Green River Fishing Guides & Water Flow Release Rates For Flaming Gorge Dam Report
With A current outflow rate of 921 cubic feet per second (CFS) on the Green River below Flaming Gorge Dam generally means favorable fishing conditions. This Lower flow is expected to continue for the next 10-14 days. Here’s what you can expect:
Wade Fishing: The flow rate is moderate, making it easier for wade fishermen to access various parts of the river. You’ll find more exposed rocks and banks, which can provide good spots for casting.
Guided Drift Boat Fishing: The flow is manageable for drift boats, though you might encounter some technical rowing through certain sections due to exposed rocks. Your Green River Fly Fishing Guides Know the Green like the back of their hand.
Especially where the Wild Trophy Trout choose to hide and feed in these lower water releases that expose more of the green river banks and slower moving riffles. Causing the fish to seek deeper pockets & holding spots behind boulders further from shore. These hard to get to deeper pockets where the trout hold can only be fished from a drift boat. Captained by your Green River fly fishing guides at Dutch John Resort.
Water Clarity: Typically, the water remains clear at this flow rate, which is ideal for sight fishing.
Fish Behavior: Wild Green River Trout are likely to be active and feeding, especially in the deeper pools and slower seams. You can expect good dry fly action during hatches, as well as productive nymphing and streamer fishing.
Recommended Techniques
The NO SEE ‘UM’ Hatch
Dry Fly Fishing: Look for rising trout during hatches. Baetis (BWO) and midge patterns are often effective. The black or all white Midges don’t have individual hatches. They are so small they’re impossible to see or recognize at any distance. We only know that they’re hatching because the trout are slowly rising to slurp them down. We call this slurping action smutting. A simple yet graceful way to get a full mouth of dozens of midges with one gulp.
The Midge pupa all mature at the same rate & pop up together (We call this a CLUSTER FLY HATCH) from the Green river water bottom into the meniscus (water tension, like jello they must fight to crawl through to shed their shuck & get on top of the surface to dry their wings).
This Is Why We Call Them
‘NO SEE UM’ FLY
Individually these Midges are anywhere in size from a #28-#32!!
BUT REMEMBER THEY HATCH IN CLUSTERS ! So we use a tried & true dry fly cluster pattern to cast to the unwary trout, in a nice #18-22 !
The dry fly Griffith Gnat in either color of black or white (match the color or tie two flies, one white one black). The Trout will slam the color you need to use repeatedly.
Nymphing: Focus on the deeper seams and pools. Use small nymphs like midges, scuds, and mayfly nymphs.
Streamer Fishing: Slow retrieves with streamers can be effective, especially in deeper runs and pools.
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