The Lamar River is slowly beginning to clear, we’re hearing mixed reports.  We’ve heard it’s dropping and green with 1.5 to 2 feet visibility, and another guy said with every thunderstorm afternoon it blows back out again. 

Due to the rather spectacular storm that passed through the region last night, however, the Lamar will likely be high and pretty dang muddy for a few days.  (Hopefully no one was out tent camping or was caught out on the river yesterday afternoon… wow!)

If you must get on the Lamar, we’d try for some slower pools – these have been the most productive until the water drops and clears.  Streamers and nymphing the obvious locations still probably makes sense, as does a run with your attractor arsenal – Stims / PMX’s / Trudes, etc.  Be ready for PMDs and Caddis.  

Flows today near Tower (0815) are 1460 cfs, with today’s average 745 cfs. 

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Flies to Have in the Box

Dries:  PMDs - parachute, sparkle dun, sprout, cripple, CDC Emerger, PMX - yellow, peacock, royal; Paradrake, gray, green/olive; Parachute Adams; Lime Trude; X-caddis (higher); Royal Trudes (higher); Stimulator, olive, yellow; Humpy, yellow; Parachute Caddis

Nymphs:  BH PT; Prince and BH Prince; Micro Mayfly, olive, black; Barr’s PMD Emerger; small brown caddis nymphs

Streamers:  Woolly Buggers, brown, black, olive (smaller); Sparkle Buggers, same colors

Terrestrials:  Beetles, Ants - Chernobyl, ParaAnt, black and cinnamon; early for hoppers

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