San Juan River Fishing Report 02/26/2011
Capt. Mark Nesbit
February 26, 2011
San Juan River - Freshwater Fishing Report
Hello Everyone,
The river flow is around 485cfs. The water visibility is around 2-3 feet. What has been working for me in the upper areas has been a golden nugget egg pattern to a #24-26 black bodied. copper ribbed Krystal flash midge. The egg catches a few but it seems to help get the fish looking for the midge. Early am use the egg to a dark gray or black midge pupa. The midges start to emerger around 10:00 -10:30 am with fish starting to gulp around 10:30-11:00 am. If the fish are gulping hard try your larger midge cluster patterns. If there just sipping try a single #24-26 black midge.
The Texas hole has been fishing fair to good . I've been using a #24-26 gray bodied, black headed pearl Krystal flash midge, with good results. From T-hole down to Death row has been fishing good using the above combination's in the early am to mid afternoon and again as the sun drops. The beatis hatch has been weak to fair with some Blue Wing Olives showing on the water around 1:00-1:30 pm. Chocolate or gray RS2 foam wings. Try a # 20-22 parachute Adams, with the mayflies on the water. if the fish are rising.
From Simon Canyon down to Gravel Pit the egg to midge or beatis patterns have been working well.
Just take a look and see if it's the midges that are hatching, looks like small specks of dust skating on the water, and the wings lay flat with no tail. The beatis look like small sailboats with their wings sticking up, and have a split tail. I hope this helps all of you. Bent rod, line ripping off, reel screeching, fish jumping, making a hard run. That's what you come to the San Juan for.
San Juan River Fishing Forecast:
Hopefully if the night time temps start to warm up the fish will start to get more active and move into the shallows early in the morning.
The Northern Pike bite is starting on the lake.
Target Species:
Tropy Rainbow and Brown trout, Bass, and Northern Pike
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