Thanks for subscribing to Trout Creek Flies Green River Report. We will endeavor to continue his report for you and keep it current.  --- March 2nd 2010

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RIVER FLOW INFORMATION-FLAMING GORGE - (Extracted from the Bureau of Reclamations Weekly Report).   Water Users Meeting

Presently:
Releases out of Flaming Gorge are currently fluctuating around a 1,550 cfs daily average.  The final February forecast for April through July unregulated inflow into Flaming Gorge Reservoir was 57 percent of average, a decrease from 65 percent of average in January.  Snowpack in the Upper Green River Basin has been hovering around 56 percent.  With the current snowpack and decrease forecast, March releases will be decreased to 900 cfs daily average. 

 RIVER WATER TEMPERATURES-
      37.22 degrees

WATER QUALITY- Water quality (rated poor, fair, good or excellent is currently:) Excellent
DAM TO LITTLE HOLE= Excellent.
LITTLE HOLE TO RED CREEK= Good
BELOW RED CREEK= Good     However we all know it can change at any time. Lately it has been consistently good. Best to check locally before depending on conditions to be favorable enough to fish.

A NOTE ABOUT RED CREEK: Rain storms or early spring run-off may cause Red Creek (12 miles downstream from the dam) to flow on occasion, it's effect depends on how much flow is occurring into the river-just a little, not bad, a lot, cloudy but usually can be fished with streamers. A heavy flow will cause the lower Green River to run completely red at times and be entirely unfishable.

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AVAILABLE AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, AQUATIC INSECTS AND TERRESTRIAL HATCHES:

SCUDS - Scuds should be olive/gray, #16-22 or smaller if you want to match. the natural micro-scuds. Larger scuds (#14-10) in Tan, Pink and Orange as attractors are also effective.

MIDGES - Pupa: brassies, red, olive, camel or black #20-24. Tie some with tungsten beads for weight (known as Zebra midges), others with glass beads for color. Adults: the most common adults are black, olive, or gray. Small Adams and simple adult midge patterns (#16 to #22) will work including clustering patterns such as a Griffiths Gnat, Two Bead Midge or the local Fuzz ball.

BAETIS-  We are seeing it sporadically, but don't expect much until April. (some years it will start in March)

SEE HATCH CHART BELOW
PALE MORNING DUNS-Late June to July.  TRICOS- None. CALLIBAETIS- None. CADDIS- Some hatches but the great evening hatch has slowed down. STONE FLIES- Yellow Sally stone flies also early July. CICADAS- Did not Happen this year.. TERRESTRIALS- Yes. ATTRACTORS- Beginning - MORMON CRICKETS- None. STREAMERS- Woolly Buggers 4-6, black, olive, tan, Goldilocks. Double Bunnies 2-4, Playboy Bunnies.

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The fly list above suggests the available trout food and their imitations. Each week I will list the top  flies that were productive from the week before. Please keep in mind they also change with current fishing conditions.
1. Midge Dry -- Griffith, Tiny Para-adams, fuzz ball, Brooks sprout, Befus Emerger, two Bead midge, Trailing Shuck Midge
2. JU JU Baetis 20 - 24
3. Bar Emerger  size 18 - 26
4. WD-40  size 18 - 24
5. Zebra Midge 18 - 24  Red is always good this time of year.
5. Streamers,    all sizes  local patterns are Goldiloks, Playboy Bunny, White/Chartruese, and any streamer that each person has his or her most confidence in.

H THE PAST WEEK IN REVIEW - RATED 6

 Blue Wing olives have been hatching very sporadically.  The winter midges have finally turned loose, and we are getting some quite heavy hatches in the early afternoons. The area around Little Hole is a good destination because of the longer hours of sunlight compared to the canyon stretches. Usually this winter hatch begins very close to the first of the year, however this year in the changing flows twice per day it seems as though it took longer for the hatch to manifest itself.
We also had a difference in the weather this year. There were many days fishermen didn't show at all due to the sustained freezing temperatures.

Expect to witness many more fishermen using Streamers at this time of year. There are some great days ahead of us.

P.S. - We welcome you to stop by for a visit with us in our fly shop located on the corner of the Highway 191 and the Little Hole Road in Dutch John. Our Daily summer hours are 7:00 AM to 7:00 & 8:00 PM on weekends .

 *** FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AHEAD- RATED 7.0 and higher. for Dry, Nymphs & Streamers.

According to the Bureaus latest report the water should start flowing at 900 cfs in the month of March. This might help fishermen fish to the hatches and the steady flow will certainly be more to the fishes liking.

*** THIS PAST WEEKS CROWD MONITOR- On a rating of 1 to 10, with one being an empty river and ten stay home.  (3)

So far the Month of March is beginning on a good note as far as the temperatures are concerned. We can still expect some bad weather in the future but most of the real cold days are gone. The Midge hatch will continue through the month and will give you much fun right at midday. Expect to see some bwo mayflies but they really do not begin until the first week in April. That is not always the case but on the average. Yesterday I had a very fun trip down the river and although we took it easy we still  slipped the hook to many a jawbone. Streamers fished deep was the ticket for us. We started with the Playboy Bunny and never changed it, although I know other patterns would have worked.
Still, we have not witnessed any crowds on the river this year. Not sure what the main problem is but right now it can't be blamed on the weather.

Important to remember: Wade Fishers: There are only two access points on the upper river, Little Hole and Spillway. Everyone has to enter at one of these two areas. It's less important as to how many people are there, but what you do to separate yourself from others makes for solitary fishing. If you are reluctant to walk a little, expect to fish with others. Remember there is a very good Forest Service built trail that spans the entire north side of the river between the Dam and Little hole, 7 miles down River. Boaters: Seems there are always a large number of novice boaters trying out their river skills, not all are successful, hopefully they will improve as the year progresses. The worst transgressions: Following too close to others boaters, cutting too closely in front of other drifting boats, floating through or over another anglers fish, competing for fishing holes and fish already occupied by other boating or wading anglers. There's plenty of river and fish, let's give each other a little courtesy and room (i.e. try practicing the Golden Rule when it comes to our fellow anglers). This is supposed to be fun for us all!

These ratings are the lowest possible anytime. Weekends A Section (Friday/Saturday)= 3 for fishermen, 2 for rafters. B section (Friday/Saturday)= 1 for fishermen- 1 for rafters. Weekdays, all sections = 3

 

 *** EVALUATION RATINGS –6-- Fishing's been 6 On occasions Denny was asked about his rating system which was used to evaluate the fishing in this report. The questions were generally things like: do you ever rate the fishing a ten? You won't see a ten from me very often, it has to be consistently incredible for a ten rating. Though we do get incredible days, we seldom get a full week of it. Other comments are that I'm to conservative only rating the river at a five or six. So here it is: 1,2,3 very poor to poor; 4 below average; 5,6 average to good; 7 great; 8 excellent; 9 superb; 10 incredible. So you can see, a five or six rating is not a poor rating and should be a great time to fish the river.