Green River Fly Fishing Report
July 16th, 2024
The Speirs fire near Flaming Gorge Resort is still burning. There are no major closures in the area. A huge thanks to all of the Firefighters that are keeping us safe!
The fly fishing on the Green River is good, but not easy. The hatches of PMD's, Yellow Sallies and Caddis are starting to wane. The low water flow during the day (985cfs) is making the fish skittish - long and accurate presentations will be rewarded. A lot of fish are keyed into size #20 PMD's, while others are willing to take the easier on the eyes size 16 PMD, Caddis or Yellow Sally. Big and small terrestrials are producing some solid fish as well! There are still a few Mormon Cricket stragglers around so be sure to bring a few giant dry flies in case you encounter them.
The fish are in great shape, and fighting hard. The current average size trout is 16 inches and thick.
Flows are 985cfs in the mornings, raising to 1,630cfs in the evenings.
Flaming Gorge Reservoir is at about 88% capacity,
985 - 1,630 CFS
Changing daily
55 - 59 F
Likely blew out yesterday
subject to daily change
Flows will hopefully continue to rise this summer
A Section: The Caddis are still pretty thick with PMD spinners, duns and Yellow Sallies around in the late mornings.
B Section: Some Caddis, PMD's show up in the am and last till around 2pm
C Section: PMD's and terrestrials are fishing best.
Hatches: Terrestrials, PMD's, Caddis, Yellow Sallies, a few Mormon Crickets
Dry Flies
Hot and Sunny conditions fish best . The low flows make the fish spooky.
High Vis Chubby Chernobyl #10-14
Triple Double #10-14
Elden's Mother's Day Caddis #16-18
Streamers
Dark day dark fly. Bright day, bright fly. Retrieval speed - mixed. 0X - 2X tippet. Early mornings and evenings are usually best.
Humungus black/gold
El Sculpito tan
Cheech Leech - articulated all colors
Complex Twist Bugger - all colors
Galloup's Dungeon - articulated all colors
Nymphs
There are a large variety of nymphs for the fish to choose from. Use 5x or 6x tippet
Egan's Frenchie #14-16
Tungsten Jig TNT - PMP #16 -20
Grey or yellow Soft Hackle #18
Scuds #20-22 grey, olive
Tungsten Zebra Midge #14-20 brown, wine, purple, black
Flossy Worm pink, purple, red, orange #10-14
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