Fishing Report

[Phil Lilley]

Fished just alittle bit this afternoon. Had to try the fast, shallow water before it ends tonight.

At the narrows, it's a fantastic shoot- water flowing thru straight and strong. Where the gravel flat drops off from 2 to 4 feet, there's tons of rainbow holding in the current feeding like crazy. I tried a bead, then a san juan, then a scud and they liked the scud!! But nothing very big. Tried out deeper and hung a nice rainbow but didn't have him long.

Had a guy and gal go past me on the bar behind me in a jet- it had to be less than 6 inches deep but they made it. But I heard they didn't make it over Fall Creek bar... big bang! Lisa and Ryan saw them hit.

Dropped down to Fall Creek and anchored to the middle of the east side or the deeper side of the channel thru and past the bar. Again, most of the trout were in shallower water than you think but did like what I offered much. Hooked a few and landed a couple. Nicer rainbows here.

Lisa and Ryan were drifting night crawlers from FC to Short Creek and said they had their limits in one drift. Water isn't fast at all once you get away from the gravel bar at FC but fast enough to keep a bait moving.

I wish we saw this level and flow more often. Would be fun.

Heard of a nice brown caught at the dam today- 7-8 pounds. Good fishing from what I hear.

[loo10]

The changing water levels have sure kept it interesting.

The constant generation has allowed us to fish in new and exciting ways that not so long ago

we would have complained about.

Now, in some ways, I hate to see it go back to normal.

I've enjoyed the deeper water so I could motor to the dam.

But with the changes seen by the low flow....new opportunities arrive.

Think there will be a large loss to prey with the low water?

I know Phil said he had alot of dead sculpins at his place.

Scud & midge impact with the water so low??

[Phil Lilley]

Don't think so. There's tons of sculpin. Scuds are ok.

The MDC creel guys said today they thought the water at and down from outlet 2 was much deeper than before. We'll see when it's off during the day.