River Condition Update

[Jdecoudres]

Can any one give me a update for down at roaring river please?

[timsfly]

It is getting much better, good bugger and nymph fishing, starting to get a few on caddis, but not many on top yet,

have had good roports on small jigs, fished under an indicator,

River is not muddy anymore, and there is maybe 3' of clarity now, one guy came in awhile ago and bought

some beetles, told me he caught trout on them yesterday.

[Dave Marks]

It is getting much better, good bugger and nymph fishing, starting to get a few on caddis, but not many on top yet,

have had good roports on small jigs, fished under an indicator,

River is not muddy anymore, and there is maybe 3' of clarity now, one guy came in awhile ago and bought

some beetles, told me he caught trout on them yesterday.

I'm thinking of heading that way Tuesday/Wednesday since the white and beaver tailwaters are so high now and I don't have an outboard, just a 40lbs thrust trolling motor. I'm curious are the cicadas out there yet and if so, have they started dropping into the water and have the fish keyed in on them yet? Thx

[timsfly]

Cicadas are out, not seeing the fish rising to them to much, but haven't seen that many on the water

but you can hear em they are all over the place, I'm sure a few are being eaten.

[Dave Marks]

Cicadas are out, not seeing the fish rising to them to much, but haven't seen that many on the water

but you can hear em they are all over the place, I'm sure a few are being eaten.

Rad, thx Tim. might be by the shop for gear if im not to busy catchin fish ill probably be on the water by the time someone reads this

[cself]

Was at Bennett last week for 5 days and Cicadas were on the water quite often, however I never saw a single fish rise to them. But I think that was mainly because the water was deep and dirty. There was a small black bug hatching good in the morning as welland they didn't want anything to do with them either. However they were hitting stuff just fine under the water.

[timsfly]

I caught a couple on big chernoyble ants today, I figured they were hitting them for cicadas, had a good trico hatch this morning.

Still they are digging in zone 2, and the water will be dirty down there till they get done dredging the river.

[Muleball39]

Tim,

When will they be done dredging in zone 2? I was thinking about heading down tomorrow to hit up the C&R section.

[timsfly]

Not sure, but they won't work on the river sat. Or sun.

They have a lot more gravel to move before they are done.

[Dave Marks]

I didn't do so hot on my trip last week. I only caught 2 on a small brown/black woolly bugger. I tried the cicada, several small dries, foam beetle, some larger streamers like zoo cougar and sculpins, but fish didn't show any interests in anything but the woolly bugger. There was a guy near the end of zone 2 fishing sinking glow balls or whatever with an indicator and doing really well. I went and got some on my 3rd trip to the store for drinks and to cool down but by that time was tired and overheated so decided to head back to the folks house in bella vista. I didn't make it to Tim's shop sadly, have to check it out next time I guess. I did have one significant accomplishment on that trip though... First time I've refrained from picking up my spinning rod. It was fly fishing only