I do realize that I have been
slow on my updates lately. Mainly because there has not been much change in the
overall fishing conditions. Old man winter has finally arrived. Even though we have
not received much snow or really cold weather recently. For Western New York,
All of our smaller creeks and streams are totally locked up with ice. The only
open water we have for now is the Genesee River and Oak Orchard. Water flows in
the Genesee River are still on the high side. If this cold weather processed
water flows should continue to drop on the Genesee River. As for the Oak
Orchard River, Just the opposite continues water flows have been acceptable but
for this time of the year, on the low side. Despite the conditions on the Oak
Orchard there is a few fish around. But we do need some high water for the Oak
to get things on track.
Salmon River area pretty much
the same thing goes, all the smaller rivers and creeks are iced up. However the
Salmon River watershed has received considerably more snow. Water flows at this
time are at 750 CFS, I suspect this release will come down as the cold weather
persist. The 750 CFS is about the top end of water flows that I like to fish
during the winter. The good news is, this has been stable water flows and water
temperatures for approximately 2 weeks.
The fish are setting up in their
winter holding waters with these consistent conditions. Recently we fished the
upper portion of the Salmon River and did very well with the standard Stone
flying nymphs and small wet flies. Wherever we found water that we could make a
proper presentation, there was fish willing to eat. Looks like the winter nymph
bite is setting up. The last time we floated the Salmon River,
there was fish scattered
about from the lower fly zone on down to the route 2A bridge. For now, the best
success has been using a lot of persistence.
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