General Conditions ~ Stream Conditions ~ Water Temperature
Hatches ~ Fly Patterns ~ Additional Comments
May 14, 2008
With cooler weather, flows have actually come down a bit and the river has stabilized. This will be temporary, but the river has good clarity from Salida upstream and fishable clarity downstream. There have even been some Caddis hatching below Salida on these warmer afternoons. Catch 22 is that when the temperature is warm enough to hatch Caddis, it's also warm enough to melt snow. Right now, it's a day to day thing while we wait on the big blow.
1170cfs Wellsville, ... clearing to off color
40s
Caddis and some Baetis
Bead Head 20 Incher #10, Larry's Rubberleg Stone #10, Olive articulated leech, Black Woolly Bugger. Go to our Fly Pattern Recipes page
Guaging runoff is like shooting craps. It all depends on how warm it stays, especially at night and whether or not we add rain to the mix. If we add cooler weather to the formula, runoff can be extended....really hot weather can bring it down like a train. We'll see what we get.
Current fishing conditions on other Rocky Mountain waters:
