TIM'S TROUT TIPS!
May 12, 2021
Tim Homesley
The water is looking so much better. The CFS (cubic feet per second) is down to 113 as of Sunday morning.
The water is still off color, so we are using 2 - 4 lb. line on spinning and casting reels. On our fly rods, we are using 9' 7X for dries, and 9 - 6X for nymphs and buggers. If you are using a big streamer, you should probably be fishing 4X leaders, 9’.
From my experience, when the CFS hits 100 and lower, the dry-fly bite gets better.
We have been catching several trout on beetles, caddis, para-adams and on stimulators.
The dry-fly fishing should really be good this week, if the rains hold off. Blue-wing olives, caddis, and midges will be the main hatches, but with the warmer weather, terrestrials should be better during the next few weeks.
Ants, and beetles are so much fun that the trout will hit them hard most days.
Black wooly-buggers, and olive wooly-buggers were very effective this week. I used black and did very well. When the sun is shining, the olive seems to be a bit more effective.
Copper-John nymphs, pheasant-tail nymphs, and hare’s-ear nymphs worked well all week. Some people were doing well fishing tandem-rigs. San Juan worms(red) and a black or brown zebra-midge fished about 12" from the San Juan were very effective.
I fished a mega-worm in the C&R area and did very well last Tuesday. There are lots of nice trout. The fishing should be even better this week.
The water has dropped quite a bit and cleared some. When the sun is shining, and if you are wearing polarized sunglasses, you can see into the water pretty well. The river should clear a lot more this week.
Plastic baits still are your best bet for a quick limit. White, yellow, orange, and pink worms worked well.
Power-bait 1" crawlers are still catching lots of trout; cheese is still the best color.
Marabou jigs did very well as the water started to clear last week; white, tan, black, and dark olive seem to be working best this week.
I like a two-color jig best; black/yellow, black/orange, and white/black always seem to do best. Sizes 1/32 - 1/8 jigs worked best this week.
Spoons, spinners and crank-baits worked really well in the murky water we had last week; I think it is hard to beat a small gold spoon fished in Zone 1 or Zone 2 if it has been appropriately rigged. Black, brown, olive and white spinners worked well this week; 1/16 or 1/8 are still your best sizes.
Good luck on the river this week.
Tim Homesley
The water is looking so much better. The CFS (cubic feet per second) is down to 113 as of Sunday morning.
The water is still off color, so we are using 2 - 4 lb. line on spinning and casting reels. On our fly rods, we are using 9' 7X for dries, and 9 - 6X for nymphs and buggers. If you are using a big streamer, you should probably be fishing 4X leaders, 9’.
From my experience, when the CFS hits 100 and lower, the dry-fly bite gets better.
We have been catching several trout on beetles, caddis, para-adams and on stimulators.
The dry-fly fishing should really be good this week, if the rains hold off. Blue-wing olives, caddis, and midges will be the main hatches, but with the warmer weather, terrestrials should be better during the next few weeks.
Ants, and beetles are so much fun that the trout will hit them hard most days.
Black wooly-buggers, and olive wooly-buggers were very effective this week. I used black and did very well. When the sun is shining, the olive seems to be a bit more effective.
Copper-John nymphs, pheasant-tail nymphs, and hare’s-ear nymphs worked well all week. Some people were doing well fishing tandem-rigs. San Juan worms(red) and a black or brown zebra-midge fished about 12" from the San Juan were very effective.
I fished a mega-worm in the C&R area and did very well last Tuesday. There are lots of nice trout. The fishing should be even better this week.
The water has dropped quite a bit and cleared some. When the sun is shining, and if you are wearing polarized sunglasses, you can see into the water pretty well. The river should clear a lot more this week.
Plastic baits still are your best bet for a quick limit. White, yellow, orange, and pink worms worked well.
Power-bait 1" crawlers are still catching lots of trout; cheese is still the best color.
Marabou jigs did very well as the water started to clear last week; white, tan, black, and dark olive seem to be working best this week.
I like a two-color jig best; black/yellow, black/orange, and white/black always seem to do best. Sizes 1/32 - 1/8 jigs worked best this week.
Spoons, spinners and crank-baits worked really well in the murky water we had last week; I think it is hard to beat a small gold spoon fished in Zone 1 or Zone 2 if it has been appropriately rigged. Black, brown, olive and white spinners worked well this week; 1/16 or 1/8 are still your best sizes.
Good luck on the river this week.