Daily Report

On Friday we had the coldest weather of the season so far with the morning temperature only in the single digits and strugggling to reach into the 20's for the afternoon. We did have sunny conditions which made it feel warmer then it actually was. With the single digit temperatures slush ice was a factor in the lower end of the river in the morning before it cleared in the afternoon. Yesterday the release from the dam was 750cfs and as of this morning Pineville gauge is around 962cfs.  In the upper end of the river between Altmar and Pineville depending on the day anglers have been getting into steelhead in the Lower Fly Zone,  below the Altmar bridge, Schoolhouse, Wire Hole, Trestle Pool and Pineville area. In the mid to lower end of the river anglers have been getting into steelhead in the normal areas such as Sportsman Pool area, RT2A, Staircase, Longbridge, Black Hole and the DSR. For those anglers who are fly fishing, anglers have had success dead drifting with nymphs, using egg patterns under a strike indicator or swinging small streamers with sink tips. 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.