At this time we are
officially calling steelhead season over. It is time to go trout fishing. That
being said. There are still plenty of steelheads still in the Salmon River. As
of writing this report the Salmon River Fish hatchery still has several tanks
full of steelheads that have yet to leave and drop down through the river. I
suspect we will have about two more weeks of productive steelhead fishing. As all of you know I cannot live a river with
Steelhead in it and no one fishing it. How often do we get a chance to fish for
steelhead with green leaves on the trees? I will still make the occasional run
through my favorite pools for a few more weeks, when the opportunity provides
itself. If you are interested in one
last chance, too fish for steelhead feel free to contact me.
The water flows in the Salmon
River is at 185 CFS Summer minimum flows. Ironically this low flow has provided
the most consistent fishing we have had on the Salmon River all spring. Water
temperatures have also remained fairly consistent even in the hot weather
holding around the mid 50s to below 60° mark. Obviously we are fishing for drop
back steelhead, which means we must cover a lot of water. As I said earlier the
month of May is swing season. We have found the best fishing from mid river on
down. It seems that when the steelhead get to mid river they have recovered
enough from spawning and have started to feed. With the lower water flows the
fish are more concentrated in the bigger pool, we also are using lighter tips,
which makes the casting far more enjoyable. For flies the brown and copper woolly
bugger are also known as steelhead crack been catching the majority of the
fish. Also the standard smaller intruders and leech patterns taking their share
fish.
I will be starting to
concentrate my efforts on the trout streams and river now. The water flows have
improved over the last week, do to the rain we get. We were dry enough that the
heavy rains ware not enough to bring the water up to much. The hatches on the
trout streams and river are moving along fast, do to the hot weather. There is
still Hendrickson and olives hatching. By now the caddis is starting to show up
in the bug mixes. Most of the bug
activity will start around mid afternoon and go until dark. Look for
Hendrickson spinner s at the end of the day. Keep in mind for a spinner fall to
happen we need air temperatures to be above 60°. If this does not happen on a
particular evening expect the spinner fall to be more intense the following
evening. I am in the process of working on a few unique trout fishing
adventures. These streams and rivers are best described, as rivers off the grid.
For now all I can say, stay tuned.
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