Earlier this week we got a
good shot of rain came through the area. Depending on where you are, it will
have a lot to do with how your rivers and creeks are fishing at this time.
Starting with the inland
trout fishing. Most of our in land trout water was affected by the rainfall
early last week. Going into this week water flows should have receipted enough
to come back into fishing condition. Also we finally had a break in the weather
and water temperatures are on the rise. This week we could see some of the
first of the springs, insect activity. Be on the lookout for both olives and
Hendrickson hatching. The timing of these hatches will most likely be from late
morning to early afternoon. Obviously hatch timings are going to vary from one
trout stream to the next.
Mid April still prime
steelhead time. I am fully settled in and now fishing the Salmon River at
Pulaski, for the remainder of the steelhead run. Rainfall from earlier this
past week definitely had an effect on water flows. As of writing this update
water released from the dam is at 750 CFS, up from 500 CFS we had last
week. This is still a comfortable level
for both fishing and running the Drift boat. The drift boat makes covering a
lot of water more efficient, which is important because the steelheads are spread
out through the river. True to the theme of this spring, covering water and
fishing smart continues to be the name of the game. Water temperatures over the
past week have been cold. Temperatures are fluctuating from 38° to 42° in the
upper river. The lower river water temperatures have been fluctuating a few
more degrees on a daily basis. I suspect we’re going start seeing water
temperatures in the mid to upper 40s on a daily basis going forward, with the
warmer weather that’s coming. Hopefully the warmer water temperatures will
encourage the steelhead to start chasing flies a little more aggressively. The
warmer water temperatures will definitely turn the swing fishing on. This weeks
productive flies, have been a smaller group most of our fish were caught size 4
and 6 Black will buggers and a variety of size 6 and 8 stonefly nymphs. I
suspect the smaller group of flies this week is due to water temperature
fluctuations. When water temperatures are fluctuating the upper 30 to low
40-degree range on a daily basis, this can make the fish crabby and a little
picky about the flies.
A reminder, I still have
dates for spring steelhead fishing April 18,19,21 and April 25,26 opened up.
Early May is still open, we call May, swimming season. A great time to fish for
steelhead with two-handed rods and a singing fly. Our friend Rick Smith, also
has dates available for both April and May. Feel free to call if you have any
questions Cell 585-233-0436
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