The water temps are cold so the fish are hitting very light. Be prepared for that. But, fishing is pretty good anyway. Tiny midge nymphs are going to still be bread and butter for another few weeks, but add some tiny dark mayfly nymphs, scuds and Ray Charles to your box too. Fish have been … Continue reading Crooked River Fishing Report 2/18/20

great flows, pretty warm days and good fishing is what you'll find on the Crooked. Usually this time of year is all midges (nymphs and dries) but we have seen some light BWO hatches bringing fish up too in the last week to 10 days.

We Wish you a Merry Chris-Midge, We Wish you a Merry Chris-Midge, We Wish you a Merry Chris-Midge and BWO New Year. Its midge time on the Crooked. Fish are eating the small stuff so bring your midge box and your 7x. Scuds, Eggs, Skinny Nelson, Micro Mayfly and Hell Razor Leeches are working too. … Continue reading Crooked River report 12/16/19

The Crooked is fishing fair to good, with stable flow and not to cold in the canyon over there. It's mostly midges now, nymphs, emerging pupa and adults, along with scuds, eggs and small BWO nymphs. On days that get into the 40's it's worth staying to about 4 or so and getting into a … Continue reading Crooked River fishing report 12/7/19

The flows are nice for winter at 93 cfs. We've seen it much lower and that can be a negative for the fishing. 93 gives the fish and the insects some cover and comfort and is enough flow that it won't freeze over as easily unless we get a bad arctic system. All good news. … Continue reading Crooked River fishing report 11/22/19

The report guy is going fishing in Cuba 11/1 to 11/14 so unless the weather gets crazy this report should hold up until he is back. Nymphing has been productive on the river, with perdigons and small mayfly nymphs taking a lot of trout and whitefish. Zebra Midges, Thread Midges, Winklers, Avengers, Ray Charles and … Continue reading Crooked River fishing report 11/1/19

Sorry for the delayed report, the report guy had to go in for emergency surgery and wasn't energetic enough to get his Sh*t together. We've been running Crooked trips and a lot of the staff have been going on their days days off because it is so good now. Not many hatches this week, so … Continue reading Crooked River fishing report 10/23/19

Today the water has dropped to 150 cfs so it is coming down to winter flows as we speak. We are seeing good to very good fishing on dries and nymphs. PMD hatches and increasingly better and better BWO hatches. Also, keep an eye open for Mahogany Duns and Midges to be important. Speaking of … Continue reading Crooked River fishing report 10/2/19

we love fall on the Crooked, especially this time of year when the water is still up and the hatches are coming on strong. Our guides are reporting excellent hatches of BWO, PMD and Mahogany Duns, midges and some caddis, plus some hopper action along the grassy banks. Nymphing has been very good on Perdigon's, … Continue reading Crooked River fishing report 9/14/19

Our guides are seeing improving fishing with less weed/algae drift lately. Water levels came up in the 300 cfs range. There are good hatches of BWO, PMD and Mahogany Dun mayflies now, and as we move into September and October those will be even better. Nymphing with Euro techniques has been best for our guides. … Continue reading Crooked River fishing report 8/24/19