There is a lot of water in Rock Creek. Flows as of this morning were sitting just below 500 cfs, in the 90th percentile for this time of year. Flows have actually come down quite a bit from what they were earlier this week. The rain is likely going to keep flows high for a bit.
Fishing, however, has not been adversely affected by the deluge of water. In fact, in has been quite good. Lots of dries are on the water, including Spruce Moths, evening PMDs, caddis and hoppers. Don’t expect to see Spruce Moths for a few days as the rain puts them down. When it does clear back up, head higher up the Creek if you want to fish this hatch. Hoppers are also going to be impacted by the wet weather, but action will pick back up on the next sunny day.
Nymphing or streamer fishing is not a bad option during the cloudy weather. If you don’t see any mayflies coming off, and they should be, tie on a double nymph rig with princes, pheasant tails, lightning bugs or any other mayfly of caddis pupae pattern.
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