No significant changes to report. The overall bite has slowed a bit respective to the cooler air temps. It can pick up just as quickly when the barometer begins moving higher. We have been guiding from our drift boats almost exclusively for an extended period; with smiles, & high fives from our clients telling us the “catch’N” is good.  Flows remain very low due to maintenance on the hydro-electric facilities around PVR. The bulk of the fish will seek the deepest pools at this level. A fair amount of riffle water will be to shallow for fish to stage in during the hatches, so focus on the larger pools, & their respective tail outs. The baetis hatch comes off after noon most days, with some blanket midge emergences appearing too. Drifting has been good for numbers of smaller planted rainbows and browns with a few bigs showing in the counts most days. We are currently limited in our runs due to low water. Smaller perch fry patterns like our #16 Punk Perch in the afternoons during the BWO hatch is a good call. Make sure you have some #16/18 adult baetis (BWO) patterns handy for the mayfly hatch. The adults come off in the foam, & hide in it while their wings are drying. Keep your imitations high and dry with frequent use of desiccant.  This should be a memorable season for surface action. Nymph the deeper pools, & slots using Assassins, flashback pheasant tails, broken back midges, olive crystal caddis larva, & olive larva patterns. Hot streamers on the drift boat trip have been Spruce-A-Bu’s and Loebergs, with the parallel Punk Perch getting grabs during the hatch. High-vis BWO adults and a dropper mayfly nymph profile can be deadly just prior to; & during the hatch. Fish your dry/dropper rig in the deeper riffle water, or along the foam lines leading into the pools.

Harold Green and Mike Brooks have been spanking the fish on drift trips for nearly two decades with me. Fun times my friends, thanks again.

Photo Credit: Tom Loe/Doug Rodricks

Veteran Drifters Jake Brower, and Daryl Anthony ripped a bunch of lips on their two days of drift boat fly fishing. The “beef” shows one of several bigs they caught and released on Drifters Punk Perch streamers. “Heavy D” taming a tail walking bow on a pool they punished.

Photo Credit: Tom Loe

Photo Credit: Tom Loe/Doug Rodricks

Al Guerrero is all smiles showing off just one of his prettier rainbows he C & R with Doug Rodricks going the guiding.

Photo Credit: Doug Rodricks

Lane and Melissa Kannegieter did fantastic on their float down the MO. This chunky rainbow turned out to be the best of the day. We had a fun time watching Melissa stick some nice fish during the baetis hatch also

Photo Credit: Tom Loe

Veteran Drifters Jake Brower, and Daryl Anthony ripped a bunch of lips on their two days of drift boat fly fishing. The “beef” shows one of several bigs they caught and released on Drifters Punk Perch streamers. “Heavy D” taming a tail walking bow on a pool they punished.

Photo Credit: Tom Loe