Ok, here is something that might resemble a fishing report.  Went down to the river this past Sunday to install a new trolling motor and I was able to get out on the river to do about two hours of fishing. 

The Corps was running about 14,000 CFs which is a whole lot of water.  I was able to land a handful of rainbows all of which were 15-16 inches long.  I threw Yozuri Pin Minnows and some of the larger Crystal minnows.  The water has great color, very clear with a greenish tint.  Usually when the river is running this high the water is more off color.  That is great news because when the Corps begins to hold back on the releases the water will be excellent for fly fishing.

There is a caddis hatch occuring.  At least I saw some activity late Sunday afternoon.  I even saw some trout rising to emergers in some of the slack water areas, but I didn't even bother with bringing along the fly rod.  My guess is that the river will be at fly fishing/nymphing levels in less than two weeks, perhaps even this next weekend.  It should be fishable as long as we don't get anymore big time floods.  In the past, before they started working on the dams, I could nearly predict when they (The Corps) would stop releasing so much water, but that isn't the case anymore.  My guess is when the lake level gets between 680-681 the Corps will get to a more typical generation schedule.  That would be running water around noon or shortly thereafter and ceasing generation sometime before midnight.  Let's hope this begins sometime soon.