Current Report / Information

Mid April now and spring is shaping up nicely. We stayed cooler this early April so the hatches pushed back slightly from the last few years but it could pay off in June so let’s stay “glass half full” on that. Some great weather coming this weekend and following week should kick things up. Water temps are riding around 40 overnight and getting up to the mid to high 40’s on the Freestones and similar on the Tailwaters during daytime highs. Remember that bug and fish activity doesn’t pick up after 1 or 2 days with air temps in the 40’s or 50’s. Everything under water happens based on water temps and it takes a bit for those to build a steady rise into the upper 40’s and so on.

Early Black Stones, small Caddis, and a few Olives around as well as the Quill Gordons and Hendricksons just starting up for a afternoon hatch. If you aren’t on the water for the afternoon hatch a well fished stonefly, nymph, caddis pupa, or streamer may find a hungry fish as metabolism continues to pick up.