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Sidewalks might be intermittently closed as well.
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Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph in the morning.
The good news is the overnight temperatures are dipping into the low 50s. This is keeping water temperatures stable and trout friendly despite the high daytime temperatures. Fishing the morning is still the best, taking a break mid day, then heading out again when the sun starts to lower a bit in the sky.
Overall, creeks are very clear and low.
Terrestrials are still the best surface fly as we wait for things to cool down and the late summer/fall olive hatch to show in in the afternoon.
Subsurface fishing has been really good on euro squirrels along with thin and flashy bodied nymphs.
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A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 2pm and 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. South wind 5 to 7 mph.
Nothing super special to report about the weekend. While the daytime temperatures are pretty warm, thankfully the nights have been getting down to around 60 keeping water temperatures in good shape.
Terrestrials are key until we get cooler weather. Ants and small beetles early, then switch to foam with a dropper mid day. If fish are rising, throwing something generic and purple at them will work most of the time.
Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Southeast wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
We’re still looking at a few warm-ish days ahead. Nothing too disastrous, but the mid day will be pretty warm all weekend. We are seeing some cloud cover today, and potential clouds and rain through the weekend. Right now, if you find shade, you will find fish. The bright sunny skies and low water have not been friendly to fishing!
Hatches and spinner falls are pretty sparse and will remain so until we get a bit cooler weather (it is coming soon hopefully!), so stick with your ants, beetles and hoppers and your small thin bodied bead heads fished in the riffles.
Creeks are clear and low with temperatures in the high 50s to low 60s.
Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 8 mph in the morning.
Looking at the long term forecast, things will cool down to temperatures in the high 70s and low 80s for the weekend (with clouds!).
Water temperatures are still quite good overall, and we are just playing the waiting game to see when things will cool down significantly (looks like right around the 18th)
Trout seem to be playing the waiting game right now too. The fishing is good, but once we get cooler temps or clouds/rain things will get much better!
The menu is late season simple. Terrestrials (small ants and beetles as well as hopper/dropper) and some mayflies in the afternoons. Subsurface fishing has been solid on pretty much anything fished in, and below riffles.
Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. South wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
We’re still stuck in the sunny sky and clear water cycle. Until we see some clouds and rain the fishing will be pretty average. Still fun in the mornings and evenings, but it has not been anything to get too excited about the past few days.
Starting Friday we are forecasted for some clouds and hopefully some rain. This should be a switch that makes trout feed more aggressively and not be so spooky!
It’s peak terrestrial time here, with beetles and ants doing very well with smaller hoppers in lighter colors doing well. We are seeing sporadic olives in the afternoons, but the hatch is not solid yet, a little cooler weather and we should be able to enjoy an afternoon hatch through the rest of the season.
Scattered showers before 2pm, then isolated sprinkles between 2pm and 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Light and variable wind becoming south 9 to 14 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
A sprinkle or two today and some spotty cloud cover early should have trout in a better mood. We’re playing the waiting game right now. Things will get really good quickly as soon as the hot weather goes away and we get consistently cooler temperatures (rain and clouds would help a lot too). Right now, that looks like it might happen starting Saturday.
Trout are still eating on the surface on beetles, ants, and hoppers as well as simple parachute Adams or parachute purples. Subsurface fishing has been best on thin bodied bugs fished right in and below the riffles.
Sunny, with a high near 82. Southwest wind 3 to 6 mph.
Creeks are a bit low and clear with temperatures in the high 50s to low 60s. Temperatures will slowly climb this week into the mid 80s, then back to 80 by the weekend. Fishing has been a bit more difficult than it should be because of the ultra clear and low flows. Trout are extremely spooky so use as much stealth and caution as you can when approaching your spot.
Late last week we did start to see the beginnings of an afternoon olive hatch, while that MIGHT stick around, typically the warmer temps will have them holding off until things cool down again.
Terrestrials are key, as are simple generic dry flies on the surface. Subsurface fishing is best on thinner bodied bugs.
Sunny, with a high near 66. Calm wind becoming north around 6 mph in the morning.
Incredible weather this weekend just to be outside. Creeks are a bit low and very clear with temperatures in the mid to high 50s. Fishing is very difficult due to the sunny skies. We are keeping our fingers crossed that a hatch of some sort comes off in the afternoon this weekend to get fish going. The chillier weather has terrestrials a bit sluggish, so your best bet is to fish subsurface early in the day, and switch to hopper/dropper when things warm up a bit.
