Fishing Report

[Phil Lilley]

Drove to the dam today after 3 pm. Parked and walked down above #2 and started stripping a #16 black soft hackle. The water was off- had not ran all day. Wind was blowing downstream at a pretty good clip. Had 2 strikes and landed one small rainbow. I made my way down past outlet #2, staying in the middle of the stream away from the guys who were fishing the flume. I didn't see alot of fishing in the outlet- I was surprised. But the ones that were in there were biting fairly well.

I walked out and headed down to rebar. It started to get cloudy and the temp started to drop- something I wasn't prepared for. I was in shorts and a tee shirt and I got cold fast, esp wet wading. Talked to Doug from St Louis who said he caught a 12 lb brown in the am and hooked several other big browns. He caught and released his trophy- caught on a #18 gray scud below rebar. I saw others using a tiny white eggs, practically fishing it dead on the bottom and having good success. Lots of nice browns and rainbows all over but not as many as last year at this time- several have expressed the same observation. It may just be a late season.

[Jeremy Hunt]

I agree as well. Are they not stocking as much as the previous year?