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11th 2011 Fishing Report |
Dear Reader,
Warmer weather has
got the bugs moving!
Salmon flies, Goldens,
Caddis, PMD's, March Browns, Green and Brown Drakes!
If you're not in the North Country,
be sure to make your plans! Book a guide, reserve a room.
It is time to go fishing!
Bob
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Water
Reservoirs
+Flaming
Gorge - 86%
+Henry's
Lake - 101%
+Island
Park - 100%
+American
Falls - 100%
+Jackson
Lake - 99%
+Palisades
- 96%
+Hebgen
- 99%
Flows
-Green
River below Flaming Gorge Res - 7,720 cfs (1,740
is LT median)10.5oC)
-Henry's
Fork below Coffee Pot Rapids - 331 cfs
+Henry's Fork below IP Dam - 1,330 cfs (1,000
is LT median)
-Henry's
Fork @ Rexburg - 5,800 cfs (1,680 is LT median)
+Yellowstone
@ Outlet - 9,460 cfs (4,190 is LT median)
+South
Fork @ Heii - 23,000 cfs (13,700 is LT median)
-Madison @ Kirby Ranch - 2,100 cfs (1,180
is LT median)
-Blacksmith
Fork @ Hyrum, UT - 282 cfs (115 is LT median)
-Provo
@ Charleston UT - 1,210 cfs (287 is LT median) (1999 Max 553)
+Weber @ Coalville UT - 1,560 cfs (194 is LT median)
Long-Range
Weather Forecasts
Jul-Aug-Sep
2010 - Cooler and wetter than normal
Aug-Sep-Oct
2010 - Utah warmer, Idaho & Montana normal precipitation & temps
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Fishing
Report
Idaho
Box
Canyon
- Flows up again, but still high if you have a boat, use it.
Salmon flies are done, but goldens
are still showing.
Last
Chance,
Harriman State Park
& Pinehaven - Warmer
weather brought all the bugs out - Pale Morning Duns, Green Drakes,
March Browns, Caddis, and Yellow Sally Stones. Still
more bugs than heads up looking for them, but at least you can expect
some good surface action! The evening caddis hatch is still your best
bet.
Lower
Mesa, Warm River to Ashton - Golden
stones fished against the banks with a dropper is your ticket.
Ashton
to St. Anthony - Still
big water, but this is where your guide will probably take you. Green
and Grey Drakes along with Golden stones fished against the banks and
through the
deep slower runs will be best.
Henry's
Lake - Fishing
has been on and off - focus on the springs and Targhee Creek areas.
Silver
Creek - Brown
Drakes have started! What more can I say?
A great way to spend an evening!
South
Fork - You
have better choices! High, cold and dangerous.
Yellowstone
Park - Upper Yellowstone River opens on July 15th.
Firehole
- PMD's
and Caddis are showing best above Midway Geyser Basin.
Gibbon
- Still
high and cold but some expect success with stimulators or other
attractors fished up close to the bank.
Madison
in the Park -
PMD's, gray drakes and evening caddis
are best.
Upper
Yellowstone River - Opens
on July 15th - will be very high, fast and cold.
Yellowstone
Lake - Opened
without ice - look for bank cruisers - black leeches best.
Montana
Madison
River - Still
high, cold and off color. Salmon flies are starting
to show down river - stay tuned!
Gallatin
- Muddy top to bottom.
Hebgen
- If
you can get a day without wind the callibaetis emergence has been
awesome! -
Colorado
Frying
Pan, CO -
Hog heaven below the dam! This isn't elegant dry
fly fishing however.
Utah
Green
River, UT - Flaming
Gorge releases began decreasing today, July 11, 2011, and will continue
decreasing over a six-day period from 8,450 cfs/day to an average daily
release of 2,450 cfs/day on July 16, 2011. Let's
hope some warmer weather and warmer water will bring on the cicadas and
surface action!
Provo
River - Drakes,
PMD's, Caddis and stoneflies are out!
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GUIDE NOTES:
Pale Morning Dun
Ephemerella
inermis, infrequens
Henry's Fork Season:
June 1 through Oct 5
Firehole
Opening through May 25 - Jul 10
Madison (YNP)
Opening through May 25 - Jul 10
Madison
River, Montana
Jun 25 - Aug
15
Yellowstone River
July 15th through September 5th
Slough Creek
Jul 1 - Jul 30
Silver Creek,
Idaho
Jul 1 - Aug 15
Provo River,
Utah
Jun 20 - Jul
15
Habitat:
General distribution - All water types
Nymphs:
Crawler Nymph - Poor swimmer
Three Tails
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Emergers:
Emergence is underwater. Fish
shallow with light wire hooks.
Soft Hackle PMD
Quigley Cripple
PMD Emerger
Duns:
Size: #16 to #18
Color: Body - Light Yellow/Olive Grey
Wings - Pale Grey Sparkle Dun
Sparkle Dun
Parachutes - Cool weather
Thorax - Warm weather
Spinners:
#16 to #18 Rusty Sparkle Spinner
Presentation:
Dead drift, downstream with
imitation reaching the fish before theleader.
Time:
In general,
PMD's emerge at the most comfortable time of the day. On a snowy June
day on the Firehole, that means around noon when the temperature peaks
for the day. A bright, hot day in July on the Henry's Fork may find
them emerging as early as 9 A.M. in an effort to avoid the heat of the
day; 11 A.M. is probably the most typical on a day without unusual
weather circumstances. Emergences can last from 30 minutes to several
hours.
Spinnerfalls can be expected on calm mornings and/or evenings. Normal
time frames are between 9 A.M. and 11 A.M. and from 7 P.M. to 10 P.M.
As with the emergences, there is a tendency for the spinners to choose
the most comfortable time within the ranges we have given.
Spinners - 9:00 A.M. to
11:00 P.M. & 7:00 P.M to 10:00 P.M
Duns - 10:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M.
Strategy:
Deformed and stillborn duns most
important during cool & wet weather
Larger trout will work seams; side
eddies, and slack water lanes
If you see heads, fish floating cripples
or dun patterns, if you see tails or surface "bulges" try soft hackles
or unweighed nymphs 4" to 6" below the surface.
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Guide Bench:
Pale
Morning Duns
PMD
Nymph
HOOK:
Tiemco 5210 or 100, #16-#18.
THREAD:
Brown 8/0.
TAIL:
Brown partridge fibers.
BODY:
Brown rabbit, mixed with yellow Antron.
THORAX:
Brown rabbit.
WINGCASE:
Gray polycelon.
Loop
Wing CDC Emerger
HOOK:
TMC 2487.
THREAD:
Uni 8/0.
TAIL:
Z-lon or partridge.
BODY:
Goose or turkey biot.
LEGS:
Deer hair.
WING:
CDC.
PMD
CDC Emerger
HOOK: Tiemco
100, #14-#16.
THREAD:
Pale yellow 8/0.
TAIL:
Brown Z-lon.
RIB:
Fine copper wire.
ABDOMEN:
Pheasant tail fibers.
THORAX:
PMD Superfine dubbing.
LEGS:
Partridge.
WING:
Light gray Z-lon under natural CDC.
Pale
Morning Dun Emerger
HOOK:
Tiemco 5210 or 100, #16-#18.
THREAD:
Yellow 8/0
TAIL:
Brown or olive Zelon shuck.
BODY:
Pale yellow dubbing.
WINGCASE:
Light gray polycelon.
HACKLE:
Two turns of starling hackle
Cripple,
Pale Morning Dun
HOOK:
Tiemco 100 or 5212, #14-#20.
THREAD:
Pale olive 8/0.
TAIL:
Brown Z-Lon and marabou, tied sparse.
RIB:
Fine red copper wire.
ABDOMEN:
Ringneck pheasant tail fibers.
THORAX:
Pale Morning Dun Superfine dubbing.
HACKLE:
Light dun.
WING:
Light gray deer hair.
Klinkhamer
HOOK:
TMC 200R, bent 30° about two hook-eye widths behind the eye.
THREAD:
Sparton micro, Unithread 8/0 or other 8/0 thread.
BODY:
Peacock herl, reinforced with thread.
THORAX:
Abdomen: Dubbed, Here light tan muskrat
HACKLE:
Grizzly.
WING:
White calf body hair, Antron or turkey flats.
PMD
Sparkle Dun
HOOK:
Tiemco 5210 #16-#18.
THREAD:
Yellow or tan 8/0.
TAIL:
Brown Zelon shuck.
BODY:
Pale yellow dubbing.
WING:
Natural deer hair.
PMD
Parachute
HOOK:
TMNC 100, #14-#16.
THREAD:
Yellow 8/0
TAIL:
White hackle fibers.
BODY:
Pale yellow poly dubbing.
HACKLE:
Dun, parachute style.
WING:
White calf tail.
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Matt Lyon of Henry's Fork Anglers, David James of Silver Creek
Outfitters, Dick Greene of Bud Lilly's Trout Shop, Bill Dvorak, of West
Slope Colorado, Will Sands of the Taylor Creek Fly Shop and Steve
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