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September 20th Fishing Report

A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9am. Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 85. Southwest wind 7 to 9 mph.
Hot and muggy today. This is the last day for a short while that we will see hot weather, tomorrow and through the weekend is barely supposed to hit 70 degrees maximum. Friday doesn’t even reach 60! This should bring the olives back.
In the meantime, during the heat today toss hoppers and beetles in the shin to thigh deep water near undercut banks. Droppers, especially zebra midges are deadly right now too.
As the cooler weather hits, size down on the hoppers a bit, and look for olives hatching later afternoon and evening.

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September 19th Fishing Report

Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 77. Light and variable wind.
Creeks are clear to stained and flowing well. Temperatures are very stable and favorable for later summer. The exceptions are the bigger waters (West Fork, North Fork, South Fork) which are just fishing a bit off.
Otherwise, fish are happily eating terrestrials in the riffles and runs, and eating thinner bodied nymphs below the riffles and near undercut banks.

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September 17th Fishing Report

A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. South wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Nothing crazy new on the weather or fishing front. We are eyeballing next Wednesday as another turning point in the weather/fishing where a large cold front following a storm looks to be coming in. That will trigger the olives to re appear in the afternoon.
As for the next few days, we will continue enjoying the incredible hopper fishing we have had this season! Terrestrials are the main food source on the surface right now and fish are happily eating them from later in the morning until dark (fishing is slow when the dew is still on the grass, wait for it to dry out).

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September 15th Fishing Report

Partly sunny, with a high near 81. North wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Creeks are clear and flowing well for late summertime. Temperatures have been solid right around 60 with only a couple larger bodies of water still warm and showing some stain.
The trout menu is pretty simple from here until we get a long cooler snap of weather. Terrestrials fished in the riffles and near overhanging vegetation. Tie a slim bead head below the terrestrial for even more success!
When the temperatures do start to dip watch for the afternoon/evening olive mayfly hatch!

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September 13th Fishing Report

Sunny, with a high near 76. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph.
Back to normal summer weather. Temperatures in the high 70s to 80 the rest of the week. The silver lining is that the hopper action will pick back up again! As the sun dries the dew off the grass the terrestrial fishing picks up. No need to get out super early in the morning if you are chasing the hopper bite.
In our area, the rain was light and didn’t fall all day long the past few days. Creeks are clear to slightly stained and temperatures are excellent after the cool weather.

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September 12th Fishing Report

A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. North wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
There has not been near enough rain to make the creeks murky. They remain clear to slightly stained with excellent water temperatures!
Today is the last day of the cool, cloudy and drizzly weather. It has been a fantastic couple of days of fall weather with fish happily eating subsurface on scuds and leeches as well as a few still hitting darker colored terrestrial and attractor patterns with abandon. It didn’t quite produce a great olive hatch with only a few reports of spotty rising activity from around the area.
Tomorrow we get sunny and warmer weather which will mean the return of hopper and beetle fishing!

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September 10th Fishing Report

Showers likely before 1pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 1pm and 4pm, then showers likely after 4pm. High near 62. North wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
It’s miserable out there for anything other than trout! This cooler and cloudy weather should have fish in a pretty good mood. Through the weekend concentrate on scuds subsurface (still fish them below dark foam flies, think purple hippie stomper and purple training wheels) as well as leeches and pink squirrels. On paper, this is really solid weather to see some early hatches of olives. Keep an eye out for rising fish in the afternoon. If that hatch shows up, it will be a lot of fun in the afternoons.

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September 9th Fishing Report

Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. South wind 7 to 10 mph.
Another solid hopper day today, but we can’t stop looking forward to Saturday through Tuesday. Temperatures are not supposed to top 67 degrees, we are forecasted for drizzle and clouds all day long too…. That looks like olive weather to us!
Creeks are in great shape for late summer with only a handful of larger creeks and lower sections hitting the mid 60s water temperature wise. On bright sunny days like today, your best bet is to toss terrestrials. Fish are happily eating hoppers in the shallower, broken water and up against undercut banks.

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September 8th Fishing Report

Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. South wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Another great hopper day! Warm-ish, sunny and windy. We get 2 more of these, then the temperatures drop and we get some clouds and drizzle. That weather could be very good to see our late summer olive hatch show up.
Creeks are in excellent shape for late summer, with only a couple too warm for effective fishing. We’re fishing hoppers and beetles in the shallow riffles, and tying on a bead head below when we are fishing the runs below the riffles. Scuds have been effective in the mornings, then thinner bodied flies like perdigons and zebra midges.
Streamers and mice at night have been solid at night!

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September 6th Fishing Report

Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Light southeast wind.
Creeks are clear and flowing well for summertime. We have been luck as water temperatures are still pretty low except for the largest creeks. Looking ahead, this week is decent hopper weather (sunny and breezy), but this weekend is getting us more than excited! Cooling down with highs in the high 60s to 70 degrees. A taste of fall is coming up soon!
The next few days, fish you normal terrestrial with a bead head below it as it has been extremely effective lately. Fish are very happy, and only going to get happier as we roll into the cooler weather coming up!

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