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Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day

We spent Mother’s Day on the river at the Walk-In.  It was a beautiful day. The walk-in is still giving out fish mid-day, but not as consistently.  The water was low on Sunday when we fished just above the Paria Riffle.  Our main fly of choice was a midge(depending on color). For More Details, Visit… Continue Reading

Low Water Saturday

Low Water Saturday

We had low water today and attacked the fish 3 different ways.  Each proved to be successful.  First, when wading we used our standard midging rig.  Second, we anchored and fished from the boat.  We midged the top of seams and threw streamers in the bottom.  We finished out the day drifting.  With low water… Continue Reading

May Day

May Day

Fishing upriver has improved.  As with the walk-in report, the fish have been active all day.  The only time fishing slows slightly is when the water drops after lunch. We started the day throwing our suspended midging rig.  In the morning, we ran 36 inches to the first fly and a standard 16-18 to the… Continue Reading

Last Day of April.

Last Day of April.

Well the Swallows have arrived and that means one thing, there here for the midges.  Our midge hatch is in full swing.  Coming off the Walk in this afternoon we will start there.  We started our day around noon, we only saw a couple people out at that time of the day.  With the weather… Continue Reading

April

April

Fishing up river with a good water flows through the week days have made for good fishing all day. Fish have been healthy and with full belly’s. With the Midge hatches coming on stronger and more often through the days it has been my only fly the last few trips. A standard zebra midge or… Continue Reading

March 12′

March 12′

Hello all my fellow fishers,Low water again and we are loving it. The flow is an average of 10,000 cfs, but we are seeing it as low as 7,500 cfs first thing in the morning.The fish are FAT, just have a look at this beautiful 15′ female bow, tell me you don’t see the football… Continue Reading

Feb 2012   / ISE Expo

Feb 2012 / ISE Expo

02/22/12 Hello heres the lates report on my return to the Ferry. After coming off the water for the last week fishing was good. The spawn beds are active and make for fun site fishing hook ups. One way to fish this is with a short single nymph rig with a egg pattern. Locate your… Continue Reading

January 28, 2012

January 28, 2012

Hello all my fellow fishers, The photos above are from a trip on 1/21/12, Bill Hayes holding a beautiful 17” female rainbow, caught on a olive scud, on his first cast of the day. The fishing at Lee’s Ferry is good right now, due to the lack of moisture this winter the high flows have… Continue Reading

Winter Flows & Begining of the Spawn

Winter Flows & Begining of the Spawn

Winter time at Lee’s Ferry means high flows(20,300 cfs) and of course December signifies the start of this years spawn. We are using a few different techniques out there, depending on where on the river you are fishing. First rig is your standard nymphing rig; 9′-5X leader, 15” of 5X tippet, first fly, 18-20”,second fly,… Continue Reading

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