You need good eyes to see the flies.

With the Cannonsville release down to about 300 cfs I was anxious to get back down to fish. Why?  The release water is cold enough for bugs and at 300 cfs the fish will come up for even the smallest ones. Arrived at 11:30 and there were heads coming out of the water below the town bridge. Was in the water after a brief stop at the Troutfitter and had rising fish until 2:30 when the thunderstorms moved in.

The fishing?  Picked up an ant off the water as I was wading in so I tied one on and began fishing. Caught a hatchery fish and then suffered through a bunch of refusals. Never saw another ant but the trout kept right on rising. Bent down so that my eyes were bifocal level above the water and saw a myriad of insects floating by. Stuff the fish pay no attention to if the water is at 600 cfs becomes table fare at 300 cfs.  The big problem is that none of it fits on a hook. Fished with the smallest stuff I had and switched from that back and forth with the ants. Caught one 17 inch brown with the rest of the fish between 11 and 14 inches. There was never a time when there wasn't a fish to throw at.

Waited out the storms at the fishing camp and went back out about 5:30. Wanted to fish the BR but felt that with the water temp up in the mid 60's there wouldn't be any bugs. Opted for the lower WB where the clouds had kept the water temp in the 50's. There were a variety of bugs with fish up on them where a riff  emptied into a pool. Got refused at first but as the light dimmed the fish were much more willing to eat a fly with a hook in it. An 18 inch brown was the best of four quality fish.

It was a good day of fall fishing. The weather is predicted to get cold later in the week. If the water stays low this should create good pseudo fishing throughout the entire system.