08/09/2026
Water is clear running 68CFS this is fantastic water. We did get a little rain this week and it did come up just a little but it did not affect the quality of the water you still need to use 2 pound line or 7X or 6X tippet when a fishing dry flies that are smaller than a 14 I will use 7X and my leader will be 9 feet long. Good dry flies to use right now, are elk hair caddis, parachute adams, crackle backs, Beetles, ants, small hoppers, and stimulators have all been very effective this past week.
Nymphing is always good when the water is like this, hard to beat a pheasant tail. Or in gold ribbed hairs ear, a sow bug or a scud is always a good choice, grey or light tan,
San Juan worms, chamois worms, mop, flies, and mega worms have been very effective for the past week or so best colors are cream, orange, or light pink.
I usually start every morning with a black pine squirrel, a leech, or a black woolly bu**er, olive is also a good choice early in the morning.
If you Are fishing, marabou jigs, they have been very effective very easy site fishing right now the best colors have been ginger, black/yellow, green/yellow, white, and dark olive green.
Plastic baits are always effective power bait has the most sent, but is not always the most fun to fish the family fishing natural fish oil eggs have been a lot of fun last week or two fished with Little or no weight, fished on a very small number 16 or number 18 hook, throw these into the current and watch them tumble out fish will pick them up a lot of times and run off with them, it is a fun way to fish, but you need to use 2 pound line and a light rod to get the most fun out of this. You can do the same thing with plastic worms the luckylady, orange and white plastic worms have been really good pink and yellow has also been very effective, again fish with little or no weight, as the water is pretty low a lot of times you can fish these higher up in the water column and watch the fish eat them. Sometimes you will bounce them a little bit like a jig or sometimes just drift them. The fish are a little different every day.
Spinners and spoons are still good early in the morning black has been a good color on rooster tails, but pink has been catching a few also, and I also had a few people catching them on the frog green rooster tails.my favorite spoon is gold or copper colored for me. They seem to work best.
If you are needing live bait, you will need to drive 5 miles north of Roaring River State Park to Sportsman's corner. They carry an assortment of live bait, Crappie, bass and trout items. They are your only place to buy stuff when I'm closed up and they carry my micro jigs.
And they do tie a lot of their own flies so if you need something custom tied and I'm closed, they're probably your only hope. 🙂
