Two days of much needed rain have come and passed.  As of this a.m. Grey Reef water conditions are good from Dam to Lusby…conditions below Gov. Bridge are poor but should improve in the next couple of days.  Our guide boats yesterday has good fishing despite  the wind, rain and so-so water clarity.  So, with things coming around and getting back to normal we should be back to the “mini rig” and small bugs…i.e. LAZY, pulsating emerger, pheasant tails, RS2 foam-wing, two-bit hooker, poodle sniffer, etc.  If we are getting the bugs and conditions we have been picking a good number of fish up on dries.  Water levels are still holding at 900-950cfs and we have not heard anymore about a bump in flows…might be another week or two before we see that bump.  Road conditions to the Miracle Mile are sloppy so use good judgement if your headed that way.  Fremont is fishing well but has been crowded as one would expect.

Sorry for the lack of reports, its been a busy week!  First things first, the rumor on Grey Reef is we will be receiving a MUCH NEEDED raise in water this coming week.  We are guessing flows should be somewhere between 1,500 and 1,800cfs…this is a fantastic level for us!  As for the fishing…it’s just awesome, there’s no other way to put it.  Granted the streamer bite on the lower has slowed down a bit we continue to have great nymph fishing with some dry fly activity mixed in.  From our guides latest report, the fishing on the Miracle Mile is steady but not as good as Grey Reef.  Pat’s rubber legs, HH mohair leech, san juans and crawdizzles continue to be our top bugs on the Mile!  All three tailwaters are experiencing good baetis and midge hatches on a daily basis!

We have to say the past few days have been ridiculous!!!  Nymphing on the upper is just about as good as it gets.  Starting around 11am when the baetis and midges get to poppin’ our guides have been shifting over to light emerger rigs and having awesome fishing.  We had one guide boat get into them on dries yesterday afternoon, landing five fish, one being the largest of angler Dave’s fly fishing career.  To top things off the streamer fishing from Gov. Bridge to Casper has been pretty awesome.  A goldie and/or olive near-nuff sculpin with a black peacock bugger trailer has been the ticket!

FYI The Two-Fly tournament starts tomorrow so keep in mind there will be 30+ boats floating Grey Reef to Sechrist.

Sorry for the little bit of delay on the fishing report…we have been busy!  Lots of boats on the water and the first three cottages have arrived!!  Those things are slick!!  Back to the fishing, there’s not much to say…other than, it’s borderline ridiculous!  We still have favorable water conditions all the way to Casper.  Our guide boats have been all over the place and they are getting on em!  The bugs of choice up top on Grey Reef have been pink worms, reef worms, mini impalers, jujubaetis, pulsating emergers, and RS2 foam wings.  Below the bridge we have been doing well on UV leeches, hh mohairs, ice minnows, san juans(purple and/or pink) and  a psycho prince.

A 28″ brown and a 24.5″ cutbow were the two big fish of the weekend!!!!  And to top it off the fishing was ridiculous!  With more bugs coming off, midges and baetis we have moved to our”mini” rig.  Pulsating emergers, foam-wing RS2s, and poodle sniffers were the bugs!  It’s so fun getting to throw the little small bugs on a short and light setup…the takes are incredible!!!!

Well…after a pretty cold and snowy start to the 2013 North Platte fishing season we are finally starting to see an improvement in weather and we are now running full speed.  Our cabin and RV project is behind but we should make up for it in the coming weeks.  Our guide trips have gone through the roof and from here on it’s non-stop til November!!  The fishing has been superb the past week or so on all three tailwaters.  Nymphing with some surface stuff mixed in has been the name of the game.  Grey Reef is starting to see a pretty steady, daily baetis hatch.  Keep in mind this moves a lot of fish to the riffles and inside water, making a shorter, lighter “mini” rig the key to sticking em’.  Our streamer bite has slowed down but we are still getting into a few on the articulated Goldie.

As of today, the water below Gov. Bridge is off colored.  It is to some degree fishable but we would send boats down there considering its current condition.

Here’s your North Platte guide’s report….  We have had our guides on the big three the past several days and all reports have come back good.  Grey Reef continues to fish well and water conditions are favorable all the way to Casper.  *Note water conditions can change at anytime.  Standard spring program on Grey Reef-5-8ft-1-3BBs…leeches, otter eggs, jujubaetis, mayhem midge, PAL, pulsating emerger.  Fremont Canyon is still running around 200-250cfs and we did very well yesterday on ice minnows, jujubaetis and a tailwater tiny.  Miracle Mile is fishing well but the roads are pretty sloppy in certain areas.  HH mohair leech, UV leech, pat’s rubber legs, and otter eggs have been our guides top bugs out there.

Two days of closed roads and blizzard conditions…that pretty well sums it up!  Casper Mountain saw 4ft of snow in 48hrs and the upper drainage (Snowy Range and Sierra Madres) reported 3ft…great for the drainage but bad for construction at the fly shop.  Oh well.  For those inquiring about the road conditions to the Miracle Mile, please use caution!   We have some very large drifts out this way but we have heard rumors that they may plow today or tomorrow.  We have guides out fishing today so we will post a fishing report this evening.