Fishing the runoff

It's June 1st and it's full on run off season. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to look at the rivers and come up with an accurate fishing report. High, dirty, a little scary, with poor fishing. But, it doesn't have to be all doom and gloom. If you put your thinking cap on and imagine what you would do if you were a trout in fast and dirty water, it won't take too long to find a few trout ducking the nasty water. The fish don't want to hold in that fast stuff any more than you want to stand in it, so they seek out easier places to hang out. Many of the river's residents get pushed to the banks looking for soft pockets to hang out in until the water returns to it's clearer and more manageable conditions. The beauty of this is that you can usually fish from the bank just up or down stream of the pool or pocket and not worry about fighting the raging river. So look for slower water at the rivers edge behind structure or on the inside of a bend and get your itch scratched.

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