Agfc Report

[taxidermist]

Jed Hollan at the Little Red Fly Shop said the Greers Ferry Power House is limiting water releases because of flooding along the lower White River. If the lakes should rise to "top flood pool," the Corps of Engineers will have to open all gates and turbines and we will have what is called an "open river." This does not bode well for people living or farming near the White River. The only upside is that fishing on the Little Red right now is incredible! We have a couple of customers who, frankly, rarely catch many fish. One gentleman, who fits precisely in that category, came in the shop the other day and announced that he had landed 60 trout that morning on a woolly bugger. Another customer came in from two hours of fishing at JFK Park. Using a small midge pattern, he landed a lot of fish, including 24 trout in 25 casts. Until the White River drops to 21 feet on the gauge at Georgetown, the fantastic fishing should continue unabated. The water in the river is somewhat murky in spots from the last two rain events, but the fish are striking at everything including: dry flies that mimic the tiny midge (size 22 or smaller in cream or black), American March brown (size 14), elk hair caddis (size 14-16; tan or black) or Adams (size 18-20). Sub-surface flies that are working well include the sowbug (size 14-16; UV tan, UV peacock or light gray), zebra midge (size 16-22; red, black or chartreuse), San Juan worm (size 16-18 pink or red), pheasant tail (size 16), red butt (size 14-16), green butt (size 14-16) or woolly bugger (size 8-12; olive, brown, or black).

Greers Ferry: As of Tuesday, the

[hoglaw]

What's the generation schedule been like? I'm coming to LR this weekend and we're thinking about a float.

[Cody Smith]

The pattern has been on 12 off 12, However the Lake has come up an additional 4 feet in the last 36 hours. It's currently at 485.6 WITH NO GENERATION, When we hit 487, ALL GATES AND GENERATORS WILL BE OPENED, That will probably occur Sat. SO BE EXTREMELY carefull if your on the water.

Cody

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