Fri And Tues Guide Trips

[Brian Sloss]

Got out and guided Fri and Tues after a long string of canceled trips due to high water. On Fri the water was at 1100 cfs, which is still higher than I prefer, but my client did pretty well with over 20 fish landed. Wading was very limited, but he did well from the boat with stoneflies and eggs fished heavily weighted to get as close to the bottom as possible. Tues the water was up to just over 1200 cfs. My clients did well on the same things on a fly rod as well as with heavy spinners and marabou jigs on the spinning rod. Fishing was a little slower on Tues., but we got into them pretty good in some of the slower water. Current seams were another thing to be focused on. The flood has moved a couple of things around, most notably, I would not try to get around the right side of the first island, as it looks clogged. The river is fine for floating, but fishing is more productive from a boat now due to the limits on wading. When we get below 1000 cfs, which I hope happens soon, fishing could get real good.