Cold Water
"It's definitely feeling like January out on the river. Water temps haven't breached 35 degrees since the beginning of December and the wind hasn't seemed to let up much either. However, fishing is still quite possible and in the right locations you can even manage to hide from the wind & help for a moment at least.
I managed to get out on the river earlier this week and here's what I know:
- Fishing isn't lights-out, but it's not awful either and you'll have the whole river to yourself.
- Don't bother getting up early and eat a big breakfast
- Be mindful of the floating land-masses with bad intentions
Fish are eating exactly what you might expect for this time of year and most of them happen to be fished under an indicator. These include but are not limited to:
- Firebead Sow Bugs, Charles or Scuds
- Soft Hackle Ray Charles
- Zebra Midges in Black or Red
- Tungsten Warrior
- Red Headed Step Child
Sometimes 3 hours on the river during the winter months is all you need to fight off cabin fever and recharge the batteries.
Never a bad way to spend an afternoon