South Fork, June 17th, 2023

Palisades Reservoir is nearly full, and it appears that upstream run-off has peaked. So flow below the dam has been reduced (now 12000 cfs at Irwin,12900 cfs at Heise an about 6000 cfs at Lorenzo). These are about the same as summertime flows and are likely to stay close to these levels until the end of irrigation season. However water needs to warm some for major inset hatches to begin.

Now is a good time for boating fly fishers to review boat ramp and on-the-stream diplomacies which will be needed for the upcoming season.