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Jimmy's All Seasons Angler / Articles posted by cheeseburger (Page 66)

South Fork 5/23

Flows on the South Fork have been raised to 21,000 cfs out of the Dam. The river at Lorenzo looks like chocolate milk. Not much going on here to report. We don’t really suggest floating the river.

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Henry’s Fork 5/23

Flows have seemed to level off on the Henry’s Fork and the water clarity between Vernon and Chester is fishable and the fish are eating. The stoneflies are staging close to the banks and fish can be caught on rubberlegs and other stonefly nymph patterns. Caddis Nymphs and mayfly nymphs like Peasant Tails and prince nymphs. Bigger and brighter flies seem to be working better in the off color water. No Adult stoneflies yet but I expect to see a few later this week around the Chester backwaters.

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Yellowstone Park 5-21-2011

Angling season opens next Saturday, May 28th.   Right now the Firehole is flowing at normal levels, and likely will be best stream destination with BWO and caddisfly liffe cycle patterns leading the pack of effective flies.  Many other waters will be snow bound as real melting has yet to begin in much of the Park.

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Southwestern Montana 5-21-2011

Cabin and Beaver creeks are putting muddy run-off big time into Quake Lake and the Madison River just above it.  So much of this stuff coming in that the Madison coming out of Quake Lake is also discolored.   From Cabin Creek upstream to Hebgen Dam the river is in great shape, but there are more anglers there than resident trout.  Remembering that this is opening weekend for Montana fishing general season, expect crowds just about anywhere .  The Beaverhead River below Clark Canyon Dam remains in good shape with PM BWO and caddisfly activity bring responses.

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Big Lost River 5-21-2010

Flow out of Mackay Dam is 214 cfs, and that is good news for walk-in wade fishing.  Look for fish to stack up in slower water.  By afternoon BWOs and caddisflies will make for action there. But small bead head nymphs and peacock woolly worms will work just about anytime.

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Still Waters 5-21-2011

Daniels, Hawkins, and now Springfield reservoirs offer the best fishing.  Midge pupa, any damselfly nymph imitations, and VERY small fly rod jigs are the ways to go.  Three of us tried Springfield yesterday.  Not much action until late afternoon.  Fish began midging then and taking the very few speckled duns emerging.  We had fish up to 22″, mostly from the east end.  Damselfly nymph patterns seemed to work best.  No big numbers of damselfly nymphs moving yet, but you gotta remember that they are in the water all the time and therefore available for trout to some degree.   That is why their imitations are effective even in the early season on these still waters.  We will keep up to date on how waters clear on Chesterfield and 24-Mile reservoirs. They still have run-off inflows, so when that slows these will become better fishing.

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Big Lost River 5-18-2011

Flow out of Mackay Dam was reduced to 270 cfs yesterday. That’s down to wading levels if one is careful.  Wait a few days for fish to equilibrate with this flow, and some good fishing can result in the river below the dam.  Because the Big Lost is the only really fishable river in the area right now, we will keep on top of its flows to give moving water enthusiasts somewhere to try with good conditions.

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