The river has been fishing great.The water has come down a bit and water temps have been warmer this week, at 62 F. We’ve had some new people in the shop this week that have been picking up fish on #16-18 Copper Johns and #14 San Juan worms fished in tandem.By afternoon Elk Hair Caddis sized #16-18 have been working in the riffles and if you don’t mind getting up early we’ve seen Tricos starting around 7:00 AM and they’ve been coming off sporadically throughout the day from Big Falls all the way up to the dam. Typically we’ve seen the heaviest concentrations from Big Falls to Monkton but we’re seeing these tiny ones #22-24 much further upstream this year.You’ll have trouble seeing the patterns so try either greasing your leader, (but not the tippet) and wait for it to jump, or fish a Trico behind a #16-18 Elk Hair Caddis or Parachute Ant.

Note: Mike Bachosky just mailed us some beautiful Trico patterns that should sell out quickly.