The drop on the online flow gauge Friday was a dead giveaway. 140 cfs to 20cfs meant only on thing (hopefully). The "bubbler" was back in operation. I didn't take the walk to the "Y" pool to confirm it with a visual sighting. All I needed was to check the temp at the "pipe" this morning and it read 55 degrees!!! The above left photo is what it looked like two hours ago. Look familar?? I hadn't planned to fish but I was there with an hour to kill so in I went. The chill from the bottom release felt great. The water was actually a bit too low and it took a while to adjust to it. After a few casts at the pipe I went upstream to the gauge section and cast a size 18 BWO dry to a rising fish. He took, bent the bamboo, then came to the net. He was the first of two browns from that skinny water. I have to admit that I have dry flies on the brain and I don't think there's a cure. With the Millers blown out for the next two weeks the Swift has come back to form in the nick of time.
Finally!!
Ken
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Ken,
I too found the low level awesome. Arrived at the Hatchery Hole early yesterday and took three browns on an elk hair caddis. Lots fun and little company.
bobo
I saw two other browns taken this morning. This used to be a rainbow river but the warmer water must of changed things. We'll see how things settle out over the next few weeks.
Ken
I too made it out saturday. Unfortunately the fish really wanted nothing to do with me. Fished pretty hard below the rt9 bridge to where it gets riffly... a pretty good stretch. Saw good fish feeding but couldnt figure it out. fished tan x-caddis, EHC, stimulator, sulphurs, attractors... they didnt want any of it. I was fishing pretty slow sections of water with a friend who was fishing hardware so that added a new dimension. Oh well, looking forward to getting back there. Its amazing how much lower and colder the water is. Exciting
I met one flyfisher who saw many fish at the duck pond but couldn't get them to hit. I think that many have been fishing over them and they have become a bit shy. I bet that anyone who fishes the areas that don't receive much traffic will land fish especially with all of the browns in the river.
Ken
went back today from 11:30 to just before 2:00 and had the same treatment. Fished the Y pool with two others. Sporatic rises a few caddis and midges here and there. Tried small tan nymphs and small caddis pupa, #22 midge dries and small BWO emergers but with no success. I'm using a new leader right now that is tinted green and im wondering if that is effecting my fishing at all. its 6x which is typically what I fish. One fellow was having good luck with small copper johns without the bead but I had nothing similar to that. The Y pool really looks great right now though.
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