South Fork, November 20th, 2021

Palisades Reservoir is gradually filling. Now it is at 12% of capacity. Today USGS flow gages show about 890 cfs at Irwin, 1400 cfs at Heise, and 950 cfs at Lorenzo. Flows throughout the winter will likely be around these amounts. We will keep track of these flows because of the huge public interest in how winter water conditions will impact to next year’s season.

With respect to fishing; streamer, rubber legs, and woolly bugger patterns will be most effective for months to come. During this time top water fishing will be somewhat sporadic and reduced to using midge life cycle patterns