Posted on May 15 2025
As of today there are limited wade opportunities on both the Willow and the BK. The WB, EB, UEB, and BR are still too high to wade.
Will be taking Jean to the airport early tomorrow, (Thursday), morning and then heading down to mow the lawn and perhaps see if I can find a rising fish to throw at.
With rain in the forecast for seven of the next ten days any wade fishing trips should be dependent on water levels on the day of departure. At present, the rain predictions do not indicate another blow out of the river system.
The water levels on the EB and WB have dropped to the point where they can be floated in relative safety. It's quite likely that Alewives have been washed into the WB along with a few reservoir trout. Streamers would seem to be the best bet for hooking into an alewife eating reservoir fish.
It has been a tough week due to the river levels. I did float this afternoon from Stilesville to DCL, in my one person pontoon raft. I’ve been here since Sunday afternoon and it was the first day I’ve felt comfortable floating (under 3000 cfs at Hale Eddy for me).
I did not see many bugs or rises, and only a few boats (5), no waders. One guy said they caught one on a streamer. I only planned to fish dries/emergers but might be tempted to go to the darkside and throw a streamer tomorrow…
Saw some caddis and a few mayflies but nothing heavy.
In spite of the less than ideal conditions it was great to finally be on the water! I did fish the Willow earlier in the week but it was the only game in town and a little too crowded for me.
March browns are good right now flaoted today
Because I have a relative age for our dear blogger I’m going with the Everley Brothers…although the title has been done by many artists…Stay safe everyone
I just got back from Florida and looking forward to being on the water next week. Let’s hope for limited rain. I can’t wait to fish
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Angler119- The weather has been ugly and the rivers unfishable. I guess the Hendricksons are done on the UWB. Is your title a line from a Roy Orbison song? Ed