5.9 Still muddy - Will the river clear up enough for at least a day or two more of caddis fishing? Our optimistic Magic 8 ball says, "signs point to yes," but with 90% chance of rain today and 70% tomorrow this could be the beginning of the end. The silver lining to all the recent clouds is that the baetis hatches on the creeks have been superb the last couple days.

5.8 Blown out - too much mud coming down from the Park and the tribs to make fishing the Stone worth while.

5.7 Had a little spike in CFS as of last night and the river is dirty. The Valley has the best visibility which is still only about 6 inches at best. It was raining this morning with 70% chance of more rain, so caddis are likely off the menu this weekend. We did see a guy who caught an 18" brown on a caddis dry through the mud in town today on a stimulator. A few other decent reports from floaters in the Valley but nothing gangbusters. Fingers are crossed for one more opportunity to fish caddis dries. It certainly looks like runoff will be coming sooner than later...

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5.6 Billman Creek in town, (which comes in at the Lumber Yard), has made the main channel through town dirty. The East channel around 9th has a little more vis. The Shield's is making everything down low dirty as well. Streamer fisherman might try their luck but the dry fly fishing down low looks pretty dismal. Went out after work today and saw quite a few caddis at 89. No rises then but heard of some action on top and a good emergence when the sun was still out. Hoping for an explosion of bugs by the weekend but judging from the weather, it looks more like baetis and March Brown weather than caddis...

5.5 Went out twice today to look for caddis, once at lunch and once in the evening. Only counted one caddis. Zil for blue wings, midges, or march browns. Too windy...

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5.4 The caddis hunt continued after work yesterday. No signs of caddis at East End except for flipping rocks. Nothing at Springdale either. Until the "pop" I'd stick with the town section for the best chance at seeing caddis adults. Clarity is hanging in there with a solid 2-3 feet of visibility. Billman Creek (in town) and the Shield's are starting to kicking in some mud but not enough to ruin the fishing.

The new 9th street bridge project is now complete.

Dane Huzarski with a 26.5" toad down low! Photo: Greg Bricker

5.2 Received our first text today with reports of sporadic caddis. Caddis emergers were the hot flies, which means the trout should be on dries in no time. Talked to another gentleman who stopped at DePuy's Culvert and saw a couple fluttering about... Looks like we have some cold nights ahead of us which will keep the water temp close to 45° in the morning. We're guessing the major "pop" will be right on time for Mother's Day this year.

The Shield's is kicking in a little mud, and with today's heat we'll probably see more coming. Give us a buzz as this could blow out some of the good streamer water below 89. Probably smart to stay away from 89 to Sheep right now. Good reports from the Valley, all though we haven't heard of caddis there yet.

Guide Marcus McGuire with a solid 2 footer! Photo: Doug Mcknight

5.1 The streamer fishing has been solid the last few days, even though it has been bright and sunny. For guys throwing dries, midges have been the main hatch in the valley, March Browns for down low. Caddis are still clinging tight but will hatch soon enough! Stay tuned...