The "Last Day".
Back when the world was young, the trout season closed everywhere on September 30th. Today if you put the proper additives in your bloodstream you can trout fish year 'round. It was, however, the last day for the UE above Shinhopple and the WB above Monument. The intent of the closures is to protect the spawning browns. Not sure what is going on with the River Master but the minimum flow requirement at Montague has been pretty much ignored this week. The Cannonsville release has been cut back to 300 CFS in anticipation of the 2.11 inch rain that was forecast just this morning. As of tonight it has been cut back to under two. We badly need the rain. It's spawning time for the browns and there is no way they can get up the tribs at current levels. Let it rain! The fishing - Stopped my camp closedown program at 12;30, had lunch and set out to fish. The WB at 300 CFS is tempting but it is still a silt laden mess. Drove to the UE intending to fish above Shinhopple...