March 8, 2023

The water is running just a bit over 200 CFS as of Sunday, and that is high, but very fishable.

Bigger streamers, woollybuggers, heaiver nymphs work well right now, as do san juan worms, glo-balls, mega worms, mop flies.

9’5X and 9’6X leaders are recommended. There will be a bit of dry fly fishing here and there, but I wouldn’t expect it to be real good until we are running below 150 CFS.

Lots of trout were caught Saturday using a copper john, with a zebra midge dropper or a pheasant tail nymph as a dropper.

If you are lucky enough to find a trout rising, try a blue wing olive, or a caddis.

Power bait is the stuff to use right now if you want to catch a lot of trout all day long, it is really working, and it does work well in the current water conditions. Yellow, pink, and white have been working very well.

Water is still off colored, so 4lb line is fine, 2 will work great as usual, but if you have 4lb you’ll do fine until the water starts clearing.

Spinners are still a good bet for the first 30 minutes or so. You may need to add some weight to your line right now to keep the spinner low in the water, and reel slowly and fish close to the bottom.

Spoons are great right now. They fall quickly and the spoon has enough shine to attract fish, fish a spoon correctly and they work really well when the water is up.

Plastic worms are as good as ever, orange, white, cheese yellow have all been working well.

Roaring River State Park trout-fishing tips are provided by Tim Homesley, owner of Tim’s Fly Shop, located at 23387 Hwy. 112.