South Fork, June 29th, 2021

The big bugs continue to appear on the lower river. This means big stone fly nymph and rubber leg patterns will be effective on much of the river. For top water fishing green drake, yellow sally, and PMD life cycle patterns produce best from mid-morning to around 4PM while presenting nymph patterns around riffles and drop-off continues to produce late in the day as do fish responding to caddis fly activity.

We have been receiving a lot of questions concerning summer flows in the South Fork. These center around concerns because of the current drought, the water supply, and water management.. We contacted the agency tasked with managing its water flow and storage and here is information they offered us. The current flow of around 13770 cfs will continue for the next two weeks. Afterwards in July, flow will be increased or decreased around 500 cfs depending on irrigation demands. These flows are in order to keep as much water as possible stored high in the storage system to maintain enough for later irrigation demands. It is likely that reservoir capacities will be reduced to near base levels by the end of the irrigation season.

We will pass along more information as we receive it.