This is my favorite time of year on the East Walker. The water is cool and usually offers lower flows, the weather is generally mild and the fishing is fantastic. Last Friday the river was a little high at 140 CFS and the fish were a little finicky because the flows were being jacked up and down on a daily basis. However, the flows dropped on Monday to about 85 CFS and then again on Tuesday to 79 CFS. That’s about 48 hours of fairly stable and highly fishable flows by Wednesday, so off I went.
Mallards on the East Walker.
It is surprising how little 60 CFS actually changes the way the river looks. I wasn’t sure that the flows hadn’t gone back up when I arrived at the Elbow (more…)
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