Small Streams, June 24th, 2023

With the exception of the Ashton-Flagg Road beyond Calf Creek hill and one other big exception, all back country roads are open. The other exception is getting to Bear Creek where the Bear Creek road will be closed for many weeks. The Jensen Creek road, the long way around ( Leaving the McCoy Creek Road about three miles above the campground) to Bear Creek is also closed. Thus the only ways to reach Bear Creek is though boating or hiking. Other major streams feeding Palisades Reservoir are rounding into good fishing shape with small streamer and such as woolly bugger and San Juan worm patterns being effective until aquatic insects ( caddis, golden stone flies, PMDs,etc) become more active. Other small streams in that area that are rounding into shape are the Salt River tribs coming out of Idaho: Jackknife, Tincup, Stump, and Crow Creeks. Fish within these respond to the same patterns suggested for the Reservoir tribs.