March 29, 2023

As of Sunday, the River is looking better.

It is running 170 CFS, its getting better every day. We will be fishing dry flies this week if the river continues to get clearer.

Big streamers are still working pretty good. Sculpins, and crawfish are both working well; black woolly buggers have been pretty good, and glo balls, mop flies, Mega worms, San Juan worms have all been good this past week.

We are starting to see the fish reacting to Caddis on top, and saw a few blue wing olives yesterday afternoon. A 9’7X is best for the dries, but we are fishing 9’6X most of the time for nymphs, and sometimes 5X or 4X for streamers for bigger flies.

Copper johns, sow bugs, pheasant tails, and zebra midges are all pretty good right now.

Marabou jigs are starting to work better — black, black/yellow, white, olive green and tan have been good colors this past week.

Powerbait is still working very good. White, orange, yellow and pink have been the best colors this week.

Small gold spoons have also been working very good. Rebel crawfish and small rapalas are all working well right now.

Hopefully, the rains will stay light this week and the river should fish well all week. About 150 CFS and down the river should clear quicker this week. Have a good week of fishing.

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