Memorial Weekends marks the beginning of summer fishing in the basin. It was a cold, wet weekend that put down most hatches on the Williamson River. BWO were out and a few Golden stones were taking shelter on the banks of the river. The cold and wet did not, however, put down the fishing. Fish were stacked in the riffles. Most fish were taken on Golden stone nymphs trailed by size 14 copper johns. A few fish were swung -up on olive leeches and softhackles. The water is high and slightly off color which gives us a fighting chance against these notoriously picky Redbands. Expect the water to remain high and colored for several more weeks (which is not a bad thing). This weekend I expect to see the first good hatch of Yellow Sally’s, Ameletus and Golden Stones coming off.

We have had good fishing Upper Klamath Lake and Agency Lake the past week. Water tempetures are holding pretty steady in the mid to upper 50’s. The first good batch of Redband moved into Pelican Bay area, producing good catches. Fish are starting to pod up at mouths of springs. Fishing will only improve as the warmer weather takes hold.