350 flow

[grubbah]

Does anybody have any information on how long they intend to keep up the 350cfs flow?  With the inflow working its way down into the mid 100's I cant imagine they can keep up 350 for much longer while keeping the pool near the 888 that they seem to try to maintain.  I've only been to the river once this year and had mixed feelings on 350.  In some spots it gave me additional opportunities, yet in others it made my favorite spots/methods not work so well.

[Yoda]

Not sure how long they will keep the 350 flow, but I sure do like it.

[toddro]

Not sure how long they will keep the 350 flow, but I sure do like it.

Me too!   

[grubbah]

I havent been out enough to figure out how to fish it properly under this flow, like I said just the once so far this year.  I'll be out this weekend giving it another go though! 

[Yoda]

Which part of the river are you fishing? Floating or wade fishing? I am dying to get on water this weekend, but i am covered in poison ivy, and the heat just pisses it off

[grubbah]

I'll be wading this time, farris bridge area and downstream a ways. 

[oldmanelrod]

Seems to be more more than the usual amount of weed/moss floating downstream. It has definatly created some fishing in spots that normally would only be in a few inches of water.

[toddro]

Which part of the river are you fishing? Floating or wade fishing? I am dying to get on water this weekend, but i am covered in poison ivy, and the heat just pisses it off

I got a big dose of poison ivy cutting firewood last fall.  Something that worked great for me was Witch Hazel.  I would take a sponge and cover the PI areas 5 or 6 times a day with Witch Hazel and it really helped to dry the areas out, and to relieve pain, swelling, and itching.  Good luck!

[Yoda]

ThanksTodd!! doing much better now, got a steroid shot mon, and taking oral steriods, poison ivy is under control, and now i have enough steroids pumping through me to join the WWF!!!!!

[masonvol42]

I havent been out enough to figure out how to fish it properly under this flow, like I said just the once so far this year.  I'll be out this weekend giving it another go though! 

Fished the Elk last Thursday on the 350 flow. Floated from the dam to Farris.  They seemed to be eating nymphs all day. san juan worms were working as well as flashback pheasant tails.  All of the fish our whole group caught were either deep, or in the shady spots in the faster runs, but all were in faster running water. None of us had any water in the dead water sections of the river.   Make sure your getting your nymph down to the bottom.  Closer to Farris at the end of the day the top water action finally picked up and a few were caught on a green hopper. Hope this helps out. I am by no means an expert, but we did pretty well with this technique.

[grubbah]

Fished the Elk last Thursday on the 350 flow. Floated from the dam to Farris.  They seemed to be eating nymphs all day. san juan worms were working as well as flashback pheasant tails.  All of the fish our whole group caught were either deep, or in the shady spots in the faster runs, but all were in faster running water. None of us had any water in the dead water sections of the river.   Make sure your getting your nymph down to the bottom.  Closer to Farris at the end of the day the top water action finally picked up and a few were caught on a green hopper. Hope this helps out. I am by no means an expert, but we did pretty well with this technique.

This is pretty much what produced fish for me this past Sunday downstream a ways from farris.  In the deeper sections I had a lot of trouble finding much but as you said, the faster shallow runs with a mix of shade seemed to produce well.  Scuds bouncing along the bottom seemed to be the ticket for me.