Daily Report

Over the last couple of days we had mild conditions which was nice while it lasted but the cold weather has returned. Earlier in the week we had temp's in the 50's along with steady rain so it's no surprise the water release at the dam was increased. On Wednesday the warmest part of the day was first thing in the morning, throughout the day the temperature dropped along with very high winds. As of this morning the temperature was near single digits and feels like the calm before the storm. A winter storm is expected to move through on Thursday evening into Friday. Be sure to check the water and weather for the latest updates. We did not speak with many anglers over the last few days, but the anglers we did speak with reported hooking into fish in the upper end of the river between Altmar and Pineville, but landing them was another story.  

Suggested Patterns:

Streamers: Egg sucking leeches in black or purple, size 8. Beadhead woolly buggers in black, olive, orange, red, size 6. Fishskull zonkers in black, olive, white, grizzly size 8.

Nymphs: Copper John's size 10, Prince nymph size 10, Rusher nymphs in blue, purple, chart, pink, size 10. Steelhead hammer in blue, pink, red, black, size 12. Rubber legged stones in black, olive, brown size 8. Rubber legged Kaufman stones in black or golden size 8.

Egg patterns: Steelie omelets in cerise, chart, peach, size 10. Steak-n-eggs in pink, orange, size 10. Estaz eggs in blue, pink, chart, purple, white, size 10. Sucker spawn in oregon cheese, blue, pink, chart, white, size 6.