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Fishing Reports
San Juan River - August 24th, 2010
- Recorded:
- 91 ° F
- Fishing: Great
Midge larvae in the top stretch near the cable, black beauties, zebras in olive, gray, two-tone, and black, and red annelids, all in #22 or smaller. RS2s will work of course, and I like the copper ribbed ones too and the foam wings. Flashback PTs in 22 or 24.
Brown worms should ring too, at least as your attractor. You might trail and RS2 or gray Ray behind one.
For you dry fliers, searching with a power ant, foam ant, or just a hard shell should produce well near the banks. Sight fishing with them should be plenty of fun as well. Cluster midges, patch adams, and comparaduns should be enough for any specific emergences.
Brown worms should ring too, at least as your attractor. You might trail and RS2 or gray Ray behind one.
For you dry fliers, searching with a power ant, foam ant, or just a hard shell should produce well near the banks. Sight fishing with them should be plenty of fun as well. Cluster midges, patch adams, and comparaduns should be enough for any specific emergences.
San Juan River - August 11th, 2010
- Recorded:
- 92 ° F
- Fishing: Excellent
Gray midge pupa and larva are doing well up towards the dam and elsewhere; olive Zebras, and Juanito Flashes complete a basic theme that will keep you into fish all day (keep them small, #22 on down). Prospecting with flying ant patterns and subtle hopper dressings can be fun too, and you can always drop a midge emerger behind them. Personally, I've become an even bigger fan of the hardshell ant. It sinks ever so slightly and looks basic and real. Do yourself a favor though and put a droplet of zap a gap or some other industrial strength cement on the hackle so the thing doesn't come apart on you after only a few fish.
San Juan River - August 6th, 2010
- Recorded:
- 81 ° F
- Fishing: Excellent
Zebra midges, flashback PTs, Johnny Flashes, foam wing RS2s. Hit the gray, olive, and brown/black tones before giving up. The flows are just below 500, so you may find more concentrated fish, but keep your eyes open for spotters.
Dries include ants - power ants, foamies, and I'd try trailing a slowly sinking hardshell - comparaduns, tiny patch adams, griffiths or midge clusters.
Eggs will remain good attractors for the forseeable millenium. If the crowds are bumming you out, take a slow walk, find some space, and study the water. You're likely to find fish with your name on them.
Dries include ants - power ants, foamies, and I'd try trailing a slowly sinking hardshell - comparaduns, tiny patch adams, griffiths or midge clusters.
Eggs will remain good attractors for the forseeable millenium. If the crowds are bumming you out, take a slow walk, find some space, and study the water. You're likely to find fish with your name on them.
San Juan River - July 1st, 2010
- Recorded:
- 88 ° F
- Fishing: Excellent
Water's up to about a thousand, which should push some fish into spots you don't normally get to fish. Great time for exploring. What the heck, try sight fishing bankers with hoppers. You can throw teeny stuff to them all year. Also, there are good numbers of caddis fluttering around the riffles. When that happens, I like swinging renegades.
San Juan River - June 9th, 2010
- Recorded:
- 100 ° F
- Fishing: Excellent
Black zebras are knocking some fish, as are foam wing emergers, RS2s in gray, ultra small annelids, and clear larvae. Apparently, the heat up there is extremely uncomfortable. Might want to go naked in your waders.
San Juan River - May 26th, 2010
- Recorded:
- 79 ° F
- Fishing: Excellent
All around good as you would expect. The flows this year will be stable around 750 cfs, might drop to 500 on occasion. Right now a thread black midge larva is picking off fussy fish. Leeches are working well too on a slow strip.
