New Mexico Fly Fishing Blog

A little windy, occasional shower, otherwise beautiful weather. Fishing very slow using flies. Fished the Middle Fork.

A little windy, occasional shower, otherwise beautiful weather. Fishing very slow using flies. Fished the Middle Fork.

awful. fishing at this lake has diminished so bad. with current gas prices i do not recommend wasting your gas going here. pecos is much better…..

10″-12″ rainbows

On the 1st I fished with Rita and fishing was great from the start. Fish were on the Caddis big time and Rita put on a clinic..She fished a foamed-bodied Caddis with a Caddis Larva dropper…Lots of action on the dry..Her dry was destroyed by the end ‘o day..I caught a few also..Our best day on the Red this year so far.

New Mexico Fly Fishing Guide Ed Adams

920cfs Warm March temps have started a premature runoff situation on the Rio. We need some cooler weather to stall the onslaught of high, muddy water. Caddis should be happening in a couple of weeks and levels are dropping a bit and have been as high as 1200cfs.

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This stream is just starting to wake up and fishing has been fair with 2 nymph rigs..A weighted nymph with a small [#14] caddis larva dropper fished with an indicator. This isn’t an easy stream to fish but there are some nice fish in here.

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50cfs in the canyon. Lots of caddis about especially later in the day.The trails are in good shape and you don’t have to get down too early..Try droppers early and caddis dry later.Saw a few Stoneflies on 3/31 and fishing was good with D&D combo.

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5 cfs…Very low…Long casts with small dries [Adams #16] can still take fish but they are spooky…

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CHAMA below ABIQUIU DAM: 148 cfs…Excellent flow and the Browns should be actively spawnin near the dam..November is one of the best months to fish here but the weather can get nasty and the wind fierce….Try a nice day..

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On 3/6 I fished with Joe & Rita. It was the first nice warm day after a week of cold snowy weather..The normal Mayfly hatch came off and the fish were on the emerger. We didn’t see a lot of Caddis…A good day but not great..On 3/7 I fished for 4 hours below the Hatchery and water temps were 50-56*. Dry fly action on the Para Adams#14 was great for an hour or so. I didn’t see any Caddis..Fishing slowed after 3pm..On 3/8 Rita fished the same area I fished yesterday. She did very well and saw a bunch of Caddis that must have been hiding in the bushes yesterday. She fished a dry Caddis with a Caddis larva dropper. On 3/12 I fished alone, water temps were 52-56* and flow was up but fishable..It picked up when the Mayflies came off in early afternoon and continued good the rest of the day…Caddis later..On 3/19 I fished alone and temps were 53-60*. Lots of Caddis and the flow was up and fishing was fair..Best fish a 17″ Cutbo..On 3/28 I fished wth Rita and we got behind a couple of other anglers and it was poor but it is hard to say how the fishing is when you’re getting the second bite out of the apple..Water level remains higher than at this time in the past few years.

New Mexico Fly Fishing Guide Ed Adams

Fishing pressure on the lake continues to be extremely light and we have had no reports from anglers. For updated ice conditions on the lake, contact the Corps of Engineers office at 505-465-2300.

The only boat ramp open for launching is the low water ramp in the Cove Canyon area and boaters are advised to use caution due to low water
conditions.

Fishing is fair using jigging spoons and minnows for a mixed bag of walleye and white bass. Fishing for all other species is slow.

Ice conditions have remained fairly stable and the ice is about 16-to-18 inches thick. Anglers are advised to use caution.

Fishing is fair using salmon eggs, roe sacks, ice jigs tipped with wax worms, power bait or salmon eggs for a mixed bag of trout and perch. Call 505-377-6271 for updated ice conditions.

Water flow below Cochiti Lake is 418cfs.

Fishing is fair using power bait, salmon eggs and spinners for trout. There were no reports on other species.

Water flow at the Taos Junction Bridge is 388cfs. Fishing is fair using large bunny leaches for northern pike up to 20 pounds.

Fishing for trout is fair using spinners, wet flies, power bait and salmon eggs.

Fishing pressure is non-existent although this is a good time of
the year to start looking for walleye. They should be starting to feed
before they go into a spawning mode.

Give them a try with jigs tipped with
minnows fished over deep humps and off points.

Water levels continue to rise and the main boat ramp is open for launching boats. No four wheel drive required.

There is some ice around the edges of the lake in the morning hours but it has been clearing off by noon.

Fishing is slow and fishing pressure is very light.

Water is flowing at 45cfs below Abiquiu and 215cfs below El Vado.

Fishing continues to be slow on both stretches of river with very light fishing pressure.

Water flow below Navajo Dam is 252cfs.

Fishing in the Quality Waters is good using leaches, egg patterns, RS2s, emergers and small pheasant tail nymphs for trout.

Fishing in the lower bait waters is fair but should be picking up since this area was recently stocked. Use the same fly patterns as in the Quality Waters as well as cheese, worms, jerk baits and salmon eggs for browns and rainbows.

Striped bass action continues to be very good for some but slow for others. This past week they were caught on live bait, crank baits and large flies. Anglers having the best luck were switching from live bait to crank baits and back to live bait. Most of the fish taken were six-to-ten feet down over 20-to-60 feet of water. They seem to be in a cruising mode searching for bait fish.

Anglers fishing for stripers were also picking up a few good size white bass and were trolling areas from Rattlesnake Island south past Horse Island and making large sweeps through this area. A few stripers were also taken in the marina areas.

The only other reports received were of a few catfish taken at the north end of the lake. The Rock Canyon boat ramp has reopened and the Dam Site ramp has one lane open.

Fishing is fair using salmon eggs and power bait for trout.

The pond is a good location for winter trout fishing.