Field Run Off & Stoneflies

The first signs of field runoff have finally come. East of #22, several streams have come up and gone muddy. Expect this to linger through Tuesday before levels lower and visibility improves (on streams that actually have ice free water). The cold temperatures forecast this week will freeze the snowpack and slow run off. A tip for hatch chasers is to keep your eyes out for a sunny, warm day on the back side of the cold snap. Good dry fly activity can occur if we get a day or two of warmth to get the egg laying female stones on the water before waters muddy up again. This spring, that's going to be a perpetually tight window. Here's hoping though! A variety of early winter black & late winter black, plus a few skwala stones are all out and about on the region's waters, though the skwalas will be another week or two to really get going.