Sunday Flyfishing Below Dam: Report

[rogerdodger]

At last no water running, but enough to keep the gravel covered. Pretty crowded. Started at the first outlet by the hatchery to see a guy with a couple of kids pulling out rainbows @ the mouth and placing them in a small landlocked pool behind them, they all looked bigger than my boots which are size 12, this scene is so typical anymore. The water was fairly dead and not containing the quantity of fish one would expect this time of year, certainly no Browns to speak of. Water was glassy with the occasional midge bulge. Fishing down I soon discovered that the only fish wanting scuds or eggs were the dinks, so I went to my default Taney setup and began fishing midges. Found a couple of big pods roaming around the tailouts and had about two hours of non-stop action, with the usual midge dillema of 1 fish to hand for every 3 takes. Lot's of folks were striking out, the fish were very sour. I didn't see any real damage from all of the high water. Rebar riffles were dead whereas ussually there is almost always a good scud/egg bite in there. I left around 2pm maybe they turned on better in the eve. There is a steep learning curve to become a successful midge angler but I highly reccomend the effort, I have found they ALWAYS will eat the midge. Except for the Walmart vibes @ the first outlet it was a very pleasant day...........Roger