White River Report

[Micheal Kyle]

This weekend had to be the best so far for summer fishing with terrestrials.

Friday they had the water off and wading was great. I decide to have my clients wade up by the dam then float down to the White Hole access. What a day on Midges black and red Zebra midges were the best for us. When we got down to Cane Island right above Gaston's we started to swing some streamers on 200gr sink tip lines and that was hot the 56er in a size 10 worked the best. They were hoping to catch some on hoppers but with the cloud cover and no wind it was just not going to happen.

Saturday came about in a good way 2 units yes we floated Wildcat to Cotter swinging streamers then after lunch we started slamming the banks with a parachute hopper size 10.

Up in the shoals we were swinging the DW and the 56er both flies produced several fish. The real fun came after we floated down past the shoal the clouds let go to the sun and the wind picked up perfect for hoppers. From about 1-5 my clients picked up about 40 fish on the hopper. I was keeping the boat about 40 - 50 feet off of the bank and I had them hitting the water hard with hopper making it ripple out they would slam it right there. Very few were picked up on a drift.

Good luck and tight lines

Michael