Fishing July in April Conditions

"If people don't occasionally walk away from you shaking their heads, you're doing something wrong" John Gierach

Here is a Saturday morning photo of the Quabbin spillway with basically no water flowing out of "the pond".  The water level is about 2 feet from the spillway apron.

This means that with 2 feet of hedge room and with the Swift flow reduced from 100 cfs to 55 cfs we will have a normal Swift if we can only stay dry. It's about time!!!

Can't say the same about the Millers which reminds me of July 2009 where the river crested at 1000 cfs and kept rising through August.  It's at 3000 right now!!!!!!

The EB is becoming tamed with a flow in the high 400 hundred range.  It will fish well this coming week.

                               

                             There's always a slight summer lull in fly tying but not this year.  The word must be out on  the effectiveness of soft hackles or maybe people just like that style of fishing.  Anyway, it beats carpet bombing the river with tungsten depth charges!!!!

      Ken