Fishing Report

Mostly sunny through mid morning, then becoming cloudy, with a high near 57. Breezy, with a southwest wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Creeks remain very clear and low with temperatures hovering in the high 40s to 50 degrees area wide.
We have received a lot of phone calls this weekend about the rains in the area. We received little to no rain, and our soil is still so dry that everything that has fallen (including the foot of snow last week) soaked directly into the ground. Our creeks did not come up, nor did they get any kind of stain on them!
Fish are still incredibly spooky in the clear water. Focus on the riffles and broken water where the fish can not see as well. Nymphing during the day, then switching to olives when they are hatching, then switching back to nymphs and leeches after the hatch.
With the sunnier days ahead and some warmer temperatures, be on the lookout for the caddis to start hatching too!

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Sunny, with a high near 53. Southeast wind 5 to 14 mph.
Creeks remain very clear and low with temperatures in the high 40s to 50 degrees.
Watch for blue winged olive mayflies to hatch right around mid day.
Overall fishing has been picking up the past few days. Our trout are getting more comfortable as spring settles in and are feeding with much more predictability. Nymphs and dead drifted leeches in the morning, then watching for rising fish (mostly olives, some midges and we have started to see a few caddis) mid day. The hatches can last until evening, but if they fade, switching back to the nymphs and leeches works well!

Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Creeks are clear and most of the snow is already gone from the storm a few days ago. The ground was dry enough that the creeks never got color to them or had a level rise of any significance. Things remain low and clear, but trout are happy.
Nymphing or fishing small streamers/leeches in the riffles during the day, then watching for the olive hatch mid day is the rhythm. The olives are about a size 16 and when you find a pod of fish, you can spend a fair amount of time on the pod.

A chance of rain and snow showers before 4pm, then a slight chance of rain showers between 4pm and 5pm, then a chance of sprinkles and flurries after 5pm. Cloudy, with a high near 38. Breezy, with a north wind 11 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
The storm seems like it will leave our area later today with winds finally settling down a bit later today and into tomorrow.
Creeks are still clear to slightly stained as most of the snow (over a foot in some areas!!) melted slowly and was absorbed into the ground right away. There is still some melting that will happen today and into tomorrow, but it does not seem like enough to mess the creeks or fishing up much.
Olives are still hatching daily, and we will see the return of the beginning on the caddis hatch as it warms up into the weekend.
Overall, fishing is pretty good. Solid on bead head nymphs in the riffles and runs, and lots of fun if you find a pod or two of fish eating mayflies mid day!

Snow showers. High near 34. Windy, with a north wind 20 to 29 mph, with gusts as high as 44 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible.
Creeks remain clear and a bit low.
The major news is we finally got some snow on the ground. Heavy, wet snow fell yesterday to the tune of anywhere between 3 and 10 inches area wide, and we are due for more!
The good news is most of it will slowly melt and percolate into the ground and refresh the springs. We will keep you updated on stream conditions, but we’re not expecting a major, rapid melt.

Showers, mainly after 11am. High near 41. East wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Creeks are still very low and clear, but the cloud cover has helped fish feel more comfortable. There was a decent olive hatch on many of our creeks yesterday with fish rising mid day until late afternoon (and eating subsurface on nymphs and emergers!) We expect the same going forward for a few days.
There have also been reports of caddis showing up here and there already!
Fishing has been best in and below the riffles on bead heads (thin bodied, dark colors) then switching to dries and emergers if the hatch comes off and fish start rising.

Partly sunny, with a high near 54. Southeast wind 9 to 14 mph.
Creeks are extremely low and clear with temperatures in the mid to high 40s. After the cold snap earlier in the week things have normalized temperature wise. This also means we are seeing more olives hatching mid day along with midges.
We’re still having success with small streamers and leeches as well as scuds and perdigons fished right below the riffles and into the pools.

A chance of rain before 3pm, then snow likely. Cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 30 by 5pm. Breezy, with a west wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
The snow that fell the past couple of days is almost completely gone, absorbed by the ground.
Creeks are clear to very slightly stained with temperatures in the low to mid 40s. We’re still in winter/spring fishing mode where the trout are not super active until mid day when temperatures warm up just a touch.
Some midges and olives are hatching mid day getting pods of fish to look up here and there, but the best fishing is subsurface on scuds, caddis, and leeches.