Daily Report

On Sunday we had cloudy conditions with mixed precipitation, in the morning we had some lake effect snow showers and in the afternoon we had some scattered lake effect rain showers. The water level came down over the weekend and as of this morning the release from the dam was 750cfs and the Pineville gauge was reading around 998cfs. Yesterday was another day of mixed reports from anglers depending on where they fished and experience level. Some groups reported having a good day while others said it was slow for them. The upper end of river between Altmar and Pineville continues to get the most pressure on a daily basis, but if your willing to walk and looking to avoid other anglers, the mid section of river would be a good choice. 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. 

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.