03-29-2016, 09:23 PM
It's very much a freestone type of river much unlike the Middle and Lower sections. Shallow water mostly with some deeper pools. I love fishing that section on occasion to just get away from crowds a bit. The fish are pretty eager to eat usually too but they are generally small (8-12 inch range). Cool thing is you have the possibility to catch anything from browns, brooks, rainbows, cutts and whitefish.
A month from now (assuming early May) I'd be ready to throw dry hopper/dropper combo all day long, a parahopper/hare's ear or pheasant tail type of setup. I like the parahopper but really any big dry would work probably.
Keep some Adams and Elk Hair Caddis sizes 14-18 on hand too. That section "matching the hatch" is less important in my opinion, just put something tasty on the water and you can get some takes.
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A month from now (assuming early May) I'd be ready to throw dry hopper/dropper combo all day long, a parahopper/hare's ear or pheasant tail type of setup. I like the parahopper but really any big dry would work probably.
Keep some Adams and Elk Hair Caddis sizes 14-18 on hand too. That section "matching the hatch" is less important in my opinion, just put something tasty on the water and you can get some takes.
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