Fishing Report 6/4-6/8

[FlyFishinFool]

Spent last week fishing down at BSSP - made sure to leave the park before the Free Fishing Weekend crowd buried the place on 6/9.

We had some of the best weather for fishing that I have seen in a couple of decades, mid 60's at the whistle and low 70's by the early morning, and a max of low 80's in the afternoon and then back to the 70's in the evening, and mostly sunny (a few more clouds mid-day would have been appreciated) - but all in all just wonderful weather! The water levels were basically normal, but the flow rate was down a bit. Water clarity was not crystal clear (had a slight greenish tint and just a little debris) but overall, sight fishing was good.

The fishing was pretty decent every day, obviously with some days better than others, and a couple of afternoons (with the bright cloudless conditions) that were at best slow but steady. I fished mostly in Zone #1, wandering up and down the stream as the mood struck me. Best fishing was drifting small dark midges (green, yellow, white, brown, black, olive) but sometimes it seemed that you had to change flies to catch 2 fish and then change flies again to catch the next 2 fish, etc.. Also had decent luck fishing pheasant tails and stripping some darker soft hackles. I saw some folks having pretty decent luck stripping cracklebacks (various colors). I also saw several people doing very well with tri-colored glo-balls and a few folks having success with a bedspread colored mini-jig. There were almost no hatches seen at all, and fishing on the top was basically an exercise in patience - you would eventually get a fish to rise and even take a dry, but only with long stretches of time where all you were doing was practising your casting skills.

If you like to fish with spinning gear, I saw several people doing well with one of the old "early morning standbys" the black & yellow maribou jigs and black & gold roostertails. Later in the day a few people had minimal luck throwing red roostertails on spinning gear.

To sum up the week - MAN! it was great to be back on the water! I caught a LOT of fish, enjoyed great weather, met some old friends and a couple of new friends, and just generally had a beautiful week fly fishing. What more could you ask for??? ;-)

[laker67]

Sounds like a great trip. That pretty much says it all. Thanks for the report.

[NoLuck]

I'm glad someone is able to get to fish. I'm stuck in NC on a job for a while. Maybe I'll be home later this month but maybe not. I will be there for sure at the end of August though with the brother. Glad you had a good time and thanks for the report.