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Partly sunny, with a high near 91. Heat index values as high as 96. Breezy, with a south wind 6 to 11 mph increasing to 13 to 18 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph.
We are in an extreme drought and the creeks are very, very low and clear. Fish are quite spooky.
Please make sure to use your thermometer, while the smaller creeks are still running at temperatures near 60, some of the larger creeks (especially after the hot weekend) are into the 70s. If you find water over 65 degrees it is a good idea to change locations.
The rest of the week looks very pleasant with highs in the low 70s and lows getting below 50! This will, at least, put the fish in a better mood.

Just a quick update. The heat wave will last through tomorrow (Tuesday September 5th). Starting Wednesday, things begin to cool off. If we actually get the rain on Wednesday, that could help invigorate the fishing after this hot weather.

Shop opens regular hours starting tomorrow. 8-5 Monday through Saturday, 8-Noon on Sunday.

We’re still super low on water and the cool weather the past few days will be quickly forgotten as things heat up for the weekend. Fish super early in the morning, as water temperatures will climb quickly before mid day. Please remember to use your thermometer as some of the larger creeks are quite warm. If you do some exploring of smaller creeks and headwaters, you can find temperatures below 60 degrees, but it takes a bit of thinking outside the normal, well known creeks. A good use of the mid day heat (after a siesta) is to scout a location or two!

Terrestrials on the surface, especially pink hoppers! Small purdygons or squirreldigons subsurface.

Sunny, with a high near 77. Light southeast wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Water is still extremely low and clear. Temperatures on the small to medium sized creeks are still around 60 thanks to some cool nights.
We had a brief taste of late summer weather the past few days and the morning fishing responded well. Lots of terrestrial action, a few trico sippers, and trout happily taking perdigons in the riffles.
Today and tomorrow continue to look good, while Saturday is going to start another few days of hot weather that will last until mid week next week.
We are still waiting for rain. There has been no significant rainfall since springtime and the creeks are very low. Please make sure to use your thermometer! The larger creeks are not in good shape temperature wise. Anything over 65 degrees will be poor fishing, and much warmer than that can harm fish.

Sunny, with a high near 79. North wind 10 to 13 mph.
The nighttime lows the next few nights are in the high 40s to 50 degrees! This will make the morning fishing pretty solid.
Unfortunately we are still in extreme drought and the creeks are very, very low and clear. We’re still waiting for any kind of significant rains.
Terrestrials are in full swing with ants, beetles, crickets and hoppers catching fish. There are a few tricos in the mornings and the last hour or two of light at night we are seeing fish eating on top again to purple parachutes or tan body double caddis.

Scattered sprinkles between 9am and noon. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 75. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
The weather has finally mellowed out and we are looking at highs in the mid to high 70s and lows dipping down near the 50s early next week!
While our water is still extremely low, the trout will welcome the cooler weather and waters.
Terrestrials are most effective right now. A plopped beetle or small hopper is getting fish to cruise across the creek and eat. We are still seeing a few trico spinners here and there in the mornings too.
Water temps are in the 60s on the smaller tributary creeks. The bigger waters are over 70 surface temperature. Please make sure to use your thermometer. Anything over 65 will be slow fishing.

A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. South wind 5 to 9 mph becoming west in the afternoon.
A great break from the hot weather this weekend. Low tonight will be 60 and a high on Saturday of 75. Today will fish like a ‘heat hangover’ day meaning the fishing will be a bit slow after the brutal heat. The creeks are still low and very clear and the fish are incredibly spooky. Fish when and where the sun is off the water, and focus your efforts on the broken riffle water and just below the riffles into the undercut banks.
Very early we are still seeing some fish sip tricos, and very late into the night we have seen some fish rising to mayflies (parachute adams hatch). Otherwise, a beetle or small hopper with a purdygon bead head below will work.

Sunny and hot, with a high near 95. Heat index values as high as 109. Southwest wind 5 to 13 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.
It’s ugly again out there today. Tomorrow will be more normal but still a warm temp of about 85. The good news is that tonight and tomorrow night the lows will actually get back to where they should be overnight. It’s still best to not even bother today and tomorrow, but Saturday and Sunday will be decent weather wise.
We are still extremely low water, and without rain in the forecast we will continue recommending fishing early and maybe the last hour or two of the evening. It is a difficult summer for trout fishing, but thankfully we still have a couple bodies of water that are remaining cool.

Saturday cools down to the mid to low 70s. Mid week we are starting down temperatures around 100 from Tuesday through Thursday. It is our recommendation to just not fish, give the trout a break and focus on warm water and relaxing this week until things cool down this weekend.