The fishing this past week
has been a bit more consistent. However looking forward we are in for another
challenging week, typical for this time of the year.
Starting with Western New
York. Water flows over the past week has been very good, surprisingly is that
temperatures also remained really consistent. This made for a good week of
fishing. As always, we are in for some
changes in conditions. Many of our rivers and creeks in western New York, this
time of year get water supplementation from the canal system. This supplement
water is now coming to an end. Waterfalls will be dropping significantly, if
they have not already done so. We will soon be back to dealing with low water
conditions. Hopefully we will get some good old-fashioned wet weather, either
in the form of Snow or rain. From this point we will need to pay closer
attention to water level conditions. Keep in mind water fluctuations often
means new fish.
Productive flies; our
favorite egg patterns are still performing very well, in the standard size and
colors. There is now a lot of spawned out Brown trout looking for food. The
streamer fishing has been very productive. We have been doing very well with
size 6 bunny streamers and woolly buggers, in a wide range of colors. The best
color we have found so far is white.
Salmon River; water flows
have been very good all this week. Water levels have been flowing at 1200 CFS
plus runoff. Look like water flow will hold up throughout the upcoming week.
Increase in water flows has definitely brought in a few new fish. However the fishing
on the salmon has been a little of the hot and cold story. A lot of this has to
do with water temperature fluctuations, once again, the normal fishing
headaches of this time of year. Along with having to deal with fluctuating
water temperatures, the fishing pressure this past week has been very high for
this time of year. Fortunately the bulk of the fishing effort is in the upper
river, leaving mid river and lower river with considerably less fishing effort.
Keep in mind the lower portion of the river may not have as many fish but they
are often willing to play.
For productive flies; Stay
with your favorite egg flies and size 12 through 8 and in your favorite colors.
Do not be afraid to experiment with both fly size and color. The swing fly has
been more productive this fall than in years past, Especially in the lower
river. Both bunny style and intruder style flies have been very productive. As
always keep these styles of flies no larger than 3 ½ inches for best results.
A fishing tip; dealing with
challenging fishing conditions this time of year.
Lots of time and frustration,
can be saved by paying attention to water temperature. Knowing if water
temperatures are falling or rising, you can easily project where in the river
the fish are sitting. Greatly reducing the amount of water that you have to
this to find a fish that is willing to bite.
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