Fly
Fishing Report October 7, 2018
Sorry for the long delay in fish reports, but I was
on the water most
every day in September. The fishing on Crowley
has been up an down
this past week. On the days with nice weather,
and mild winds, the
fishing has been good. However, we have been
getting COLD weather &
high winds the last few days, which has pretty much
shut things down.
The water has dropped in temperature, it is now
around 58-59 degrees.
The water is green, but the algae has not been a
problem. You will
see lots of floating weeds around the lake, as they
are now starting
to die off with the shorter days, and cooler
water. I did see lots
of fish scouting around the last two days, but did
not have much success
catching. There are still fish in shallow over
in McGee, but they are
a little scattered with the weed beds dying
off. I found good numbers
of fish holding in 8-9 feet of water, around some of
the weed beds that
do remain. There are also good numbers of fish
over at Leighton Springs,
but they have been hammered for several weeks now,
and they are starting
to thin out. I've also had some reports of
fish showing up in Big Hilton,
and Crooked Creek. This late in the season,
find the remaining weed beds,
and you will usually find some fish. But,
depending on the weather, they
may not bite like they did this summer. On the
cold/windy days, stick to
small Albinos, on the nice days, toss out some gray
shafts, or superflies
around mid morning. Keep a small perch pattern
out there as your top fly.