April 12, River Report

Spent Monday and Tuesday fishing the NF of the CDA.  Monday brought rain and snow.  The river was flowing at about 6,000 cfs and was very off color.  But if you were patient and picked your spots success could be had.  I fished mostly streamers with some luck.  I fished the lower section below the Little North Fork bridge.  I did head up the Little NF road for about 2 miles to where there was still snow on the road. The Little NF looks fishable and will only start to pick up.  Watch for trout heading up the tributaries  as the run off continues.

Tuesday was a different weather story.  It was sunny with temps going into the mid 50's and a slight breeze.  At around noon the March Browns started to come off in large numbers.  I also saw a few Skawallas.  But there was not a lot of surface action.  From the day before the river dropped down to 5200 CFS.  On the 8th it was flowing at 9,500 CFS.  That's a drop of 4,200 CFS in 4 days.  This probably having an effect.  As the flows start to level of the fishing will pick up.  On Tuesday I headed up river and fished various locations between mile 20 and mile 30.  it was a beautiful day.  Sunday should be a carbon copy.  

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