General Fishing Report May 18, 2019

Hello Anglers!,

For the time being our wet spring has seemed to stabilize, and with it some improved fishing conditions. With warmer air temps, more bugs have been hatching, with yellow sallies, Hendrickson’s and some Blue Winged Olives being seen on the warmer afternoons.  Most area rivers have received their yearly allotment of hatchery fish and we’ve been catching a mix of these along with some wild fish over the last week.  As rainfall has slowed here are some things to consider moving forward. A rain event that brings the rivers up and off color (which seems to take less rain fall with our saturated ground) consider throwing some streamers and having a shot at some of our larger wild fish.  Streamers seem to have gotten more attention during these events more than nymphs.  Keep your tippet strong (like 2x or bigger) and swapping out flies and or colors if you are not getting action.  As the water lowers and clears, switch to the nymph rig and as the water is still stained consider stone fly nymphs and then swap to more natural and smaller stuff as the water clears even more.  On a day like today with sun for most of the day...