Fishing Report

[Phil Lilley]

Fishing Report - Edward Spence

Monday, April 10, I got to the river below the dam at 3:00 PM. There weren't many fishermen. I like to fish with soft hackles so I started above the rebar hole with a #14 White Body Soft Hackle and caught two small rainbows with very few strikes. I changed to an olive wooley booger and moved to the end of the gravel bar and caught one 13 inch rainbow. It was still very slow so I moved back to the rebar area and caught three more small fish on a #14 pheasant tail soft hackle. I had several strikes there before quitting at 5:30.

Tuesday, April 11, I was back fishing at 8:30 AM. Still very few fishermen. I started back with the pheasant tail soft hackle at the rebar area. I caught one small fish before changing to a scud under an indicator, and fished with that until near 11:00 with no luck. At that time I switched to a green body crackleback and caught one 15 inch rainbow below the gravel bar.

After lunch I got back fishing at 3:00 PM in deeper water near the lower end of the gravel bar and at one location I caught 15 rainbows before quitting at 5:30. All were around 12 inches with a couple at 13 and one at 14 inches. Fishing in general was real slow except in the deeper water.

Wednesday, April 12, I started fishing at 8:30 in the deep water just below the rebar and fished there all morning. There were only two other fishermen below the #2 outlet. Virtually standing in one location all morning I caught 25 rainbows on a #14 yellow body crackleback. Most were 12 inches or less, but several were 13 inches and two others were 14 and 15 inches respectively.

After lunch I resumed fishing at the rebar hole at 3:30. Fishing had slowed and I caught 8 rainbows with the largest at 14 inches. I was the only person fishing in that area. I moved to the deep water below the gravel bar and caught one small fish. After returning to the rebar hole I caught 7 more before quitting at 5:30. I had one very nice fish on, but lost him without seeing him.

Although the water was very low it turned out to be my most productive fishing trip with the number of fish caught. It would appear the deeper water produced the fish and with few fishermen there was little competition at those locations. A minimum flow is certainly needed. The weather could not have been better, although it got a little warm in the afternoons.

Edward Spence