Rock Creek Is stepping up and down day by day as the summer season approaches.  The flow down at the bottom is approaching 1000cfs with decreasing clarity.  The best fishing has been with nymphs thrown towards the banks.  There have been some sporadic eats on top, Mostly on parachute adams and other mayfly-esque patterns.  Walking the banks and looking for pocket water and deeper holes has been the best approach, but the lower flows up high should give you some better wading options.  For nymphs use pheasant tails, hares ears, double beaded stones, Pat’s rubber legs, micro stones, prince nymphs, and San Juan worms.  If you do see some drakes and march browns popping and fish eating’em, you better have a few parachute adams, extended body drakes, and purple hazes for those, just in case.

HATCHES: Midges, March Browns, Skwalas, and Grey Drakes

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