It’s best to focus on the lower river from the highway 49 bridge to Goodyear’s bar. No need to get up early, wait until the air warms up. In the lower section you can also find very large Brown Trout in the bigger plunge pools, and catching them is not easy. Today (Monday) was totally different, a nice sunny morning and the water temps came up quickly. I had rising fish throughout the day and they were very selective, something I’m not accustomed to seeing on the NFYR. Lots of bugs out like many different kinds of caddis, Little Yellow Sallies (alloperla), Pale Morning Duns, Golden Stones, Little Blue Winged Olives (pseudocloeon), and the one those selective trout wanted, the creamy yellow crane fly in a size 18. Effective flies include E/C caddis, yellow humpy, bwo loop wing, Mangy Prince nymph, Copper John, and the Red Headed Step Child.
