Above Benton Crossing — barbless flies and lures only, open all year, catch-and-release.
Since September, three runs of big browns and rainbows have come up from Lake Crowley. The latest run had fish stacked in the deeper bends, making them easy targets, with many anglers getting up to six fish in the 18–24" range using Yellow Spot and Flashback Pheasant Tail nymphs about 6 feet deep under an indicator.
This past week, the fish spread out into 3–4 ft runs for spawning. Nymphs are now working only on stragglers, so switch to Bacon and Eggs (egg pattern with a San Juan Worm) or cast black/olive Woolly Buggers downstream.
There’s been decent caddis and mayfly activity for good midday topwater action on smaller fish.