03-16-2009, 07:32 PM
I have found that the best steelhead fly-water (for me anyway) is from Ellis upriver to Yankee Fork in mid April. The weather is warmer, there are plenty of fish, and I rarely don't catch a fish a day. As far as time, I only fish April with my flyrod because I'm downriver the rest of the spring. A person can catch them all fall and spring though. My brother caught one yesterday on his flyrod down by Shoup. So your dates are good, unless the river gets muddy. Things are really starting to warm up down there, so a blown out river is a chance. I have fished a few different ways, swinging flys like a speyrodder, "jigging" flys through channels and around rocks, and the most productive by a long shot is your basic indicator and nymph fishing. Good luck to ya, and I'll PM ya with some good spots to try.
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