Fishing Report Upper River

[Sam Potter]

Fishing Report March 25

Thursday and Friday were excellent days for fishing. Nice temperatures, cloudy and a little rain. The streams were a little low and clear, and the fishing was slow. The fish that I could see, were taking the flies softly and if the fisherman didn't see them take the fly it was too late to set the hook, by the time I relayed the message. The strikes that were felt were not strong and most of them short of the hook. We stayed away from the areas that normally can be crowded at times. Solitude on a quiet stream is a reward in itself, but it sure is nice to hook up every now and then. The larger fish that were hooked avoided the net and managed to release themselves. Long releases are OK, but a picture before the release is a whole lot better. The reports I received after the trip indicated that pheasant tails and gold ribbed hare's ear were the flies of choice....we tried both flies and only managed to pick up some little guys. Olive Woollies produced for us and produced those short strikes I mentioned earlier.

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[Ted Calcaterra]

Welcome back Sam. It has been quite some time since you've last posted. I fished the upper Current on Sunday. Put in at Tan Vat and fished downstream. With the weather being so nice, it was super crowed. Seemed like fisherman around every bend. Started out throwing a small sculpin in the morning with no strikes. Switch over to a #14 elk hair caddis with a pupa dropper. With all the tan caddis hatching, I thought for sure I would get into fish. I was wrong. Only saw a few rises all day. Mid morning switched over to a 2 nymph rig. Proceeded to catch 8 fish in the faster deeper water. Most hit the prince dropper. I agree with you that being outdoors on the Current is worth the price of admission regardles of the fish caught.

[Kicknbass]

It's nice to see you reporting again Sam. I've missed your report.