The Salmonfly

It's starting.

Swinging Streamers

The water up on the creek had gone down quite a bit since the last push, but was still running at a powerful 1200cfs, which made wading a bit of a challenge. Knee deep and down was ok though. Folks in boats were having some good luck, as were waders that had ventured to the creek's upper reaches where there's a bit of slower water. Lots of bugs in the air, and from the looks of things, the big ol salmonflies should be taking flight at the end of may.

Climbin'

Well, a spike in temperatures coupled with a bit of rain, sent the creek up and up, and well...up. It would have been a heckuva day had the creek stayed down a bit, with some nice hatches of brown drakes, blue winged olives and march browns going off a bit after 1p. A tough day fishing, but still an absolutely gorgeous day to be out on the water waving a stick.

With warm temps and possibly some rain this week, i don't see it, or any of the area rivers dropping anytime soon.