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Green River is keyed to the bugs that are active in the current light and water conditions. These are the insects that matter right now and the windows when they matter most.
Flaming Gorge, Utah
Green River Hatch Report
Small bugs still win here: midges, BWOs, scuds, and sowbugs, fished on a precise nymph rig until the hatch gets obvious.
Bugs & Best Matches
What's active
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Blue-winged olives, size 18-20, midday and afternoon
CDC BWO, size 18-20, dry; RS2 olive, size 18-20, emerger
Midges, size 18-22, morning and evening
Zebra Midge black, size 18-20, nymph; Griffith's Gnat, size 18-20, dry
Scuds and sowbugs, size 14-18, all day subsurface
Sowbug gray or cream, size 14-18, nymph; Pink or tan Scud, size 14-16, nymph
How Fish Respond To This Hatch
- Green River trout feed steadily in late April, but they are usually tuned to smaller food and cleaner drifts than visitors expect. Fish hold in weed lanes, bucket seams, and broad flats where scuds and sowbugs wash naturally. When BWOs come off, the better fish often rise in the gentler slick water, but subsurface presentations still account for most of the day's trout.
- Fish long drifts through weed lanes and the soft edges of deeper buckets with small flies and enough weight to stay in the lower half of the column.
Current Conditions
FlowDam-regulated flows keep trout in repeatable holding water unless releases shift hard.
Water TempStable cold water means fish stay active and predictable through long parts of the day.
WeatherLight cloud cover helps the hatch and keeps fish less wary in the slicks.
Rating8/10
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