Big Lost River 8-29-15
Tricos are coming out from the river below Mackay Dam. Fish there key on terrestrial insects later in the day.Only “fly in the ointment” is that flow out of the dam is around 400 cfs making wading a bit tough.
Tricos are coming out from the river below Mackay Dam. Fish there key on terrestrial insects later in the day.Only “fly in the ointment” is that flow out of the dam is around 400 cfs making wading a bit tough.
Flow out of Mackay Dam had been pretty constant at around 340 cfs ( very near its mean flow for this time of year) for the last several days. This AM, however, it was upped to about 430 cfs. That’s a pretty good jump for this small river, so wade carefully. Any day now tricos will be the major emergence, so be ready to try the river during the AM hours.
Flow out of Mackay Dam is around 350 cfs, but varies considerably. At 350 cfs wading with care is possible. Western green drakes and golden stoneflies should become important to fish any day now.
With flow out of Mackay Dam right at 500 cfs, wading in the river around Mackay is tough.
Flow out of Mackay Dam is being ramped up. Now it is just under 400 cfs. Look for tougher wading conditions coming up below the dam.
Flow out of Mackay dam was reduced to 225 cfs two days ago. That means the river below the dam is in better wading shape for now .
The days of easy wading in the Big Lost River below Mackay Dam are over for a while. Early yesterday flow out of the dam was raised from just under 100 cfs to 573 cfs. Now the best way to fish here is to float through. We’ll keep up on when the river returns to a flow safer for wading.
Flow out of Mackay Dam remains at just under 100 cfs. Could increase any day now when irrigation demands kick in and put an end to great midge and BWO activity with fish responding.
Wading is easy with 140 cfs coming out of Mackay Dam into river below. Tricos are coming off and fish keying on them making for good AM fishing. When tricos quit, switch to terrestrial patterns.
Flow out of Mackay Dam has dropped from a little over 200 cfs to 160 cfs in the last few days. This means easier wading, warmer afternoon water temperatures, less overhead cover, and therefore a greater need for being stealthy and for playing fish quickly. Some western green drakes remain here, but terrestrial patterns are becoming more effective. Tricos are yet to be important, but should begin to be such any day now.