This past week gave us a
taste of spring. We had not just had spring time temperatures but also water
temperatures. Our smaller river and creeks cleared out of ice and gave us a
taste of springtime fishing. Starting with Weston New York, even though we had
some rain earlier in the week, Oak Orchard River water flow did not respond
much. Water flow still remain low, however there is a few fish holding in the
deeper pockets. The smaller rivers and creeks was where the best fishing
happened. Depending on where you were fishing we found both steelhead and post
spawn Brown trout. However and this is a big however, the weather did change by
the end of the week. As everyone knows we now have some of the coldest weather
of the entire winner. Everything is locked back up with ice for now. Hopefully
the upcoming week, we’ll have some moderation in our whether and we can get
back on the water soon.
The Salmon River; the water
flows have come up, in fact we have had two increases in water flows over the past
week. We started out with a flow of 335
CFS by the end of the week a water flow of 1250 CFS. The 1250 CFS water flow is
a bit much for comfortable winter steelhead fishing, for us fly fisherman. Productive water is very limited and current
speeds are way too fast to make proper winter condition presentations. We need
to wait until water flows Drop down below the 750 CFS mark. Keep in mind that
this recent round of high water is pulling in new fish from the lake. Even
during this cold snap steelhead should be trickling in. As for fly patterns,
not much has changed. For the swing, small intruders around two and a half to 3
and half inches long is getting the job done. Keep in mind with high water
flows try fishing intruders around 4 to 6 inches long. Sometimes you need to
put a big target out for them.
Note;
A reminder, as most of you
know my booking calendar is now open. Time to start planning you’re up coming
fishing trips. Feel free to give me a call discuss dates and fishing
opportunities. Cell 585-233-0436
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