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http://www.mountainhardwareandsports.comWith flows being bumped DOWN to a good flow rate this is where most the fly fishing traffic ends up! THE ERRATIC UP AND DOWN OF FLOWS HERE ON Thursday CAUSED SOME FISH TO PERISH AND EXPOSED SOME REDDS! If you have to drop a line here I would think more about using 5x or 6x as fish here are pretty spooky. Access is wide open here now and fish will be found everywhere throughout the system. Trout here will be feeding on a steady diet of Midges and BWO/Baetis, so have all stages of these bugs in your box. The rule of thumb here has been 3x-5x depending on the situation. Fall backs to use are San Juan Worms when nothing else seems to work. Hint: the bigger fish in this system prefer emergers over adults most the time, so learn how to fish emergers effectively.
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With the current flows being high one will still be fishing the softer water closer to the bank, with flow to it, as trout will not be fighting the higher flows found in the middle of the river. Trout this time of year, and in the situation we’re in, can be found in some shallow water just to avoid the flow and use as little energy as possible! Get proficient with your streamer techniques because the payoff could be one......
