The good news is that we’ve received much needed rain this past week, but bad news is this muddied up the river a bit and reduced visibility.  The water levels on the Bow are up about 6″ from last week, but visibility was down to about 1.5′ on Saturday and cleared up to 2′ on Sunday within the city.  The stretch below the Highwood remains even dirtier with less visibility.  In addition, the insect hatches don’t seem as prolific as they were a few weeks ago.  Both days witnessed some caddis, green and yellow sallies, the occasional leftover March brown.  The sieve brought up some green and brown rock worms, aquatic worms, leeches and some pupae of the insects mentioned before.  Despite the lack of visibility and cloud cover, the fish were in the usual haunts looking for a meal or two.  Fish were caught in shallow water (2′), but were concentrated in slightly deeper pockets along runs.

Hot flies of the weekend were flashback beadhead hare’s ear, flashback beadhead pheasant tail, san juan, Jimmy’s rubber legs (stonefly nymph), and caddis pupa. 

Good news was for the first time in a long time, I got to meet more rainbows than browns.  Despite looking a bit pale, they were a healthy weight and fiesty as could be.  It looks as though we’re in for some additional wet weather this week, but just remember, the fish don’t mind and are always looking for a free meal (or imitation!).  Good luck and tight lines….