The river’s flow is plummeting fast and should continue until we see some more warm weather.  The river went from 5300 cfs to 3900cfs over 3 days, which is a pretty aggressive drop.  Things are going to half to stabilize a little more before things really start to fish, but you should still find some luck in the mean time. The main stem is much more boater friendly right now with the higher flows but the back and side channels are giving pretty decent options to the wade fisherman. If you’re heading out this way, deep nymph rigs have been the best option with prince nymphs, pheasant tails, San Juan worms, Double beaded stones, Pat’s rubber legs, Red fox squirrels, or a hares ear nymph. You may see a few bugs popping but the fish have been very picky eaters lately. Bring some big parachute adams, purple hazes, march browns, grey drake extended bodies, and low riding skwala patterns just in case. When the flows are high like they are, the fish tend to seek refuge in the back channels and towards the banks. So keep your rigs close to the shoreline and if you see any clean water coming in from random channels that ARE NOT tributaries, drop anchor and hit it up.

HATCHES/Flies: Midges, skwalas, a few March browns and some blue wings. A Review of the Winston Fly Rod For more info on the Winston Nexus Fly Rod