Oct. 31, 2016 Fishing Decker’s!

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Happy Halloween Everyone!

Welcome back to the update my friends, let’s talk about current conditions before I get to what was working on the river today! Flows are unchanged, with Decker’s/Trumbull around 68 (cfs), 65 below Cheesman Dam. Warm temperatures have dominated October, to the point where the wildflowers are beginning to bloom again! It was a little bit breezy at times today, but the fish were actively feeding both above and below the surface.  The weather is looking great for the rest of the week with highs in the low to mid-60’s, warming up as we head into the weekend.  I got out on the river today at about noon,  just as the sun was warming up the water and small midge/bwo hatch blanketed my back yard.  Not being able to ignore the sipping trout near the surface, I threw on a fresh, size#24 Parachute Adams, and quickly hooked up on two Rainbow’s. After those two fish, things seemed to quiet down a bit, so I switched over to a nymph rig and headed for some faster, shallower water. Being a creature of habit myself, I couldn’t forget about the success I had on Friday with Fire Midge. I tied on a rubber legs, followed it with a pheasant tail, and trailed the bright red midge about 12 inches below that pheasant tail.  Only fishing in about 10 inches of water, I held off on the split shot and just let my two trail flies float just under the surface. Two drifts of this rig and I was hooked up on a nice Cut-bow that took the fire midge as it fell off a shelf and into a deeper pool. As the afternoon sun started to set and wind died down, the dry fly action picked up again as I went back out around 5:45 and caught three fish, all on a size#24, single BWO. I’ve noticed more fish spawning in the last week, so be on the lookout for the “redds” and move away and fish somewhere else. REMEMBER! If you see the fish paired up, don’t throw to them! That’s all for today my friends! Hope to see you out on the river soon!

Chris