colder temps on CR

[troutcrazy]

I m headin down friday and actually prefer 10,000+ feel like it turns the slot fish to bite on more. More flow bigger fish

I have a boat and I still don't care for it at 10,000. I find myself fooling around with the boat more than fishing. I like it in between no flow and 4,000. Hope you are able to have some luck...rainbow run has never been nice to me, but everything from black bear creek down to rock house has produced.

[bookworm]

Fished upstream of Helms on Friday. Didn't have a stream thermometer with me but the water felt a bit cooler, maybe high 50's. I threw a spoon and Rooster Tail most of the day, a few bumps and follows but no fish in the boat. Around 3 in the afternoon I noticed a couple dozen trout rising to a pretty substantial midge hatch in the shade close to one shoreline. I put on a dry fly and caught one smallish rainbow. Then the pull cord on my outboard proceeded to break at the handle, so I was left trying to drive upstream with my trolling motor close to the bank. I had to drive over the fish, thus spooking them. Gave up around 4 but if I'd been able to avoid driving over the risers I might have caught a few more.