Low water and Caddis hatching 4/14

[netboy]

They shut the water off today around noon so I went to the dam C&R area.

 

All the "usual suspects" were there and we all had a fun afternoon. The caddis started around 1:00 and quit around 4:00. I wasn't counting but probably had close to 20 and missed a bunch more. Good thing was they were all very nice size fish and fat as footballs (except for the one brown in the picture). A size 16 elk hair caddis worked best for me.

 

I did hook a much bigger brown but he broke me off on the first run.

 

Here's a few pics...

[netboy]

One more.

 

[Phil Lilley]

Must be high water down river... they were running a lot of water before the rain.

Nice catch!  Thanks for posting.

[netboy]

8 hours ago, Phil Lilley said:

Must be high water down river... they were running a lot of water before the rain.

Nice catch!  Thanks for posting.

Yes, one of the local guides told me the COE  has an agreement with rice farmers downstream to reduce flows this time of year so they can plant their fields. 

[JestersHK]

Man those are some tanks!  Nice job as always.