Big news for the Upper Arkansas River Basin!  Starting yesterday August 6th through November there will be an extra 2500 acre feet of water released from Twin Lakes through the Fry-Ark project.  This release is designed specifically for the health of the Upper Arkansas fishery and will add an extra 30 cfs of water to the drainage through November.  Its not much but its something and should help with the high water temps we have been experiencing.

But for the time being fishing has still been about the same, active fish in the morning but has water temps rise and hatches shut down so do the fish.  There has been a great midge hatch early that fish have been keyed in on and if you like fishing small dry flies its pretty awesome.  Red Quills have still been hatching as well  and there has still been some sporadic PMD’s.  Overall the fishing has been very good in the mornings in the Salida area.  If you’re looking for a longer day of fishing heading up higher in the drainage will afford you a few extra hours before temps reach 68.  Where ever you are fishing look for fish to be feeding in fast riffles and pocket water, the more oxygenated the water the better.

We have a hot weekend ahead of us but there is cooler weather and rain in the forecast so fingers crossed we will get some much needed moisture and cooler nightly temps which will help with water temps significantly.

The shop is open 7 days and week starting at 8am and we are booking wade, float, and high alpine lake fishing trips daily

Suggested Flies:

Perdigons #18-20, Olsen’s Quildigon #18-22, Full Metal Jacket #14-16, Blow Torch #14, Thread Frenchie #14-18, Duracell #14-16, Roza’s Violet Tailed Jig #14-16, Weiss’ BP Perdigon, Chubby Chernobyl #12-16, PMX #14-16, Stimulators #14-18, Various PMD patterns