Hit the trifecta - low water, bugs and rising fish.

Drove east at about 2:00 this afternoon in hopes of finding fall bugs and rising fish in either the Willow or the BK. Went to Hazel Bridge on the Willow where last year at this time the river was wall to wall fish and fishermen. There were two anglers in the parking lot getting ready to leave. Walked out on the bridge and was unable to see a single fish in the water. Saw one rise downstream next to the old abutment. Put on my waders and walked down to see if I could get a fish to rise. There were an assortment of olives on the water, not a lot but certainly enough to get a few fish up. Fished back up to the bridge without seeing a single rise. Reeled it in and headed for the BK.

Stopped at Carin's pool where there was a good hatch of pseudos on the water along with some bigger olives. In about a half hour I saw maybe six or eight rises spread out over the length of the pool. Left there and drove down to Cemetary where the angler I had seen fishing when driving by earlier was standing by his car. He said there were bugs but only an occasional riser. I walked in and had rising fish in a very good hatch that included pseudos, isos, hebes, brown caddis and an assortment of larger olives from my arrival at about 3:45 until I left at 6:15. Hooked seven nice fish and landed six all between 15 and 17 inches.

The outlook - Went east because the water was lower there than in the WB and BR. Don't know if it mattered or not but by tomorrow, if there is no more rain, both the WB and BR should be low enough for good pseudos.  If you want to fish the BE, I'd wait another couple of days. Fall fishing is fragile. Today, with mostly cloudy skies, the water temps stayed below 60. If the sun comes out and warms the water up all bets are off.