Daily Report

On Wednesday we had lake effect snow showers for most of the day along with windy conditions. The weather looks good for the upcoming weekend with the temp's warming up and a mild warming trend in the forecast as we head into early next week.  Now that the temp's have improved were not dealing with as much slush ice, but shelf ice is still a factor in the lower end of the river and anglers should use extra caution if they plan on fishing that section of river. In the upper end of the river between Altmar and Pineville, shelf ice has not been a factor. The normal winter holding areas such as Lower Fly Zone, below the Altmar bridge, Schoolhouse, Wire Hole, Ellis Cove, Bovines, Trestle Pool and Pineville have all produced action depending on the day.  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 6-10.

Nymphs: Prince nymphs, Copper John's, Hare's ear, Rubber legged stones, Wiggle stones, estaz stones, steelhead hammer, steak-n-eggs in size 8-10.