That's right. Too much water is NOT good for fishing the MO. But when they turn it down, it happens. It's happening. Time for an update. The arrival day was decent. Then they turned the water up, and it wasn't so decent. Working daily for a few fish. Hard to wade. Not good enough to float (Not that motivated!) Raining and windy a lot.
Here's kind of a catch-22 for the MO. When its good and flows are right (5500 and below), you don't need to float. Plenty of heads up at the usual access spots. When it's not so good, then why bother floating? And its been raining a lot, and windy about regular to frequent. Floating helps get away from some of the other crowded wade accesses. They haven't been that crowded.
So I've fished many of the normal access runs. High Bridge, Lone Tree, Barb Wire, PHD Island today (ankle deep!), and down river at Mountain Palace. Wanted to float Stickney to Dearborn, but haven't yet. Big thunderstorms forecast for tomorrow afternoon, and the persistent clouds and rain return. Saw a few caddis yesterday, last evening, and today. PMD's daily, but fish not on them in the higher rising flows. More fish up today than any with the exception of the 21st. (see flow chart!) So 3 days of sucky, but I've waited it out. Spring creeks next week!
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| About sums it up, more midges when I arrived than PMD's |
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| Nice evening after rain, and no bugs or risers. |
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| First morning, a few bank feeders |
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| And some brown ones |
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| Always love these bank fish |
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| Getting more numerous |
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| Downstream had some fish |
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| Beavers still at work |
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| Mythical evening bite bug. Only one evening without wind or rain so far. |
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| This morning |
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| Best is last. They love it, but its hard to see. |
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