Daily Report

On Monday we had dry and mostly calm conditions with the temperature reaching into the 40's. The release from the dam was 750cfs and the Pineville gauge was reading around 998cfs. The majority of anglers we spoke with reported having a good day both in the upper and lower end of the river. In the upper end of the river between Altmar and Pineville anglers reported getting into steelhead in both of the fly zones, below the Altmar bridge, Schoolhouse, Wire Hole and Trestle Pool area. In the lower end of the river anglers reported getting into steelhead in the normal areas such as RT2A, Staircase, Longbridge, Black Hole and DSR. 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 nymphs, 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.