Tim's Roaring River Fishing Report

 

 

 

 

Tim Homesley has been fishing Roaring River State Park for over 30 years, and has fished an average of 300 days per year for the last 23 years.

 

 

TIM'S LATEST FISHING REPORT:





Got some rain last week, didn't do much to the river, it is still 65 CFS and mostly clear, still having some really good hatches, caddis, BW0's midge activity most of all day, and we are already doing pretty good on some terrestrials, due to the warmer than usual weather.

A dry dropper has been working very well, a #14 or #12 stimulator with a zebra midge or small pheasant tail nymph has been very successful this past week.

Glo-balls, San Juan worms, chamois worms and mega worms have been doing well, cream, yellow or orange seems to be best. Wooly Buggers in olive, black, tan, and gray were good all week.

Pheasant tails, burlaps, scuds, copper johns and small black zebra midges all did well this week.

Marabou jigs are great right now, white works great early, and as the sun comes up darker colors seem to be doing better, black/yellow, olive, and brown all did well this past week.

Plastics are still working well, the pink, and the yellow Powerbait grubs have been really good, and the white eggs, and the natural fish oil eggs are working great. Pink worms are working very well, the cheese yellow also did well this past week.

Roostertail spinners were working well as aways, pink, yellow and white worked good early and black, salmon fly, and skunk worked a bit better later on in the morning.

2-lb line is still my recommendation, clear is ok, moss green is better and some of the better fluorocarbon lines are working well also, stay away from blue, white, yellow or braid lines and you'll have a better chance of getting more trout, good luck on the river this week.

Updated March 17, 2024 






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Tim caught this 20" McCloud River rainbow out of Crane Creek. 

 

 
   
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

Here's a beautiful 15-lb, 31 1/2" Char that Tim Homesley caught on a trip to Alaska.

 

 

 

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