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Labor Day Weekend Fishing Report
Saturday high 75, Sunday high 73, Monday high 75.
What a weekend! Weather is stable and cool, with just the right amount of wind and sun to make terrestrial fishing great.
Fishing nymphs early, then switching to terrestrials (with droppers in the runs and pools) later in the morning when the dew is off the grass is the way to fish. Hopper and beetle fishing has been quite fun the past few days, and if fish are fussy on the surface, drop a bead head below.
Creeks are clear and flowing pretty well for late summer. Temperatures are in the low 60s to mid 60s area wide with only a few larger creeks too warm for good fishing. Stick to the middle and upper sections of rivers and focus on the tributaries as they usually have more springs that keep temperatures lower.
September 2nd Fishing Report
A slight chance of showers between 10am and 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. South wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
It will be hot and humid out there today (cools down into the mid 70s for Saturday and Sunday). The cloud cover early will help a ton both with angler comfort and fishing!
Fish are responding to a splatted terrestrial near the banks. They are loving the noise and we have seen some fish come rocketing out from cover to eat. Most trout are in the riffles right now so do not neglect some of the shallow water, even with your big hopper pattern. In the evenings, there will be fish rising. While there is not a major hatch right now, having a few lighter colored (yellow to white) parachutes and some caddis to skitter across the surface is a good idea.
September 1st Fishing Report
Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Light south wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.
Nothing new to report. Creeks are in great shape for later summer, flows and temperatures good except in a handful of larger creeks. Fish are happily eating terrestrials with droppers. There are some rising fish in the evenings and fishing a simple parachute or caddis emerger and twitching it like crazy has been effective. Right now movement is more important that fly pattern really as the plop and wiggle of a terrestrial is the trigger to get trout to eat.
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August 31st Fishing Report
Sunny, with a high near 82. West wind 5 to 9 mph.
A bit warmer today through Friday, but still incredibly comfortable for the dog days of summer! The weekend cools down a bit.
It is all about terrestrials right now. As our aquatic insects have slowed down quite a bit, ants, beetles, and grasshoppers are making up the vast majority of the trout’s diet. Make sure you fish them in broken water in and below the riffles. Typically in the summertime, the fish you see in the holes and pools will not be all that willing to play.
The summer standby of a hopper with a dropper will work all day long. If there are rising fish, using a simple parachute or a missing link caddis pattern will get them to eat.
August 29th Fishing Report
A slight chance of showers between 2pm and 3pm. Mostly cloudy, then becoming sunny late, with a high near 81. West wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Fishing over the weekend was quite good! The rains did make some larger creeks murky and some even muddy, but the headwaters and tributaries remained clear to stained and were great!
Expect things to have dropped and cleared significantly as the rains were not heavy or prolonged. Clear to stained area wide with only the large creeks still medium stained to murky.
The week ahead is nothing special, sunny with highs in the high 70s. Great terrestrial weather for sure. The afternoons will be difficult with the sun and warm-fish weather, but later morning into early afternoon should be quite good.
August 27th Fishing Report
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before noon. High near 79. Light southeast wind increasing to 8 to 13 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
A brief shower this morning has given way to drizzle which should hold through the rest of the day. The rains did not mess anything up in our area at all. The vast majority of our creeks are still clear to stained. While we might get another shower or two, it does not look like anything that will last long or screw up fishing.
Because of the cloud cover and the rain cooling things down this morning, trout in are a good mood that should last with this weather all weekend long.
August 26th Fishing Report
Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Calm wind.
Creeks are clear to stained with temps in the low 60s. Only the largest creeks are in the mid 60s. This is one of the better mid summer stretches of weather we can remember!
The clouds and light rain have done wonders to keep water temperature (and air temperature!) down and water levels quite good for summertime.
Fish are feeding well on terrestrials with droppers and will eat generic parachutes and missing link caddis in the evenings as well.
Large streamers and mice at night have been quite productive too!
The forecast for the weekend looks like cloudy, drizzly, miserable weather. In other words perfect trout conditions!!
August 25th Fishing Report
A couple of good storms rolled in last night before midnight. They have dumped anywhere from a quarter to 2 inches of rain in our area.
Looking at the map, north of the shop received a little less rain.
Expect muddy conditions on many of the creeks with some of the smallest headwater ones already clear enough to fish. In this dropping, post/rain water, fish worm patterns, black leeches and scuds.
Creeks should drop and clear quickly through the day, keep your scuds handy for the next day or two as they will be the fly to fish as long as we have cloudy water and/or cloudy skies!