Fishing Report 8/19-8/20

[Jeff House]

Stayed at Spider Creek Resort over the weekend and fished the tailwaters both days. Saturday we just got started when they started generating (about 2:00?) so we fished the rise for a few minutes then headed back to the cabin for a cold one and a break. They only ran water for about an hour and a half so we headed back down as soon as the SWPA recording said zero gens running. Started out in the campground at the beginning of special regulation area and fished downstream until almost dark. Caught 10-15 fish apiece but nothing of any size. #20 dark olive scud was the top producer, with a #24 tungsten bead zebra midge coming in a close second.

Sunday we fished riffles below the resort for a few hours, didn't see many fish and only caught a couple. Rented a canoe and floated from the dam down to the resort the rest of the day, this was definitely the way to fish. Caught fish almost everywhere we stopped with the best fishing being the stretch right above the bartrand access.Again the dark olive scuds were the ticket. Floated over one deep hole and saw a brown that would have went 15+ and two rainbows that were over 5#.