No April Fools here, I wanted to tell you good river news, the Crooked has come up to 147 CFS, which is so nice on the nymphing days to snag less rock and weed, I heard the hatch was “off” yesterday and I wonder if that had to do with increasing levels? Mostly the BWO hatch has been really good, as has the nymphing action.
The Middle Deschutes has come down about 100+ cfs, certainly not as low as it will go, but access will be improved and wading safety too. March Brown Hatches have been strong.
And, indeed this cool cloudy weather is improving the mayfly hatches on the Metolius. Cinygmula #14-16 during the afternoon were strong yesterday with #18 Blue Wing Olives also in the mix. Fish were eating dries, and the nymph and streamer fishing yesterday was really good.
2 more days of this weather would be a good invitation to make plans for the Metolius and bring your dry fly rod.

More to come this weekend with the regular report, but these things were worth sharing today.

JP