General Fishing Report April 16, 2021
Greetings all! True to form, If you don't like the weather wait 5 minutes! After the OCC 13 that had it feeling like mid May, here we are back to early spring and in some cases late winter! Regardless, we did need the water both for immediate concerns and also long term as we head into the summer. A quick thanks to all of you who participated in the OCC 13, if not a record number of entrants, then really close. And congratulations to the winners. It was an interesting weekend. I witnessed two days of fish rising and plenty of bugs coming off the water, most in the form of the early stones. I did see a few early mayflies (not Hendricksons, but probably olives) on the upper Otter on Sunday. At least in my experience and with talking to a few folks, the warmth and sun shut down some of the fishing for Saturday. My action on Saturday was all before 9:30. There is a lesson there as we move forward, in looking at what time of the day (if you have the choice) to spend your time targeting trout (especially browns) and what the weather is or isn't doing.
In moving forward, with a return back to more normal springtime conditions...
