07-13-2004, 12:43 PM
John Day River - July 3rd, 2004
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FISHING: Fair
I did fish the Day' around Clarino on the the 27th. The fishing was only fair as the water is still up. Thin mints and zonkers, swinging a sink tip were effective and around the 1pm the topwater bite came on in the eddys on foam poppers. We had to work for a 20 fish day with no big ones!
It's that time of the year to fish the Day'. The water is dropping (currently 1058 cfs at Service Ck.) The river is still floatable and now it is wet wadable to!
The fish are starting to concentrate in the deeper pools, drifts and eddys. With recent warm temps the water is great!
Streamers, buggers and drifted nymphs are good until late morning fished with a sink tip and short 3x leader. Watch for the topwater activity to switch over late morning and into the evening, then change over to hair poppers, frogs, dragons flies and even big dries (like salmon flies) for some explosive topwater action.
As the water level continues the drop the river will become unfloatable, so check the flows before you go!
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RECORDED:
90 ° FISHING: Fair I did fish the Day' around Clarino on the the 27th. The fishing was only fair as the water is still up. Thin mints and zonkers, swinging a sink tip were effective and around the 1pm the topwater bite came on in the eddys on foam poppers. We had to work for a 20 fish day with no big ones!
It's that time of the year to fish the Day'. The water is dropping (currently 1058 cfs at Service Ck.) The river is still floatable and now it is wet wadable to!
The fish are starting to concentrate in the deeper pools, drifts and eddys. With recent warm temps the water is great!
Streamers, buggers and drifted nymphs are good until late morning fished with a sink tip and short 3x leader. Watch for the topwater activity to switch over late morning and into the evening, then change over to hair poppers, frogs, dragons flies and even big dries (like salmon flies) for some explosive topwater action.
As the water level continues the drop the river will become unfloatable, so check the flows before you go!