Notes from Kingfisher Lodge

Fishing Reports, Chef's Notes, and Other News

May Fishing

Here’s another update from the Horn. The water situation has stabilized once again after the Bureau finished the new gaging system for actual discharge at the Afterbay dam. For those who fished the river during the upgrade, it was a wild ride. The water flows varied from 1400 cfs to almost 5500 cfs. The fishing was really good on the draw down, but got a little tough on the up-flow. Now the river is sitting at about 4o40cfs and fishing is good! We are still having good migdes (all day depending on the temp.) and good baetis in the afternoon. We are still waiting to see what the spring run off will do to the lake levels, which will ultimately dictate our June river flows. Right now it’s anyones guess. The upside is that no matter what the flows this river is in great shape with lots of fish. The only variable is that higher flows mean more time in the boat, because there is less wade fishing opportunities when the river gets above 7000 cfs. I will keep you posted.

Matt

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