South Fork, July 24th, 2021

Flows have been nearly steady at !6300 cfs at Irwin (16500 at Heise,12200 cfs at Lorenzo). All these are a few thousand feet above normal for this time of the season. Fishing from a boat or raft is the way to enjoy the PMDs, pink alberts, sallyies and on the upper river a few remaining stone flies. With the somewhat high flows wading can be a bit treacherous. There are plenty of boating anglers, but by early evening most have gone making the river and launch sites a lot more tranquil. With terrestrial insets, especially hoppers coming on, another item will be added to make top water fishing even more rewarding. Don’t overlook hanging a rubber leg pattern from that high floating hopper pattern.