Daily Report

Over the weekend we had some colder temperatures along with very windy conditions, with what snow we got the previous day and what fell this morning we picked around 6 inches of new lake effect snow. We do have some warmer weather conditions expected for the upcoming week. The water level has been high, but it is fishable and anglers are fishing both from the bank as well as drift boats. A few bank anglers have been fishing the mid to lower end of the river, but the majority of bank anglers are fishing the upper end of the river between Altmar and Pineville. The fish have been holding in the normal winter holding areas such as Lower Fly Zone, Schoolhouse Pool, Wire Hole, Trestle Pool, Pineville, Sportsman Pool, Town Pool, Black Hole and DSR. Anglers who are fly fishing have been having the most success dead drifting with nymphs or egg patterns. The anglers who are bottom bouncing or float fishing have had the most success with pink and blue egg sacs, beads, pink worms and marabou jigs. 

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.