This past week has been a
challenging week of fishing. Once again, nothing new for this fall. This time,
low Water flows played a big role in the tough fishing conditions; we have been
experiencing with our brown trout fishing. Despite the rain we received over
the past week, water flows in all of our surrounding creeks and rivers in
western New York remain low and clear.
For now it appears that the brown trout run has stalled out. The only exception
is the oak Orchard River; even here the pace of the run has slowed
dramatically. I do suspect that we still have more Brown trout yet to come in
to all our rivers and creeks, but water flows to need to improve first.
The Salmon River, we finally
head some decent rain hit the Salmon River watershed. As of writing this post
the water release has been bumped up to 750 CFS. This water release has been
long awaited. Fishing conditions should improve with the help of the increased
flows. For now expect to have a strong egg bite in the upper river. With the
increased water flows, all the stray eggs that have not been buried in the
river bottom will be sent adrift, creating a feeding opportunity for the
steelhead. Increase water flow can also pick up the pace of new steelhead
entering the river. As always this time of the year covering water is
important. Even in ideal conditions,
Steelhead really run in large numbers. As a result we need to cover as much
water as possible during our fishing day. Upper River where the fish are
concentrated and there has been more salmon spawning activity, stay with the
standard egg parents. Lower and mid river, steelhead Numbers will be more
spread out, This is where swinging flies will be more productive, do to the
fact that we need cover water efficiently.
NOTE:
November
dates 28,29, Open. This is Brown trout and steelhead fishing. Note; Rick Smith, many of you already
know Rick, Will be available to do trips on the Salmon River and the
surrounding Creek for steelhead.
December
remains wide open, this can be an interesting month to fish with lots of
opportunities and light fishing pressure.
If you have any questions
please feel free to contact me cell 585-233-0436