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Snow, possibly mixed with rain before 4pm, then snow, possibly mixed with rain and sleet. Temperature falling to around 33 by 4pm. Breezy, with a northwest wind 14 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow and sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Weather is going to be ugly tonight and into tomorrow morning. Forecasts from anywhere between 6 and 18 inches of snow! While we welcome the water for the creeks, it will make travel extremely difficult and potentially dangerous. Best to stay away until Tuesday or so. Since the ground is thawed and dry most of the melting should percolate in pretty well.

IF you are here this morning, it is a worm morning. On the way to the shop we noticed the first emergence of earthworms! Fish the dark side and tie on a worm pattern this morning.

Otherwise, watch for olives to start hatching again with the cloud cover, and scuds will be a good idea.

A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Increasing clouds, with a high near 70. Light and variable wind becoming west 8 to 13 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Although fishing was good the past few days (thank you caddis hatch!!!) We are excited to get back on track with spring weather. The forecast for the weekend is for miserable, drizzly weather through Sunday (then a winter storm watch. Totally normal to go from a burn ban/ fire warning to winter storm right?). Fish today, fish tomorrow am, then get where you need to be before the potential wintry weather hits!!
Creeks are clear with happy fish eating caddis flies on sunny days and on days like today we should see some olive mayfly activity in the afternoon.

Sunny, with a high near 78. Breezy, with a south wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 12 to 17 mph in the afternoon.
Today is the last day of our heat wave! We finally get back to normal weather and some much needed precipitation.
Creeks are clear and a bit low with temperatures in the low to mid 50s.

Caddis are hatching daily pretty much everywhere in the afternoon. Watch for splashy rises just below the riffles and even into the riffles.

Subsurface fishing is great on caddis larvae, thin bodied nymphs with a bit of flash, and scuds early and late when the sun is off the water.

Sunny, with a high near 81. Breezy, with a south wind 9 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
The hot weather has bumped water temperatures into the low to mid 50s. This has the caddis coming off in pretty good numbers. Mostly black caddis, but we have still seen tan out there too.
The olives are still here as well, but their hatches will be better this weekend when temperatures get back to normal and we see a bit of cloud cover.
Overall, creeks are clear and fish spooky. Focus on shaded areas, and riffles or other water where the surface is moving and will break up what a trout can see.
Hatches are happening pretty much all day with things kicking off later in the morning.
Subsurface fishing is good on pretty much anything, but thinner bodied bugs will spook far fewer fish right now.

Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Southwest wind 7 to 14 mph.
With this crazy heat wave (we can officially call wet wading weather in April a heat wave) caddis showed up in good numbers yesterday afternoon and we expect the trend to continue all week long.
Olives are declining in importance until it cools down and we get some clouds. The bright and sunny days are caddis days. Watch for splashy rises starting mid day.
Creeks are clear and low with temperatures reaching into the 50s now.
Make sure you are moving your flies. Both subsurface patterns, and surface patterns. Caddis are very active hatching bugs so a bit of movement on your flies can make the difference.

Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 70. South wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Going to be hot (for spring) and sunny the next few days.
Creeks are clear and a bit low. With the bright sun the next few days, expect fish to be spooky and looking for shade, structure, or broken water.
Olives continue to hatch daily, midges are waning, and any day we could see caddis especially with this bump up in temperatures.
Scuds and squirrels should work a bit less with the high sun, make sure you are stocked with thinner profile nymphs.

Partly sunny, with a high near 53. East wind 5 to 11 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
Creeks are clear to very slightly stained with temperatures in the low 40s. With the mild warming trend coming this weekend and into next week, we are on caddis watch!
In the meantime, fishing has been quite good on olives and midges as well as winter stones on the surface. Subsurface has been excellent on scuds and squirrels as well as continuing to be strong on the thin bodied bugs with a bit of flash.
With the clear water and sun, fish are still spooky so focus your efforts on the broken water in the riffles and runs as fish in the flat pools are near impossible to catch lately!
Streamers and leeches are getting aggressive eats too, especially early and late in the day when the sun is not shining directly on the water.

Sunny, with a high near 46. Breezy, with a west wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 13 to 18 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph.
Creeks are clear to slightly stained with water temps in the low 40s.
The rains have worked their way through everything but the lowest section of our creeks leaving the water clear. With the sun shining, expect fish to be a little more spooky than the past couple of days.
We have been seeing hatches of olives, stoneflies, and midges daily and caddis are right around the corner!
Subsurface fishing has been great on leeches and thinner bodied, flashy nymphs.

We will be open Friday and Saturday normal hours, but closed Easter Sunday.

Mostly cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 38 by 5pm. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.
Creeks north of town received about 3/4 of an inch, where some south had about 2 inches of rain fall. Heading north of the shop is a good idea this morning as our staff has already scouted fishable stain to clear water up there!
We’re still seeing olives and midges daily and waiting for a warmup to start to see more caddis.

Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. High near 46. Breezy, with an east wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 18 to 23 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
A mixed bag of weather coming up today and tomorrow. If it does not come all at once things will be just fine. These gusty winds will last until Friday.
Olives have been hatching almost all day long right next to midges. If you are on the right creek, this has been some of the better dry fly fishing in early April we have had in years. On the creeks that the hatch is sparse, fishing a chubby chernobyl in olive or brown with a thread franchise or pink squirrel below has been deadly.
For more aggressive fish, a baby swim coach fished deep in the pools has been a lot of fun lately!