Fishing Reports

 I guess.  The fun's almost over.  

Low water and cagey fish make for a tough day, especially if you're expecting to get second chances and fish that will tolerate your water slapping, line belly having brand of nonsense.  A small parachute adams landed light as a feather will get you the snooty fish hanging out in the shallows.  Good idea, that, approaching the water slowly, scanning for sentry fish, and dropping subtle dries and emergers as naturally as you can.  Aspens are coming on strong, so enjoy the crisp autumn days.

Some guys are doing a deep drop with a heavy nymph off a foamy floaty dry fly, four to six feet.  What a pain in the butt, though definitely a good way to hang a guajolote (sp) brown trout.  It's fishing well bottom to top, pocketwater being particularly productive. Working the very close margins with dry flies, small ones being the ones that work best.

A little high, but who's complaining.  Explore all the tribs for coolness and privacy, using attractor dries.  On the big flow, I'd run the usual turds, cranes, and worms.  One thing I like to do is put a cone sinker on the head of a yuk bug and try to root under the banks for big fish.

Salvations, small red annelids, and madam X would be my first choices.  I like the bugmeisters too.  It's going to be crowded for a while, what with our state being en fuego and all.  And the green drake hatch is right around the corner, so perhaps the crowds won't abate for a bit.

The flows are like your car while you're fixing a flat tire, i.e. completely jacked up.  If you feel safe enough to give it a go, I'd fish above the South and Lake Forks and watch my wading.  I'd fish turds on long leaders and I'd be like the Outlaw Josey Wales and throw lots of lead.  Bacon worms would be on my line too, as well as small red copper johns.  Actually, no matter how many times I changed flies, I'd be focusing on the same idea as Arnold Schwartzenegger, i.e. getting to the bottom.