A Short Fishing Report
Since I had the week off, I decided to wet a line at one of my favorite East slope rivers, which I have neglected the past year or so, due to lack of snow, which leads to low (and warm) water levels later in the season. I did my homework and saw that the river was flowing at around 200 cfs, which is a bit high, but at least it was clear.
Here’s the river in April, but it looks like an early June flow.
The water temp was 42 when I started fishing in the late morning and rose to 46 degrees when I was finished in mid afternoon. Brrr! Still, trout have to eat and they were in the mood for something big, so streamers were the ticket.
Here’s a pic of my best fish of the day: a healthy 16 inch rainbow
I camped out that night and went to bedded down to clear skies and some gusty wind. I woke up the next day to this:
Wow! I know its still April, but I didn’t see this coming. No big deal, but I figured it would slow the fishing down a lot, so I headed home a bit early.
Uhhh…slow…?
Cheers,
--F.G. Dave
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