It’s days away from fishing huge on top. This is not to say you won’t be able to take fish with dries today, but the river is still settling out from the last bump in flows. There are good numbers of salmonflies on the mid and upper river and lots of drakes, PMDS and caddis too. Once the flows begin falling and the daytime highs ramp back up a bit, it’ll be game on. Your best bet today, though, is still likely to be tandem nymph rigs or dark bodied streamers. Size 14 tandem beadhead p-tails are a very good bet this time of year as are smaller black or brown bugger type stuff.
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HATCHES: caddis, PMDs, yellow sallies, salmonflies mid and upper river, drakes, hoppers, lots of stuff starting now . . .
PATTERNS: Salmonflies of all kinds, golden stones in sizes 6 to 14, whitlock sculpines in black. Attractor stuff in a size 8 or 10, elk hair or other caddis in a 12 or 14. Red or pink San Jaun worms in tandem with size 12 or 14 hare’s ear nymphs.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: You did know that the Kingfisher is the largest dealer of Simms in the Rocky Mountains didn’t you?