February 7th Fishing Report
Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a temperature rising to near 35 by noon, then falling to around 29 during the remainder of the day. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.Not too shabby for winter conditions. There is a little snow on the banks (not nearly enough to refill the springs and creeks for the spring, but we will worry about that a bit later). The wind is pretty heavy today, but only in gusts.
Fishing was decent mid day yesterday and should continue to be so through Thursday. We get snow and a cool down again Thursday afternoon.
Fish are feeding on midges and smaller scuds subsurface, and we have seen some pockets of rising fish mid day on the warmer creeks.
It is ESSENTIAL to use a thermometer right now. You will be successful when fishing rising water temperatures. Once the temps stop rising or cool down (snowmelt on warmer days, the sun coming off the water on cooler days) fishing shuts down.
