Daily Report

On Sunday we had cloudy conditions with very high winds. The morning temperature was in the 40's but slowly dropped into the 30's throughout the day. With the recent rain the release from the dam was increased again Sunday night and as of this morning was 1800cfs with Pineville gauge reading around 2370cfs. Yesterday we had mixed reports from anglers depending on where they fished and experience level. For those anglers who are fly fishing, this time of year a variety of techniques can be effective, whether you like to swing streamers with sinking leaders, fish egg patterns under a strike indicator or dead drift them, they all can proudce results depending on the day.  For those anglers who are float fishing or bottom bouncing, egg sacs or beads have produced the best results. On the real windy days, when leaves are a factor, non leaf colors such as blue, pink and purple have been most productive.    

Suggested patterns:

Egg patterns: Glo-bugs, estaz eggs, sucker spawn, steelie omelet in size 6-10.

Streamers: Krystal buggers, egg sucking leeches, woolly buggers in size 4-8.

Nymphs: Rubber legged stones, estaz stones, steelhead hammer, steak-n-eggs in size 6-10.