Maybe it would be smart to get to the river on time for the hatch.

Thanks to Ed and Dennis for their updates on the sulfur hatch and to Jason for his contribution to the cost of new pavement in Hancock. I did yard work and wasn't on the water until almost three. Had rising fish for about forty five minutes then things really went dead. Fished out of the zone in the evening and was also out of the bugs. What fish rose did so to eat the little olives that have been hatching for the past six weeks. Was able to hook and land a fat heavy 18.5 inch brown on a size 22 olive. Not quite a candidate for the 20/20 club but exciting anyways.

While the sulfurs are still hatching it seems that most of the action is now above Oquaga Creek. There were fishermen all the way down to the barking dog launch but the number of bugs decreased the farther down river you went. With colder nights predicted for the next few days fishing should improve in the lower part of the river. It will probably take a significant rise in the water, however, (either an increase in the releases to meet minimum flow requirements or heavy rains) to start the redistribution of fish from their summertime thermal refuges.