All That Rain But You Can Still Fish

"I knew by now that one of the pitfalls of falling in love with old bamboo fly rods was that there was no end to the number you could collect.  You could rationalize this in various ways. You could say, for example that going on a fishing trip with only two fly rods was like playing a round at Saint Andrews with only two golf clubs." - George Black

It took only two rainy days to blow out Friday, Saturday and Sunday. That even happened on the "thin blue lines" that became fat blue lines for a while.  I wanted some surface action and had it before the skies opened up.  That's what I'd like this week but the flows have to go down for that.  BTW, what are the flows?

MILLERS - 2000 cfs and going down but not enough this week (damn)

EB - 654 and dropping fast. 500 is the magic number and without rain we will hit it by late Tuesday.  Yes, it has been stocked and should again.

THE WARE - 330 and dropping and full of rising fish.

SWIFT- 227 and going up and it will take a while to turn of this faucet.  BTW, you can still catch trout, just not in that skinny water environment that I like.

WEST BRANCH Of THE WESTFIELD - 378 and going down slowly.  Fish it anyway!!!

Remember, the major hatches are daytime hatches at this time of year. A dawn start will just freeze your feet so start a little later in the morning and fish through mid afternoon.  As the month wears on the hatches will start later in the day and then move into the evening hours which is the BEST!!!!!


Ken