100.4 temperature recorded in the Arctic yesterday!
It's summer, the calendar says so and so do the temps, in fact they've been saying so for at least a week. It's been very hot, dry and sunny and the flows in all of the rivers have dropped, while the water temps have soared. The river system that just a few days ago offered fishermen over 80 miles of fishing has shrunken to a mere 30.
The latest flow regime which was instituted last year with the goal of keeping the water temp below 75 at Lordville failed to do so today as the temp hit 76 ( a bigger release is now on the way down river that will hopefully correct the problem).
Was fishing Junction Pool tonight (in the cooler WB water) when four drift boats (three were licensed guides) floated into the pool and on down river where the 80 degree EB water had made the BR way too warm to fish. Under current conditions Stockport and below are not ethically acceptable take out destinations!!!
The fishing today was a struggle. Bright sun with both hot air and water temps stressed both fish, fishermen and the bugs. The morning fishing where I was was poor and was over by ten. The evening fishing began about 8:45 and was over by 9:30. Best advice I can give under current conditions is fish up stream from Hale Eddy on the WB (where the sulfur hatch has not really gotten going but the water is ice old) or stay home until the weather breaks and the summer sulfurs turn on.
The latest flow regime which was instituted last year with the goal of keeping the water temp below 75 at Lordville failed to do so today as the temp hit 76 ( a bigger release is now on the way down river that will hopefully correct the problem).
Was fishing Junction Pool tonight (in the cooler WB water) when four drift boats (three were licensed guides) floated into the pool and on down river where the 80 degree EB water had made the BR way too warm to fish. Under current conditions Stockport and below are not ethically acceptable take out destinations!!!
The fishing today was a struggle. Bright sun with both hot air and water temps stressed both fish, fishermen and the bugs. The morning fishing where I was was poor and was over by ten. The evening fishing began about 8:45 and was over by 9:30. Best advice I can give under current conditions is fish up stream from Hale Eddy on the WB (where the sulfur hatch has not really gotten going but the water is ice old) or stay home until the weather breaks and the summer sulfurs turn on.
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