Roaring River Very Low And Very Clear(Good Dry Fly Fishing)

[timsfly]

Water is still very low and very clear,this is the type of water you would expect in august or sept. not

in June. No rain and very little relief in sight we are going to be fishing 7X tippet material for some time

to come, fishing is still very good, but you have to go with the flow, you'll have to lengthen you leaders

to 9 + feet in length and your going to have to use smaller flies most of the time, the lower water

doesn't hurt the fishing, but it does make it difficult for the hatchery to produce fish, so we need water

ASAP. Maybe we will get some, but the fish are fine, just going to make it a bit more challenging for the

angler.

Now small flies will work all day, zebra midges, pheasant tails, burlaps, copper johns, sow bugs,

brassies, and GRHE's will all work, but use small #16's and smaller.

Still good hatches everyday, Tricos are a good reliable hatch, they start in the morning, at daybreak and

will go till about 9 a.m. and then the females will come in again in the eve. to lay their eggs, best sizes for

tricos are 20's-28's

Blue wing olives and caddis will continue to hatch nearly everyday, and best sizes will be #16's and smaller.

You can use bigger dries and you will always catch a few trout, as they are opportunistic feeders and will feed on

most anything that looks like it could be a meal.

Beetles, hoppers, ants, stimulators, and wood roaches are all working very well right now.

We have still been doing well on cracklebacks, and caterpillars.

Small jigs, glo balls, grubs and thread jigs are all effective in the low water we have now.

Micro jigs in olive, white, tan and black/yellow are all working well now.

Orange, white, cheese yellow, john deere green and pink yellow worms are all working well right now.

Orange, white, flo. yellow, hatch brown and the white maggots are all working well right now also.

Roostertails are still good first thing, black, brown, white, and green have been best. just remember why

spinners are called 30 minute wonders

In zone 3 night crawlers, and minnows have been good, remember water low and clear, use 2lb line for

best results, no Camo Cortland, or Stren, or Tri-lene right now, if you want to catch many trout, water

is to low and clear for those lines, use maxima ultragreen Pline or the Berkley 2lb Vanish, Good Luck on the water

this week.

[mchunter]

Thanks Tim. Heading up there with our church's Men's Group this weekend (the one I had talked to you guys about before). I hope I can show them a good time. Many are first time trout fishermen, so it will be an experience for them! Good luck.

[mchunter]

Our group had an awesome time Saturday. Most everyone caught fish, some more than others. There are a lot of fish in the river. Probably the most I've seen in the lower part of zone 2 in a while that I can remember. A lot of small fish, but there are several nice ones hanging out there too. Good luck to all.

[Jdecoudres]

What flies did you have luck with if you don't mind sharing

[mchunter]

Had the most luck on olive marabou jigs when spin fishing and olive woolly buggers when fly fishing.