June 15 2005 - 66 degrees - 1 PMPhotos & text © Wm Abrams - protected by copyright See copyright information HERE for details
trout holding in a thermal refuge - the dark area of fish extended out of the photo another 15-20 feet downstream
June 8 2005 - 74 degrees - 9 PM>
water too hot for C&R fishing for Trout - catch a few Big Bass!
heavy spinner fall - thousands of spinners collect under outdoor lights -
a few Alders (Zebra Caddis) showing up here & there:
June 5 2005 - 86 degrees - 4 PM
Isonychia female (sz 10)
June 1 2005 - 76 degrees - 1:20 PM
nice clear water allows me to photograph rising trout at a distance (circ polarizer used)
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June 22 2004 - 76 degrees - 3:30 PM
hoppers are around already
June 13 2004 - 64 degrees - 6:50 PM
June 11 2004 - 59 degrees - 5:40 PM
why are the best risers always on the far side of the river?
June 9 2004 - 89 degrees - 4:20 PM
hot and calm this afternoon
Damselfly emerging
Hellgrammite
June 8 2004 - 84 degrees - 3:30 PM
June 7 2004 - 65 degrees - 7:30 PM
bright big cahill (sz 10)
June 4 2004 - 69 degrees - 8:10 PM
PaleEve Duns -Stenonemas -Cahills -Sulfurs -Drakes<
-Olives -Caddis -Alders -Stoneflies.........trout buffet!!
Spinners: Cahills March Browns Sulfurs PEDs and Rustys after dark
Very small shiny streamers can also be lethal at dusk this time of year in high water,
notice little 1" Chub fry minnow above the Steno spinner in this photo:
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June 25 2003 - 90 degrees - 2:15 PM
thousands of Zebra Caddis (locally called the Alder Fly) - all over bushes
it's easy to forget in this high water, refuges are closed June 15
Anyone remember 160cfs??
(top of Corner Pool in drought of Aug 2002):
and today:
June 19 2003 - 72 degrees - 1:30 PM
back to a reasonable flow - fish rising to small 'stuff' this afternoonJune 17 2003 - 60 degrees - 8:30 PM
(not much of a quick photo, but )
occasionally the Housy yields a 'beast' of a BrownJune 16 2003 - 55 degrees - 9:45 AM
high flows but plenty of active risers this AMJune 15 2003 - 70 degrees - 6:25 PM
lots of spinners and spent Caddis on the water after darkJune 13 2003 - 59 degrees - 4:25 PM
high water - again
June 10 2003 - 60 degrees - 7:35 PM
Cahill spinner (2 tails: Stenonema, 3 tails: Sulfur)
another Brown for a sleep-deprived night fisherman (Torrey)June 9 2003 - 64 degrees - 11:15 AM
classic dark Paraleptophlebia profile on water
High water - plenty of bugs and some rising fish
big Yellow SoneflyJune 4 2003 - 56 degrees - 7:35 PM
June 3 2003 - 54 degrees - 8:55 AM
sz20 Black Caddis & Red EftJune 2 2003 - 50 degrees - 8:45 AM
another male Stenonema (sz14 Cahill)
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the river by month:JANUARY- FEBRUARY- MARCH- APRIL- MAY- JUNE- JULY- AUGUST- SEPTEMBER- OCTOBER- NOVEMBER- DECEMBER-
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