Daily Report

On Thursday we had mostly cloudy conditions with the temperature reaching into the mid 50's. The release from the dam is 350cfs and Pineville gauge was reading around 537cfs as of this morning. We currently have dropbacks scattered throughout the river, the upper end of the river still has a few spawning steelhead and with the water temperature on the rise, smallmouth bass have started showing up in the lower end at the DSR. Yesterday the few anglers we spoke with reported getting into a mix of dropbacks and smallmouth bass in the lower end of the river. Whether your walking or in a drift boat, covering lots of the water has been the key to drop back success. With the recent drop in water level, the deeper holes and larger runs have been producing the best action. For those anglers who are fly fishing, swinging streamers with sinking leaders or dead drifting with egg patterns has produced steady results. For those anglers who are bottom bouncing or float fishing, egg sacs, beads and pink worms have all produced steady results.