Fly Fishing Reports

Arizona

Colorado River

GOOD - 2/17

"Fishing upriver has been good the last few of days."  Flows bouncing daily between 9000 and 13,000 CFS (vs 8200 avg).
Latest 2/10:
http://www.leesferry.com/main/river-reports-2


Arkansas

White River

VERY GOOD - 2/17

"Hearing some good shad kill reports from Bull Shoals tailwater, but I don't think we'll see a prolonged or heavy shad kill this year."  Flows between 5000 and 9000 CFS (vs 16,000 avg).
Latest 2/16:
http://www.blueribbonflyfish.com/reports.php
http://www.flyflinger.com/fishingreport.php
http://flyfisharkansas.com/archives/2258 (2/12)


California

American River


Feather River

FAIR - 2/17

"Story of the week here: Shanghai Falls is no more!  A few steelhead continue to be caught up in the Low Flow."  2500 CFS at Gridley
Latest 2/14:
http://www.fishwithjd.com/fishing-reports/nor-cal-rivers/feather-river/


Hot Creek

VERY GOOD - 2/17

"The lack of winter weather has kept the action on Hot Creek alive and well, especially during a four-hour window during the middle of the day. “It’s been so good this past week that I’d almost say it’s better fishing than we see during the summer,” Rianda said."
Latest 2/14:
http://www.wonews.com/t-EasternSierraReport_Cowan_021412.aspx


Klamath River

GOOD - 2/17

"Conditions? The conditions are excellent! Fishing reports are mostly good with a few fair reports mixed in." Low at 1000 CFS (vs 2000 avg).
Latest 2/15:
http://www.theflyshop.com/streamreport.htm#klamath


Lower Sacramento River

GOOD - 2/17

The fishing has been great! The springtime caddis are popping off the river, delivering crazed rainbows
Latest 2/13:
http://www.theflyshop.com/streamreport.htm#lowersac
http://www.lowersactrout.com/fishing_reports


Owens River

VERY GOOD - 2/17

“I was fishing today on the lower Owens and it was just going off. I was in shorts under my waders and I was seeing 15 to 20 fish slurping bugs,” said Jaeger, who owns Eastern Sierra Guide Service.
Latest 2/14:
http://www.wonews.com/t-EasternSierraReport_Cowan_021412.aspx


Pit River

VERY GOOD - 2/17

"Fishing has been great! Hatches of BWOs, early springtime Caddis and Skwalla Stones are responisble for the spike in fishing quality!"
Latest 2/15:
http://www.theflyshop.com/streamreport.htm#pit


Trinity River

GOOD - 2/17

"Still going!  Expect this river to produce good to great steelhead fishing through mid March.  Some anglers are getting into fish and some are not."  300 CFS (which is avg).
Latest 2/13:
http://www.theflyshop.com/streamreport.htm#trinity
http://www.usafishing.com/trinity.html (2/11)


Truckee River

GOOD - 2/17

"the further down you approach the CA/NV border and in Nevada, IMO, the more productive you will be."  "The bugs are out, East of Reno that is. Big fat bwos, solid sz#16′s, and lots of them. I haven’t seen any fish on top, but that will change here shortly."  380 CFS (vs 285 avg).
Latest 2/16:
http://www.kiene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26198
http://gilligansguideservice.com/blog/2012/02/11/truckee-river-fishing-report-21112/ (2/11)
http://www.mountainhardwareandsports.com/fishing-report (2/12)
 


Upper Sacramento River

GOOD - 2/17

"The lower section of the Upper Sacramento near Lake Shasta is a little high at 650 cfs, but fishing fair to good! Water clarity is great! Up near Dunsmuir, good reports are common and bigger rainbows exceeding 20" seem to be the highlight of all the fishing stories these days."  "Right now above Sims it's winter like scenery but below Sims it's spring like."  Flows down to 600 CFS (vs 1600 avg).
Latest 2/15:
http://www.theflyshop.com/streamreport.htm#uppersac
http://www.tedfay.com/guidenotes.html (2/12)


Yuba River

GOOD - 2/17

Skwalas are hatching, leading to decent catch rates.  Very low at 780 CFS (vs 2600 avg).
Latest reports all on Kiene's:
http://www.kiene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26150
http://www.kiene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26200


Colorado

Frying Pan River

VERY GOOD - 2/17

"Good numbers of midges still hatching on a daily basis form the 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. hours."  "The fishing was excellent [last week]."  Best in upper river.  92 CFS (vs 130 avg).
Latest 2/12:
http://www.taylorcreek.com/fprr.htm
http://www.fryingpananglers.com/


Michigan

Au Sable River

GOOD - 2/17

"The fishing has been holding up just as it has all winter. Streamer fishing or nymph fishing, it just doesn’t seem to matter."  Bigger fish on streamers; more fish on nymphs.  840 CFS (vs 860 avg).
Latest 2/16:
http://www.oldausable.com/river-reports.html
http://www.gateslodge.com/fishingreport.php (2/15)
http://www.michiganstreamside.com/report_ausable_trout.htm (2/15)
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Montana

Bighorn River


Nevada

Truckee River

GOOD - 2/17

"the further down you approach the CA/NV border and in Nevada, IMO, the more productive you will be."  "The bugs are out, East of Reno that is. Big fat bwos, solid sz#16′s, and lots of them. I haven’t seen any fish on top, but that will change here shortly."  380 CFS (vs 285 avg).
Latest 2/16:
http://www.kiene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26198
http://gilligansguideservice.com/blog/2012/02/11/truckee-river-fishing-report-21112/ (2/11)
http://www.mountainhardwareandsports.com/fishing-report (2/12)
 


New Mexico

San Juan River

GOOD - 2/17

"Good midge fishing and midge hatches during the mornings and decent blue winged olive hatches in the afternoons." 500 CFS (vs 540 avg).
Latest 2/16:
http://highdesertangler.blogspot.com/
http://www.sanjuanriver.com/ (2/12)


New York

Beaverkill River


Upper Delaware River


Oregon

Deschutes River

GOOD - 2/17

"The Deschutes is in prime shape as I write this report with strong BWO hatches coming off on those overcast days. On Saturday it felt like spring with a plethora of different insects hatching from caddis to BWO's to a smattering of Skwalla stones." 1700 CFS (vs 1200 avg).
Latest 2/14:
http://www.deschutesangler.com/retail/common/community/article_stripped.asp?store_id=999&id=373


McKenzie River


Pennsylvania

Penns Creek

FAIR - 2/17

"...conditions are right if the sun peaks out today could be a great day of nymph fishing." "Anglers who have ventured to...Penns Creek have been rewarded."  380 CFS (vs 350 avg).
Latest 2/16:
http://www.streamconditions.com/StreamConditions_PennsCreek_Conditions1.cfm
http://thefeatheredhook.com/stream.html (2/16)


Upper Delaware River


Yellow Breeches

GOOD - 2/17

"...a lot of insect activity."  Decent numbers of fish, some rising.  340 CFS (vs 280 avg).
Latest 2/15:
PAFlyFish.com
http://www.orvis.com/fishing_report.aspx?locationid=6015 (2/14)


Utah

Green River

GOOD - 2/17

"The dry fly fishing is very good on calm days with Midge & BWO Patterns #18. Streamer fishing has also been good - especially on the lowwer river sections.  The nymph fishing is great in slow moving water."  Flows between 1700 and 3100 CFS (vs 1450 avg).
Latest 2/14:
http://www.spinnerfall.com/pageview.aspx?id=38511
http://www.troutbum2.com/fishing_reports.shtml (2/12)


Washington

Yakima River

VERY GOOD - 2/17

"10+ fish landed yesterday. Most caught on Skwala nymphs couple on SJ worms. Solid day."  "Yak fished stellar yesterday." 1200 CFS (vs 1300 avg).
Latest 2/16:
http://www.redsflyshop.com/powerhour
http://www.theeveninghatch.com/Yakimareports.htm


Wyoming

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