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Spring Update 2025-Late March
This weather rollercoaster has been the story this winter. We went from a pretty cold and frozen over winter… to a very quick warm up to 70 F- then back to winter last few days end of March. Those with April and May dates should do well for steelhead since the Great Lakes and our Hardy and Croton reservoirs had a ton of ice for the first time in years. This will keep down the…
Fishing Report 4/12/24
Made my point on my last post. Still have Early Black Stoneflies Hatching-Streamer bite time of year. Chinook parr have hatched. Should have fresh chrome still coming- get out and go fishing!
Fishing Report 3/19/24
Gene Kelly from Boston with a stunning wild steelhead on St Pat’s weekend Water level-2700CFS- water temp- 41F Steelhead hitting gravel. Fresh chrome fish in pools crushing early black stones and freshly emerged Chinook salmon sac-fry. Browns eating early black stonefly nymphs’ and gorging on ova-positing female egg layers on the surface- check out my “Cold Stoned” article https://hallowedwaters.com/2024/03/cold-stoned/ A nice fat gorged brown taken on the CDC early black stone
Fishing Report-March 11/2024
A stunning big female steelhead client took a few days ago- real tank! Water finally!!! came up to normal snow run-off levels thanks to rain- currently 3780 CFS-water temp: came down thank God!-39F Getting a push of fresh steelhead and walleye. The trout fishing has been stellar all winter with now the Early Black Stone Flies are hatching and the trout are crushing the nymphs and fluttering egg laying adults. Some steelhead have begun to…
New Year River Report 1/9/24-Summery of 2023
Current Conditions-1/9/24-Finally getting snow! With probably the most mild winter weather we have seen in half a century, the trout fishing continues to be excellent with good numbers of 12-16 inch rainbows and browns throughout the river system eating scuds and midges. Stripping streamers has seen some real truttasaurus browns chasing white and sand/olive Drunks and Double-D’ patterns- but with clear water lots of follows, try dropping down in size. With a very good 2023…
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River Report-10/19/23
Magnificent steel from 3 days ago-gorgeous Monet pastel colors in cheek- panning for Autumn Silver 10/19- Water Temperature 57 F- Flow-1140 CFS-very low-rain on its way! TONS! – what started out me thinking weak run- turned into I mean like “walking on them” status of spawning wild king salmon in the river- one of the strongest runs of them in over a decade and half- the true marvel of this statement is note the word…