Good to see the water has gone up 150 cfs or so.
Sweep some of the bank leave out while the weekend "fishers" are in town.
Maybe the leaves won't be as bad for me and possibly lucky Tues.

Oh yeah clint, actually smelled a touch of winter last night.... woke up to heavy rain this morning and a thick band of lake effect has been staggering through all day so far... twobob, the leaves should get swept away pretty good.... I'd love to see a 750-1000 release....its been too long. Mostly to clear the salmon rippers from ripping the early steelies like they have been the past few years.... keep dancing jack!!!!

Don't get to crazy Jack . You might want to slow it down to a waltz . Looks like a lot of rain in the forecast the next 8 days straight . Wouldn't mind a nice 500-750 flow myself.

Pville was showing 550+ this morning.
Can we keep that thru Wed so no more bank leaves get swepy in til I am thru for the week.
Swing with the water column full of leaves is torture.
Don't make me nymph fish or I swear I'll turn this steelhead season around right now.

Rain showers all next week with NNW winds.......starting Sunday the following week the wind shifts to SSW ,HEHEHEHE I like that!
 
I just checked the PV guage......700 and climbing! The rippers have a challenge now on the SR.

Fichy sorry brother but I feel your pain. All of the attention used to be in Altmar starting now but these days you have guys tar getting steel as if they were salmon in to November. starting Nov first used to be paradise in the lower river... not anymore though... sometimes think the internet had a lot to do with it... its even happening with winter steel as well

Shame used twice in one day... not good karma ;)

Internet is new to me for fishing... after 19 years of fishing the river I stumbled upon this site...

And who is anyone kidding, this river was ruined before the internet!!! Lol

I'm drinking bud tonight bud... crack another blue boy for me.... oops I mean orange..lol

The other day I was at a spot I like a lot(not fishing). Its a well known spot but the productivity is not consistent and weather/water dependant to the max... anyway, two gentlemen approached me and asked me the name of the waterway and asked if fish ran it. I replied fish run any trib that empties in to the lake. I told them it was hard to hit due to water levels and left it at that. Part of me thought I shouldve given more info but I refrained... was not cold to the guys at all, but I felt it was unnecessary to give it all the way. Hopefully they'll look in to it to find out what it can or can't produce...as it is a year round fishery. But trial and error is what works the best in my book. And I'd rather fish water with less fish over fishing water that's stacked but pressured... sometimes think I'd take river smallies over the mighty lake run salmonioids... oh well...


Wait a second, this is the weather thread, why am I posting this crap here!!!lol

Machine, tribs went vertical and stained on Sunday... started stabilizing yesterday but probably going up again as we speak... check your PM box bud

1500 IS A BEAR FOR ME ALSO.
Not that I won't fish it but you have to pick your spot carefully.
Usually dry ground at 400.
Lots more water but less water I can fish with my chosen method.
 

I've found a few spots that fish well (sometimes) to 2,000 that are still safe.2b is right about 400 and dry.  Thanks for the continued weather update. I may go Sunday - depends on my mood, now. Whether I want to drop some  coin in  the dues envelope. 

Boy,all this talk about the high water (1500+) is pizzing me off,I really don't want to fish the trickles but if that what it comes down to...............

Jack hate to say it, but wunderground is saying close to an inch of rain today... and rain most of the next days mixxed with snow. If they're right with their forecast as they've been right on for the past few days, it could get ugly. I'll be shocked if we hit the forecasted 46 today... still in the high 30's

I understood it.  There's a few pools where nice seams develop at high water, where it was just tough walking at 400. Or frog water that suddenly has a current and feeding lanes. To belabor the point, what was dry , or nearly so, becomes wade fishing.   I had a banner day once at 2,000+, and even helped the Pres. of the LI chapter of TU land his first steel .He was really depressed at the conditions after a 7 hr. drive, but went home happy. He fumbled his camera into the water, besides, and I sent him a pic via e-mail. I haven't found too many choices, I'm sure you have a bunch 2b. I've read Dime's method of fishing right off the bank in high water, I haven't been able to figure that out , being a fly snob and all.
Maybe ,since I don't  know what I'm doing and have little experience on the SR, I get lucky once in awhile.  Then there's times when I ain't.....
If it stays below 2k , I'll go anyway. 

Looking out window now and watching angry clouds rolling off the big lake... all different colors... with breaks of sun here and there... will we get accumulation tonight? Some northern areas got up to 8 inches this morning I heard