Last Night Before The Rain

[gary2400]

I guess it was really early morning 4/4 as I got to the water at midnight with 1 truck and one van in the lot. No generation, powerful south wind as the front was approaching with lightning in the far west and northwest. I started at the flats as I figured the high bluff would protect from the wind which it did for the most part. Caught a half dozen on #8 olive hibernator with no bead or weight. I switched colors and flys but nothing else caught on them. The wind would seem to wrap around the dam area and blow from the northwest but it would come and go so I made the cast in the lulls. After an hour I thought swifter water might help so I moved down below #2 and did a lot better. Still, the olive was all they would bite. I used the unweighted one at first and they would hit it as soon as it hit the water...that was fun. I switched to a beaded one later. They didn't hit hard and the larger ones would just "tic" the line so I had to set the hook quickly. Caught about 7 or 8 there with the largest being a brown and a bow at 18" each. The front came in and the wind turned strong and steady with no little lulls so I called it a night around 2:45. The wind was a real challange, I like a breeze but not a hurricane!

[laker67]

Thanks for the report Gary. It is good to hear about some low water at night. I will be headed that way next week.

[Dave Cook]

I was with the one van on the lot. We tried a few different things, but a purple PMS (unweighted) was what they wanted from us. All rainbows, up to 18". There were some distinctive wind shifts before the storm blew in to give us a clue it was time to call it a night. We were right behind you coming down from outlet 1.

During the daylight hours wooly bugger fishermen were having a great day. The wind was mostly from the SW with near whitecap conditions right below the dam.