There is still a lot of snow out there. Snowpack in the Upper Green River Drainage is at 100 percent of normal, the Lower Green River Drainage is at 89 percent, and the Upper Bear Drainage is at 117 percent. With all the snow and cooler temperatures, peak runoff is still awhile away. Runoff is beginning to increase the flows into Fontenelle Reservoir and are currently at 4,500 CFS, but will get much higher in the coming days. Flows coming out of Fontenelle continue to hold around 1,750 CFS. Those will probably increase within the coming days as well.

There has been a lot of midge activity on the days that the wind doesn’t blow the bugs off the water and lots of baetis are around as well. If you are nymphing, scuds, San Juan worms, midges, and baetis will get the job down. The dry fly fishing is pretty subpar, but if you see some fish rising you can get them with a cluster midge or a baetis cripple. The streamer fishing has been fair. Fish the slower, deeper runs with darker streamers and you should have some success. Water clarity has also been an issue due to snowmelt and quite a bit of rain over the past few days.