The first drift boat trips are going very well and they are pretty much like forecast.?? Numbers are good using the "dip and strip" method of fly fishing a streamer from a drift boat.?? The weather has been hot during the noon periods and this slows the fish and the fishers down.?? It will be getting cooler soon enough and the conditions will only get better.?? Flows are still being released at 450cfs but the clarity is very good and the fish have been looking at these flows all summer and are settled in nicely.?? Good late afternoon caddis, PMD hatches in the mornings, gobs of midges to fill in the gaps.?? We are gonna spank em this fall for sure!??

The wild trout section is still tough to wade and impossible to cross but there is enough water to fish during the cooler periods of the day.?? Fishing dries on the surface is the best way to fish this area at current flows this time of year.?? #18-20 may fly patterns, #18 elk caddis with dark brown bodies are good choices for the hatches.?? If you have trouble seeing these smaller patterns tie a larger dry like a Stimulator #14-16 eighteen inches above your point or target fly.?? Use the big fly as a reference or marker. ??