Hi Neville, Feeling for your and your fisheries. We had a similar year last year in Oregon. This year, the weather has been bizarre. We were expecting an early spring in due to a very warm, dry February. Then a long stretch of more normal, cold, wet weather for spring. Then some heat, then super heat that broke all sorts of records across the western USA for two weeks.
We had very little snow in the winter, but lots of rain, so the reservoirs filled. They are emptying pretty quickly, with some already at fall levels, and water levels dropping below the boat ramps. If we don't get at least a normal winter of snowpack, we are simply screwed. And the El Nino forecast is not favorable. IMO, the main effect of this nutso weather has really affected the quantity, quality and consistency of bug hatches. People fishing tailwaters have been fine, but the lakes have been very difficult to fish. Then, there is the famed Deschutes River which is having all sorts of problems. See Deschutes River Alliance <http://www.deschutesriveralliance.org/>. I am getting in a fair amount of camping and fishing, with five rainbows over five pounds this year so far. That includes two fish over 26" that ran 6-1/2 and 7 pounds. Hopefully the best is yet to come this season, as next season is not assured at all. Wes Wada Bend, Oregon On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 3:32 AM, Allan Fish <[email protected]> wrote: > > > We could do with your rain here in > > Nev, > I certainly wish we could send some of our rain up to you. > Al > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
