The Crooked River is running at 94 cfs, I am not sure why it is under 100 but that’s not enough to get upset over. Many afternoons the dry fly bite is good on BWO’s including the BDE and Purple Comparadun, Film Critics and Sparkle Duns.
Whitefish are spawning so there are a lot of small yellowish eggs in the drift and it is a top nymph choice along with Scuds, Zebra Midges, Winkers, Micro May’s and small Black or Purple Perdigons.
Some of our Crooked River regulars swear by swinging a Soft Hackle, and with how many fish they catch doing it, why wouldn’t they!
Tuck a few small olive streamers in the box too. Slum Lord or Mini Gulp type stuff and dead drift, strip or swing them in deeper areas.
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