Fishing Report

[Sam Potter]

Fishing Report February 26, 06

The river is still running clear and about normal. It was a little cold this morning with the temps in the 20s. It did warm up to about 50 degrees in the afternoon. We saw several bugs later in the day when the temperature got up to 50. Two different caddis, one was brown with tan wings and the other was a dark brown/green with tan wings. Both were about a size 18. There were small black stoneflies size 16. Some very small mayflies, but I didn't identify them, and our tiny midges.

Fishing the deep water in the morning was not productive. We managed to catch a few fish in the shallower moving water. The largest fish was a nice rainbow about 15-16 inches, and a brown about the same size. There was some fair activity in the afternoon when the caddis started popping, but not full fledged water busting activity. The next couple of days is suppose to warm up to the 70 degree mark, which will bring on some major insect activity, and get the fish turned on.

Thursday was a day for me to do some exploring, trying to find some fish for a couple of clients. I really didn't find a lot of fish, but did manage to catch a nice 20" brown. They were sipping midges along an eddy current in some slower water. A couple of guys came down the stream, walking a canoe and trying to fish. They walked right into the hole I was fishing, and that was the end of my dry fly midge fishing for the day.

The caddis should be everywhere this week with the temperatures this warm. When you fish the Current River always have caddis available.