Fly Fishing Reports

Monday morning water flows below El Vado and Abiquiu were 49cfs and 316cfs respectively. Trout fishing was slow.

Fishing was slow-to-fair using minnows and jig and grub combinations for walleye and smallmouth bass. We had no reports on other species.

Opening weekend fishing was slow-to-fair using night crawlers and corn for trout. One 16 inch walleye was caught on night crawlers and several mud cats were caught on worms and night crawlers.

Trout fishing was slow-to-fair using salmon eggs and power bait.

Fishing was fair using suspending jerk baits at the upper end of the Ute Creek arm and on the upper end of the Canadian arm for white bass. Fishing was fair using minnows and night crawlers for catfish. A few walleye were taken on jig and white grub combinations fished at 12-to-14 feet. A few smallmouth bass were taken on minnows. We had no reports on other species.

Water flow below the hatchery was 58cfs. Trout fishing was fair using salmon eggs and copper john barrs.