Daily Report

On Friday we had very high winds along with blowing snow and white out conditions at times. The temperature actually wasn't that bad but the strong winds made it feel much colder then it really was. Slush ice was a factor in the lower end of the river for part of the day. The few anglers we spoke with who fished reported landing some steelhead in the upper end of the river between Altmar and Pineville as well as the lower end of the river in the afternoon. The release from the dam is now running 350cfs and the Pineville gauge is reading around 476cfs. We currently have good numbers of steelhead spread out in the river from top to bottom and anglers have been getting into fish on the days they can get out. For those anglers who are fly fishing, dead drifitng with nymphs, indicator fishing with egg patterns or swinging small streamers with sink tips have all produced results. For those anglers who are bottom bouncing or float fishing, egg sacs, beads, pink worms and marabou jigs have all produced results. 

Shop hours:

Monday - Saturday 8:00AM - 6:00PM.

Sunday 8:00AM - 5:00PM.

Suggested patterns:

Eggs: Estaz eggs, steelie omelet, glo-bugs, sucker spawn.

Streamers: Crystal buggers, woolly buggers, zonkers, bunny leeches, egg sucking leeches.

Nymphs: Prince nymphs, copper john's, pheasant tails, wiggle stones, steelhead hammer, beadhead stones, rubber legged stones.