Fish & Fly Magazine
2007-06-18
Current Water Temperature: 56
Current Water Flow in CFS: 2600cfs
Current Water Clarity: excellent
Current Weather: mid 50's- forecast to 67 today- 80's later in the week
Current Insect Hatch: caddis, BWO's, PMD's, yellow sallies, summer stones
Recommended Fly Pattern: lightning bug, x-caddis, pheasant tail, chernobyl ant...
Best Time to Fish: 11am-dusk
Seven (7) Day Fly Fishing Forecast: warmer temps on the horizon. if water stays low, thumbs up

Water levels continue low and clear (until they begin releasing water from the reservoir again...), and the fishing has been good.  Most of the hatches are fairly light, so nymphing is accelerating catch rates, but look for the dry fly fishing to improve in the mid afternoon to evening.  We've also had some reports of a few green drakes in the water, so be prepared!  The river is all in good shape, and the canyon is quite wadeable at this point, so tak a belated father's day respite and head east.  The big, attractor dry fly fishing is coming into the forefront inbetween the baetis and PMD hatches, which, again, have been fairly sparse.  Working a big attractor dry like a chernobyl or similar giant foamy creation with a flashy attractor nymph as a dropper is a likely bet.  Go mariners.