Fishing Report - June 07, 2026

The river is flowing at about 145 cfs today and has still been fishing pretty well. Most anglers are reporting some decent action on the upper mile section for some larger fish and also some decent action on the section past the bridge for larger quantities of fish. Nymphing is still the way to go with only a couple good streamer reports coming in. Water temps are still good, in the low to mid 60's and the flows are very user friendly. Some of the patterns we've been hearing about: zebra midge, flashback emerger, twisted caddis, buckskin caddis, Fox's poopah, jig worms, squirmy wormy, perdigon, silver streak, rainbow warrior. 

The ranch is also still fishing very well with good reports coming in from most of the anglers we've talked to that have fished there. The calendar is getting pretty booked so if you want to get on there try to give us a call well ahead of time. 

We received a couple of complaints about the weeds on the pond this week so I took some time this morning and went out there myself to have a go. There are definitely a lot of weeds in the pond right now, launching my tube was a little difficult as there are some thick matts of weeds up against the North shore, likely from the wind blowing the weeds up there after mowing. Once I got out 20 or 30 feet I noticed it was really too weedy to fish, my plan was to just kick around the pond looking for some water that was somewhat weed free. As I moved towards the West side of the pond I ran into a pretty good clearing and started throwing some casts with a small leech pattern and a soft hackle dropper, first or second cast I got hit, a couple casts later I hooked and landed a nice 16" rainbow. I fished this area for a half hour or so and landed 2 more fish, farmed 3 or 4 and got hit several more times without hooking up. I moved on to see what kind of shape the rest of the pond was in, as I kicked over to the South side it was very weedy, too weedy to really bother fishing then when I got over to the East side I ran into another much larger clear area and in short order was able to catch a couple more 14" to 16" bows and farm several more. All in all I'd say there is about 10 or 15% of the pond that is fishable, I did hook up some weeds now and then but it wasn't that bad in the more clear areas. That being said I would let you know that if you're willing to tolerate these conditions you should be able to have a pretty good time on the pond. I'll try to keep a close eye on the conditions and if it gets bad enough that there are no clear areas to fish I'll let you know. 

The Reservoir has produced quite a few nice fish this past week up to around 7 pounds. The trolling still seems to be a good way to go with night crawlers, Thomas Bouyants, Rapalas and speedy shiners while the bait fishing has been producing some good fish with pinched crawlers, inflated night crawlers, garlic power bait and mice tails. Most boats are reporting around 5 to 15 fish per day, not crazy action but most of the fish are over 3 or 4 pounds. 

We didn't hear anything from Kirman this week but when we do hear something we'll pass it on. 

The Twins are still producing some decent numbers of fish, both from the shore and from boats. It sounds like the anglers who are moving around a bit, trying different locations and baits are doing the best, Most of the successful anglers we've talked to have said that at first it was slow but when they kept moving around they would eventually find a pocket with some nice fish in it. Power bait, pinched crawlers, crawlers and mice tails are all good bets. Early and late in the day the lure action with Thomas Bouyants and small Rapalas has been decent. 

The West is still running around 600 cfs and is pretty difficult to fish, we didn't talk to anyone who had any success this past week, hopefully the flows will come down over the next week or two and the action will get better. 

The Virginias are still fishing pretty well with good reports coming in from Big, Little and Trumbull. The best action if coming from anglers fishing from tubes as they are able to get further away from the shoreline. Power bait, mice tails, inflated crawlers and pinched crawlers are all doing well and for lures Thomas Bouyants, Panther martins and mini jigs are all doing well. 

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