather the brown spawn has delayed a bit, but finally in is in motion now and the fish are congregating. Just this last week we have had another turn of weather and it has been clear for the last week. Temperatures have been running around 20 in the morning and rising to mid to high 40's by afternoon. Great for fishing.
River flows are still coming up around 7:00 am then running at that volume until late at night. It has been best to avoid early arrivals on the river. Shorter days ( not even light until after 7:30 am) and cooler weather will add emphasis to that approach. We are seeing a few "fall" baetis on the water, their presence is stronger on the cloudy/wet/snowy days. The biggest obstacle to fishing this hatch is their size, #26's in reality, but we often try #22 or #24's because we have better odds seeing them and a little more hook gap to stick 'em with. The other problem is that not every fish in the river keys on them. In areas they do, in areas they don't. Got to go find them. If you noted above, the river water temps are still running very high at just over 50 degrees. This is usual for this time of year and accounts for the trout's continued interest in feeding aggressively with a higher metabolic rate. Typically, water temps start to drop as the reservoir cools in early November. That's why the brown trout spawn action starts later on the Green than elsewhere, more mid November to early January. Caddis are still active and Midges are around on the cooler days. Nymph fishing is very productive, but streamer fishing has been even better when the conditions are right for it. Glo-bugs, San Juan worms, big scuds backed up (trailer) with smaller scuds, wd 40's, zebra midges and other smaller more natural flies. The best streamers have been #4 buggers and Double Bunnies.
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 throughout the week.
FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AHEAD- RATED 4.0- 6.0 and higher.
The mountains have turned more towards winter, and many outdoor enthusiasts have turned their attentions to hunting, leaving the river quiet on many days ahead. Serious anglers return to the Green in late fall and while there will be a few busy days they will find the river very uncrowded and accessible in comparison to other time frames they might visit the river. Streamers, small nymphs, and midge-bwo imitations are the late year flies to use.
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)= 4 for fishermen, 1 for rafters.
B section (Friday/Saturday)= 2-3 for fishermen- 0-1 for rafters.
Weekdays, all sections = 2-3
RECENT WEATHER
Daytime highs_ 49-68 degrees
Night time lows- 30-40 degrees
This past weeks= cool days, blue sky/sunshine, rain turning to snow, 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.
Report provided by:
Denny Breer
Trout Creek Flies
Fishwest Outfitters & Guide Service
www.fishwestoutfitters.com
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Green River - October 6th, 2005
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 - Daily average releases will be maintained at 1400 cfs beginning on July 11 th until further notice. Projected hourly fluctuations for power generation will be conducted basing at 870 cfs, up ramps at 800 cfs per hour to 1770 cfs ceiling. Projected times for ramp up 7:00 am, 9:00-11:00 am, start down ramp 9:00 pm. Future flows will experience some small changes.
RIVER WATER TEMPERATURES- Water temperature is 56.0 degrees. Checked 10/6/2005. Temperatures are BOR readings as released from Flaming Gorge dam. We should see some improvement in the next several weeks.
***WATER QUALITY- Water quality rated poor, fair, good or excellent is currently: DAM TO LITTLE HOLE= Excellent. LITTLE HOLE TO RED CREEK= good to excellent. BELOW RED CREEK= Currently running red. It has been Excellent though.
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 depend 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. Mostly early and late. BAETIS- Fall Baetis. P.M.D's- None. CALLIBAETIS- None. TRICOS- None. CADDIS- several species. STONEFLIES- None. CICADAS- None. MORMON CRICKETS- None. OTHER TERRESTRIALS- Ants, beetles, hoppers, a few cicadas..
***FLY PATTERNS
SCUDS- Scuds should be olive/gray, #16-22 or smaller if you want to match. the natural micro-scuds. Larger scuds (#14-10) in Tan, Pink and Orange as attractors are also effective. MIDGES- Pupa: brassie, red, olive, or black #20-24. Tie some with tungsten beads for weight (known as Zebra midges), others with glass beads for color. Adults: the most common adults are black, olive, or gray. Small Adams and simple adult midge patterns (#16 to #22) will work including clustering patterns such as a Griffiths Gnat, Two Bead Midge or the local Fuzzball. BAETIS- Para Adams, Para BWO, #22-26. Emergers: WD 40's (olive, grey) RSII's (grey), Tunsten Zebra midges (camel brown, grey, olive). PALE MORNING DUNS- None. TRICOS- None. CALLIBAETIS- None. CADDIS- #12-16 Thorax caddis, peacock, olive or tan.. STONE FLIES- None. CICADAS- Your favoites as attractors #12-10. TERRESTRIALS- Ants #16-12 black or brown, beetles #10-14, hoppers.. ATTRACTORS- Peacock PMX's, GT Triple Doubles #12-16, black, olive, amber, purple. 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.
Caddis- #14-18 Elk Hair or Thorax patterns in olive or peacock
Para Crickets #14-8
Smaller terrestrials- Ants, beetles #12-16.
GT Triple/Doubles #12-16, black, olive, amber, purple.
Tungsten Zebra midge, #14-16 brown or red.
Small scuds #18-14 olive or grey.
San Juan Worms, red #10-14
Streamers #2-6 tan, black, olive, Goldilox Buggers, Double Bunnies, etc.
THE PAST WEEK IN REVIEW_RATED - 5.0
The mountains are full of fall colors and beautiful. Tuesday we got our first real taste of cold and wet with a heavy rainfall turning into snow and ice later in the day. The touch of white added to the colorful array of trees was very special. At lower elevations the snow melted quickly, but a touch remains high on the mountains. The rainfall impacted Red Creek, so the lower river, at this moment at least, is running true to its name. A shame really, the lower river has been good this fall. It will take a few days for this one to pass, unfortunately, the weather forecast calls for more rain this weekend. So it may take more time to heal than normal. The river remains very quiet visitation wise, though the weekends have had some traffic. Hunters have taken to the woods, so only the serious fishers remain riverside.
River flows are still coming up around 7:00 am then running at that volume until late at night. Has been best to avoid early arrivals on the river. Shorter days ( not even light until after 7:00 am) and cooler weather will add emphasis to that approach. We are seeing a few "fall" baetis on the water, their presence is stronger on the cloudy/wet/snowy days. The biggest obstacle to fishing this hatch is their size, #26's in reality, but we often try #22 or #24's because we have better odds seeing them and a little more hook gap to stick 'em with. The other problem is that not every fish in the river keys on them. In areas they do, in areas they don't. Got to go find them. Other top water action has remained more terrestrial in nature. Para-crickets, Fat Alberts, small ants and beetles remain the favorites. If you noted above, the river water temps are still running very high at 56 degrees. This is usual for this time of year and accounts for the trouts continued interest in feeding aggressively with a higher metabolic rate. Typically, water temps start to drop as the reservoir cools in early November. That's why the brown trout spawn action starts later on the Green that elsewhere, more mid November to early January. Caddis are still active and Midges are around on the cooler days. Nymph fishing is very productive, but streamer fishing has been even better when the conditions are right for it. Glo-bugs, San Juan worms, big scuds backed up (trailer) with smaller scuds, wd 40's, zebra midges and other smaller more natural flies. The best streamers have been #4 buggers and Double Bunnies.
FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AHEAD- RATED 4.0- 6.0 and higher.
The mountains are turning to gold and orange and yellow and many outdoor enthusiasts have turned their attentions to hunting, leaving the river quiet on many days ahead. Serious anglers return to the Green in fall and while there will be a few busy days they will find the river very uncrowded and accessible in comparison to other time frames they might visit the river. Caddis, Fall Baetis, midges, streamers all work to catch fish.
THIS PAST WEEKS CROWD MONITOR-Rated 1 to 10, with one being an empty river and ten stay home. I posted this note last year and it is still appropriate! Important to remember: Waders: There are only two access points on the upper river, Little Hole and Spillway. Everyone has to enter at one of these two areas. It's not important how many people are there, but what you do to separate yourself from others makes for solitary fishing. If you are unwilling to walk a little, expect to fish with others. Boaters: Seems there are always a large number of novice boaters trying out their river skills, not all are successful, hopefully they will improve as the year progresses. The worst transgressions? Following too close to others boaters, cutting too closely in front of other drifting boats, floating through or over another anglers fish, competing for fishing holes and fish already occupied by other boating or wading anglers. There's plenty of river and fish, let's give each other a little courtesy and room (i.e. try practicing the Golden Rule when it comes to our fellow anglers). This is supposed to be fun for us all!
These ratings are the lowest possible anytime.
Weekends A Section (Friday/Saturday)= 4 for fishermen, 1 for rafters.
B section (Friday/Saturday)= 2-3 for fishermen- 0-1 for rafters.
Weekdays, all sections = 2-3
RECENT WEATHER
Daytime highs_ 49-68 degrees
Night time lows- 30-40 degrees
This past weeks= cool days, blue sky/sunshine, rain turning to snow, 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.
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Green River - September 16th, 2005
supplied by: Four Seasons Flyfishers
FISHING: Poor
Green River- The Green has been very slow fishing but should pick up as the temperatures drop. The moss is still lifting off of the bottom of the River and should be done in about a weeks time.
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Green River - September 5th, 2005
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 - Daily average releases will be maintained at 1400 cfs beginning on July 11 th until further notice. Projected hourly fluctuations for power generation will be conducted basing at 870 cfs, up ramps at 800 cfs per hour to 1770 cfs ceiling. Projected times for ramp up 7:00 am, 9:00-11:00 am, start down ramp 9:00 pm.
RIVER WATER TEMPERATURES - Water temperature is 53.0 degrees. Checked 9/5/2005. Temperatures are BOR readings as released from Flaming Gorge dam. We should see some improvement in the next several weeks.
***WATER QUALITY- Water quality rated poor, fair, good or excellent is currently: DAM TO LITTLE HOLE= Excellent. LITTLE HOLE TO RED CREEK= good to excellent. BELOW RED CREEK= Currently in good shape, but has ran dirty several days recently.
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 depend 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. Mostly early and late. BAETIS- Fall Baetis, small presence. P.M.D's- None. CALLIBAETIS- None. TRICOS- None. CADDIS- several species. STONEFLIES- None. CICADAS- None. MORMON CRICKETS- Some in Browns Park. OTHER TERRESTRIALS- Ants, beetles, hoppers, a few cicadas..
***FLY PATTERNS: SCUDS- Scuds should be olive/gray, #16-22 or smaller if you want to match. the natural micro-scuds. Larger scuds (#14-10) in Tan, Pink and Orange as attractors are also effective. MIDGES- Pupa: brassie, red, olive, or black #20-24. Tie some with tungsten beads for weight (known as Zebra midges), others with glass beads for color. Adults: the most common adults are black, olive, or gray. Small Adams and simple adult midge patterns (#16 to #22) will work including clustering patterns such as a Griffiths Gnat, Two Bead Midge or the local Fuzzball. BAETIS- Para Adams, Para BWO., Hackle Stackers, CDC Thorax BWO�s, #20-26. Emergers: WD 40's (olive, grey) RSII�s (grey), Pheasant tails, Tunsten Zebra midges (camel brown, grey, olive. PALE MORNING DUNS- None. TRICOS- None. CALLIBAETIS- None. CADDIS- #12-16 Thorax caddis, peacock, olive or tan.. STONE FLIES- None. CICADAS- Your favoites as attractors #12-10. TERRESTRIALS- Ants #16-12 black or brown, beetles #10-14, hoppers.. ATTRACTORS- Peacock PMX�s, GT Triple Doubles #12-16, black, olive, amber, purple. 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.
Caddis- #14-18 Elk Hair or Thorax patterns in olive or peacock
Para Crickets #14-8
Smaller terrestrials- Ants, beetles #12-16.
GT Triple/Doubles #12-16, black, olive, amber, purple.
Tungsten Zebra midge, #14-16 brown or red.
Small scuds #18-14 olive or grey.
San Juan Worms, red #10-14
Streamers #2-6 tan, black, olive, Goldilox Buggers, Double Bunnies, etc.
THE PAST WEEK IN REVIEW_RATED - 5.0
Though we are still seeing a few days that are in the eighties, we have cooled down considerably overall with many days air temperatures in the pleasant seventies. Feels like fall is in the air for sure. A few days with moisture here and there have caused problems with Red Creek running the lower river red, but after a few days it has cleared very well. Expect to see a few more such disruptions before the year is over. Though we haven't personally spotted it yet, fall colors will be coming to the mountain, and soon. With the kids back in school, the river will return to mostly fishermen as visitors with many pleasant days of fishing ahead. We just finished the Labor Day weekend and the area was very quiet overall. The recent hurricane disaster and gas prices probably kept many people close to home.
River water flows continue to change, each week there is an evaluation as to water availability and how it can be best used. Though we are seeing some changes everyday, the volume impacts have not kept us from fishing. Only the release timing has effected anglers. We wish there could be consideration for the hours that anglers are on the water each day. Despite our input, our requests have brought little results.
Fishing reports have come in across the board from good to bad. It has been the "dog days of summer" and many days have had their periods of slow. But other days have been very successful for most anglers and on the good side of the scale. We have had a few anglers in and out of the shop who have struggled with it, but once armed with good info and the right flies they have done well too. Many other anglers have done far better than "good" with their fishing, using phrases such as "best day of fishing of their lives" to describe their experiences. No question that anglers can struggle when/where there are obvious lack of hatches or the flows change mid-day on them. In spring with strong hatches, everyone finds fish and success more easily. For those anglers willing to put the effort into it, summer/fall fishing can be very rewarding.
As our air temperatures drop to cooler as norms, we are seeing a return of midges and Fall Baetis too. Though they can disappear quickly as the day warms, they are enough to get the fish started thinking of topside feeding. Fall Baetis are very small, #24-26 in size, the best overall pattern is a Parachute Adams. There are several species of caddis on any given day, their activities have been spotty at times, but the fish are keenly interested in them. Size ranges are from #12-18 in general. GT Triple Doubles have been great caddis patterns. Para Crickets, Peacock PMX's and smaller ants and beetles used with beadhead droppers have been a great addition to our fishing arsenals. Flies such as ants, Fat Alberts and small Royal Wulff's fished as individuals have worked on the fussier fish. The few Mormon Crickets in the Park are fading.
For those who want to nymph fish, the fish for the most part are sitting deep. Long leaders, extra weight and bright colored flies have been important. Glo-bugs, San Juan worms, big scuds, streamers have been the most consistent fish catchers. Back them up (trailer) with smaller scuds, pt nymphs, zebra midges and other smaller more natural flies.
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 most week days and Sundays, 7:00 am to 9:00 pm Fridays/Saturdays.
FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AHEAD- RATED 4.0- 6.0 and higher.
Summer is coming to an end. With the kids back in school, we expect to see the rafting activities slow with some presence still on the weekends until it turns rough weatherwise. The mountains will turn to gold and orange and yellow as many outdoor enthusiasts turn their attentions to hunting, leaving the river quiet on many days ahead. Serious anglers return to the Green in fall and while there will be a few busy days they will find the river very uncrowded and accessible in comparison to other time frames they might visit the river. Caddis, Fall Baetis, midges, streamers all work to catch fish.
THIS PAST WEEKS CROWD MONITOR-Rated 1 to 10, with one being an empty river and ten stay home. I posted this note last year and it is still appropriate! Important to remember: Waders: There are only two access points on the upper river, Little Hole and Spillway. Everyone has to enter at one of these two areas. It's not important how many people are there, but what you do to separate yourself from others makes for solitary fishing. If you are unwilling to walk a little, expect to fish with others. Boaters: Seems there are always a large number of novice boaters trying out their river skills, not all are successful, hopefully they will improve as the year progresses. The worst transgressions? Following too close to others boaters, cutting too closely in front of other drifting boats, floating through or over another anglers fish, competing for fishing holes and fish already occupied by other boating or wading anglers. There's plenty of river and fish, let's give each other a little courtesy and room (i.e. try practicing the Golden Rule when it comes to our fellow anglers). This is supposed to be fun for us all!
These ratings are the lowest possible anytime.
Weekends A Section (Friday/Saturday)= 5 for fishermen, 4 for rafters
B section (Friday/Saturday)= 3 for fishermen- 2 for rafters.
Weekdays, all sections = 3
RECENT WEATHER
Daytime highs_ 73-81 degrees
Night time lows- 45 degrees
This past weeks= warm, blue sky/sunshine, rain showers, 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.
Denny Breer
Trout Creek Flies
Fishwest Outfitters & Guide Service
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Green River - August 12th, 2005
supplied by: Four Seasons Flyfishers
FISHING: Great
Below Fontanelle Res. Fishing Report- The Green is great for Big Dries! Lots of rainbows and browns that are stinking huge are taking hoppers and stonelfies on the banks and weed beds.
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Green River - August 4th, 2005
supplied by: Fishwest Outfitters
FISHING: Good
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PLEASE NOTE: HEADERS WITH AN *** preceding the title indicate no changes from the previous report.
RIVER FLOW INFORMATION_FLAMING GORGE - Daily average releases will be maintained at 1400 cfs beginning on July 11 th until further notice. Projected hourly fluctuations for power generation will be conducted basing at 870 cfs, up ramps at 800 cfs per hour to 1770 cfs ceiling. Projected times for ramp up 7:00 am, 9:00-11:00 am, start down ramp 9:00 pm.
RIVER WATER TEMPERATURES- Water temperature is 53.0 degrees. Checked 8/4/2005. Temperatures are BOR readings as released from Flaming Gorge dam. We should see some improvement in the next several weeks.
***WATER QUALITY- Water quality rated poor, fair, good or excellent is currently: DAM TO LITTLE HOLE= Excellent. LITTLE HOLE TO RED CREEK= good to excellent. BELOW RED CREEK= Currently in good shape, but has ran dirty several days recently.
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 depend 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. Mostly early and late. BAETIS- Spring Baetis in size #16-18. Sporadic P.M.D's- Fading hatch in B and C sections. CALLIBAETIS- None. TRICOS- None. CADDIS- several species. STONEFLIES- Possible Golden Stones, Little Yellow Sallies in lower B and upper C Section. This hatch is fading. CICADAS- a few. MORMON CRICKETS- Some in Browns Park. OTHER TERRESTRIALS- Ants, beetles, hoppers, a few cicadas..
***FLY PATTERNS - SCUDS- Scuds should be olive/gray, #16-22 or smaller if you want to match. the natural micro-scuds. Larger scuds (#14-10) in Tan, Pink and Orange as attractors are also effective. MIDGES- Pupa: brassie, red, olive, or black #20-24. Tie some with tungsten beads for weight (known as Zebra midges), others with glass beads for color. Adults: the most common adults are black, olive, or gray. Small Adams and simple adult midge patterns (#16 to #22) will work including clustering patterns such as a Griffiths Gnat, Two Bead Midge or the local Fuzzball. BAETIS- Para Adams, Para BWO., Hackle Stackers, CDC Thorax BWOs, #20-26. Emergers: WD 40's (olive, grey) RSIIs (grey), Pheasant tails, Tunsten Zebra midges (camel brown, grey, olive. PALE MORNING DUNS- Para or Thorax Pale Morning Duns #14-16. PT nymphs for emergers. TRICOS- None. CALLIBAETIS- None. CADDIS- #12-16 Thorax caddis, peacock, olive or tan.. STONE FLIES- #10-12Yellow PMX or stimulators for goldens,#14-16 yellow or orange PMX or other yellow sallie patterns to match this hatch. CICADAS- Your favoites as attractors #12-10. TERRESTRIALS- Ants #16-12 black or brown, beetles #10-14, hoppers.. ATTRACTORS- Peacock PMXs, GT Triple Doubles #12-16, black, olive, amber, purple. 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.
Caddis- #14-18 Elk Hair or Thorax patterns in olive or peacock
Para Crickets #14-8
Smaller terrestrials- Ants, beetles #12-16.
GT Triple/Doubles #12-16, black, olive, amber, purple.
Tungsten Zebra midge, #14-16 brown or red.
Small scuds #18-14 olive or grey.
San Juan Worms, red #10-14
Streamers #2-6 tan, black, olive, Goldilox Buggers, Double Bunnies, etc.
THE PAST WEEK IN REVIEW_RATED - 5.0-6.0
We have seen pleasant changes in our weather recently with a cooler trend when compared to the hot spell experienced earlier in July. Daytime highs have averaged high seventies, low eighties for the most part, accompanied by afternoon thunder showers and a few brisk nights into the forties. The rain has relieved the dryness in the area keeping the fire danger down. Despite that, we had several fires up on the forest that effected our air quality for a few days, seems those have been brought somewhat under control at this time. It's nice to have the weather we would call "traditional" for this time of year.
River water flows continue to evolve for the summer. Each week there is an evaluation as to water availability and how it can be best used. Though we are seeing some changes everyday, the volume impacts have not kept us from fishing. Only the release timing has effected anglers.
Overall, fishing has remained very consistent and for most anglers on the good side of the scale. We have had a few anglers in and out of the shop who have struggled with it, but once armed with good info and the right flies they have done well too. Many other anglers have down far better than "good" with their fishing. Caddis have been our highlight on all river sections. Several species and reasonable hatch presence has made the fish keenly interested in them. Size ranges are from #12-18 in general. PMD's and Yellow Sallies have been strong on the B section but have really faded over the last week or two. You might encounter some residue of them under the right conditions, so I wouldn't entirely give up on them quite yet. But in turn, don't depend on them being there either. Para Crickets, Peacock PMX's and smaller ants and beetles used with beadhead droppers have been a great addition to our fishing arsenals. Flies such as ants, GT Triple Doubles and small Royal Wulff's fished as individuals have worked on the fussier fish. Caddis hatches, as mentioned, have put their presence on the water all day long, but many anglers each evening are catching the hatch just at dusk that has provided 45 minutes to a hour of accelerated fishing on top. Mormon Crickets are moving in the Park, and in a few areas the fish have had access to them.
For those who want to nymph fish, the fish for the most part are sitting deep. Long leaders, extra weight and bright colored flies have been important. Glo-bugs, San Juan worms, big scuds, streamers have been the most consistent fish catchers. Back them up (trailer) with smaller scuds, pt nymphs, zebra midges and other smaller more natural flies.
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 most week days and Sundays, 7:00 am to 9:00 pm Fridays/Saturdays.
FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AHEAD- RATED 4.0- 6.0 and higher.
Summer fishing should remain at a high level. Terrestrials and caddis have been the most consistent producers and that trend should continue into the future.
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, 7 for rafters
B section (Friday/Saturday)= 5 for fishermen- 3-4 for rafters.
Weekdays, all sections = 5-6
RECENT WEATHER
Daytime highs_ 79-83 degrees
Night time lows- 48 degrees
This past weeks= warm, blue sky/sunshine, rain showers, 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.
Denny Breer
Trout Creek Flies
Fishwest Outfitters & Guide Service
www.fishwestoutfitters.com
877.77.FLIES
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Green River - June 28th, 2005
supplied by: Western Rivers Flyfisher
FISHING: Good
Rivers are finally beginning to shape up. There will be a lot of changes over the next weeks. If you have not been fishing yet, now is the time to start gearing up. Weather is improving and so is the fishing on the Green, finally. Be careful what you wish for. Flows fluctuated over the weekend, making for less than ideal fishing conditons. We are hoping that they leave them for a while. Although we are seeing few Cicadas, the fish are starting to look up and eat small Cicada patterns and terrestrials, especially beetles. With the cold spring and early start to the season, we are not likely to see much in the way of Cicadas. When it is cold and wet out this time of year these terrestrials mold and die. There are some Cicadas that did survive the unusually cold wet weather, but not enough to create the type of fishing we are accustom to when they abound in numbers. This week will be one of the better weeks we have had in the month of June. Weather is warming up and the terrestrial fishing has improved significantly. We are also seeing good PMD and Stonefly hatches in the lower portions of the river. Dry droppers are still the best combo to fish, but fishing a single Parachute Cricket along those weed beds that have been somewhat difficult at times to find with the higher flows, and along the edges has been very productive. Flying ants have also been good. Cicada patterns are taking fish. They should be fished in smaller sizes. From Little Hole downstream, PMDs and little Golden Stoneflis in the riffle water have been good. With the dropping flows, those waters below Red Creek will again begin to fish well. The lack of precipitation has the lower Green clearing as flushing flows earlier in the month settle down. Hatch Info
Cicadas are slow to get going and we have seen what we are going to see for the year regarding this particular terrestrial. This past week of warm weather and clear skies definitely has more out than the previous week. PMDs are a #16 with Stoneflies being a #12-#14. PMDs are hatching best on those days with some clouds and a sprinkle. The Stoneflies prefer the warm sunny weather. Unfortunately there were a lot disappointed angler who visited the Green this June. For those looking to July, it should be excellent and consistent as always month. Year round aquatic residence will play an important role in a Greens trout diet. Although we fish a lot of scuds throughout the year they will be one of the more important food sources during these days of higher and fluctuating flows. For the most part these little aquatic crustaceans are small, #18-#20. Olive is the predominant color, yet wet we fish a lot of orange as well. The trout will see lots of these over the next few weeks as habitat shuffles around with the flow increases until they reach there target level. Another major food group is the Greens prolific midges that get overlooked this time of year, yet they are still very important and abundant. These tiny and aquatic insects will also play an important role during this period as well. As flows stabilize they will create some dry fly opportunities, but their larvae and pupa will be the most important stages of this insects life when selecting effective fly fishing imitations Bait fish will create yet another opportunity. Through all the hatches we have in the spring we often forget about hatching fry that are prevalent in our rivers come this time of year. For those who will choose to float the river over the next several weeks, fishing streamers can be incredibly effective. Having a sink tip line will aid in your success. A Type III-VI with a 10-15’ tip will do the trick. If you only have a floating line use a line stout leader and a heavy fly. With flows now in better shape, the river is a little more manageable for everyone. If you want to take a look for yourself, go to Green River Flows. You will be able to check many other Utah river conditions from this site as well.
Fly Pattern Recommendations : Dries: Sparkle Dun #16
Para-Yellow Salley #14
Para-Cricket #16-#14
Cards Cicada #12
Shimazaki Ant (Black and Cinnamon) #16
CDC Honey Ant
CDC Black Ant
PMX #14-#12
Nymphs & Emergers: PMD Last Chance Cripple #16
PMD Challenged #16
Tailwater Tiny: Olive and Brown #20-#22
Split Case PMD #16
BH Pheasant Tail #18-#20
Mercers Micro May: Olive and Brown #18-#20
Rainbow Warrior #16
Next to Nothing #20-#22
Olive Scud #18
Streamers: Zonkers #4
Black Woolhead Sculpin #6
Rag Sculpin #4
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