Stream Report for Thursday August 10, 2006

 

San Juan River:  Flows are581 cfs below Navajo Dam

 Good fishing continues on the San Juan. We’ve had good reports that the fishing is still on fire. Fish the flats if you are wading.

Flies for the juan include griffith’s gnats, parachute adams, bwo’s small pheasant tails, red and black midge larvae baetis emergers, Johnny flash, red san juan worms and wooly buggers.

 

Rio Grande:        Flows are 246 cfs in the Wild and Scenic section and 354 cfs at Pilar

 The Rio has murked up from the recent storms to pass our way. Caddis larvae and pupa, poundmeisters, double hackle peacocks and wooly buggers are picking up most of the fish. The upper river is no longer fishable although I’ve had no reports.

 

Cimarron River:  Flows are .9 cfs below Eagle Nest Dam

 The water is low and the fish are spooky. Small non-beadhead flies are the key here like black midge larva, pheasant tails as well as scuds, parachute adams and griffith’s gnats.

 

Pecos River:     Flows are 131 cfs below Terrero

  With the recent rains the river has come up the water is cloudy and fishing is good and should continue to fish well.. Fishing is better in the mornings than it is in the afternoon. Stonefly nymphs are crawling and the midges and caddis and stoneflies are coming off most days. Small dark bodied flies like pheasant tails, prince nymphs, WD40’s, copper johns, stonefly nymphs and parachute adam’s are what’s working.

 

Jemez Mountain Streams:  Flows are 186 cfs

  With the recent storms the river is high and muddy, as the water comes down the fishing will pick up. The higher elevation streams like the San Antonio and Cebolla are fishing better. The best reports are from the East Fork draining the Caldera, upper San Antonio. Dry dropper rigs using stimulators or caddis dry flies and small beadhead nymphs are picking up most of the fish.

 

Chama River:    Flows are  111 cfs below El Vado dam and 854 Below Abiquiu dam

 This has slowed the fishing dramatically below Abiquiu dam and the water is very muddy. There is a little better fishing below El Vado. Big heavy beadheaded nymphs and streamers are the flies for the Chama. The river upstream from El Vado is fishing well right now. It may get tougher if water levels drop.

 

MacAllister Lake:

 Damsel nymphs are out in force. The water has clouded up and most fish being caught are in the 8-10 inch range.

 

Conejos River:    Flows are 307 cfs at Mogote and 63.1 below Platoro dam

 Water levels have come up and the dry fly fishing is still good with Flying Ants, Mayfly patterns, Caddis and Crystal stimulators. Red Copper Johns and Pheasant Tails  seem to be the nymph patterns of choice Bigger fish are holding in the faster water so don’t pass these up for the slower pools. When the afternoon rains come don’t call it a day the fishing only gets better. The lower river has slowed but the upper river is fishing well.  Also this is a tailwater so the water clears quickly and if it’s to muddy on the lower river you can always fish below the dam

 

   

 

Ed L'Heureux, Manager

The High Desert Angler

435 S.Guadalupe

Santa Fe NM 87501

505-988-7688

 

 

 

Ed L'Heureux, Manager

The High Desert Angler

435 S.Guadalupe

Santa Fe NM 87501

505-988-7688

www.highdesertangler.com

hda@highdesertangler.com