The good news for today was that the river wasn't slushy. A few fish were hooked with one angler going 1 for 3, all Steelheads. The weather tonight cloudy skies. Low around 25F. W winds at 10 to 20 mph, decreasing to less than 5 mph. Tomorrow's weather will also have cloudy skies early followed by a mixture of light rain and snow in the afternoon. High 38F. Winds ESE at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of precip 70%. The flow out of the Dam remains 500 CFS thru 9pm tonight, then will be dropped to 350CFS and remain there thru 11:59pm on the 1st of March. The flow out of Pineville is 673CFS.

34° / Clouds

Sunrise: 6:43am

Sunset: 5:51pm

673 CFS Pineville Gauge

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The day started out sunny and cold, clouds moved in as the day progressed. For this evening watching a potential winter storm. Snow. Winds will increase late. Low 28F. Winds ESE at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of snow 90%. Snow accumulating 3 to 5 inches. On Tuesday, last day of the month, windy with snow during the morning then a mixture of rain and snow during the afternoon. High 38F. SE winds shifting to WSW at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of precip 90%. Snow accumulating 1 to 3 inches. Higher wind gusts possible. The flow out of the Dam thru 1150PM on 28 Feb, will be 500CFS. The flow out of Pineville this evening was 673CFS. The anglers today saw some action, one season passholder came in this afternoon, spent a couple of hours on the water, hooked 5 and landed 2 Steelheads. Another angler went 3 for 6, landing 2 Steelheads and one Brown.

30° / Clouds

Sunrise: 6:45am

Sunset: 5:50pm

673 CFS Pineville Gauge

CFS Dam Release: safewaters.com

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CFS at the dam was 1000, until 7 AM when it dropped to 750 - the CFS is scheduled to further drop to 500 at 9 PM tonight - CFS at the Pineville gauge was 1310 to start the day, since dropped to 1020 as of this report - air temperatures started at 21 degrees at our opening time, slowly climbed to our high of 37 degrees at 1 PM, and has dropped to 33 degrees - skies were mostly overcast, except for a brief period at 1 PM when there was brilliant sunshine - there were periodic flurries of short-lived, fine-grained or smaller flakes, of snow - we had 15 guests join us on the run today, beginning at 7 AM through nearly 2 PM - the first individual came off the run at 9:30 AM, reporting a 26" Steelhead brought to hand, in the upper section, using white egg sacks under a bobber - at 1:30 PM a lodge guest reported striking out in the lower and middle sections, with the intent to fish the upper section for the remainder of the day - at 2 PM a pair of young guests reported that they had worked most of the middle to upper sections of the run, floating beads, eggs, and pink worms, all under bobbers, without any success - shortly afterwards, another guest reported "did a little better today (than yesterday)" which, for this particular person, translates to "closer to five fish" - yet another guest, on his heels, reported 2 / 2 Steelhead, working the middle to lower portions of the run, floating egg sacks under a bobber - about this same time, four guests in the same party reported 3 / 5 Steelhead among them, floating blue egg sacks under a bobber in the middle section - later, they were an additional 0 / 1 to conclude their day - our high rod for the day came off the water at 4:15 PM, after a bit over a couple of hours, reporting 2 / 7 Steelhead, in the 6-7# range, drifting an orange 10mm bead under a bobber, in the middle to upper sections - the last three guests came off the run just after 6 PM, and reported 3 / 6 (one of the three being a Brown Trout) drifting beads under a bobber in the middle to lower sections - the forecast for tonight is: Snow this evening will give way to partly cloudy conditions late. Low 16F. Winds NNW at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of snow 90%. The forecast for tomorrow is: Partly cloudy skies in the morning will give way to cloudy skies during the afternoon. High around 35F. Winds ESE at 10 to 15 mph.

34° / Clouds

Sunrise: 6:46am

Sunset: 5:48pm

1010 CFS Pineville Gauge

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CFS at the dam 1000 (dropping to 750 at 7 AM tomorrow morning, then to 500 at 9 PM tomorrow evening), CFS at the Pineville gauge 1310 - air temperature at opening time was 14 degrees, climbing to our high of 29 degrees at 1 PM, and slowly dropping to it's current 24 degrees - it has been an overcast day, with an ultrafine, dry lake-effect snow falling from around 10 AM through now, about 2" of accumulation to add to our prior 3" - winds were generally light, except for a brief period early afternoon when it was a bit gusty - nine guests joined us on the run today - the first ones to show up, at opening time, was a trio of first-timers to the DSR, who fished the morning without success, took a short break for lunch at noon, then fished the afternoon for a couple of hours, again without success . . . our next guest (a seasoned angler) came off the run at 3 PM, reporting no success either . . . our last guest came off the run a bit after 5 PM, covered in snow, reporting 1 / 1 Steelhead earlier in the morning (he, too, had taken a short break in his fishing), but nothing for the afternoon - a tough day all-around . . . the forecast for tonight is: Cloudy with snow showers mainly during the evening. Low around 15F. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 50%. The forecast for tomorrow is: Cloudy and becoming windy with snow showers in the morning. High near 35F. Winds W at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of snow 50%. Snow accumulations less than one inch.

22° / Clouds

Sunrise: 6:48am

Sunset: 5:47pm

1310 CFS Pineville Gauge

CFS Dam Release: safewaters.com

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MODIFIED OPENING TIME SATURDAY 25 FEB '23: due to forecasted extreme overnight cold temperatures, DSR will open at 9 AM tomorrow morning - we will be open until our published closing time of 6:30 PM - today, the CFS was 1000 at the dam, 1330 at the Pineville gauge - water temperature 33 degrees - overnight we received perhaps 3" of fluffy lake effect snow - air temperatures started out this morning in the mid-teens and only climbed into the mid-20s, where it is at as of the time of this report - we had generally overcast skies, except in the mid-afternoon when some patches of blue peeked out, with occasional sunshine - winds were fairly light and were variable - occasional snow flurries drifted through the area - four guests joined us on the run today, from mid-morning through early afternoon - the first guest came off the run at 1:22 PM, reporting 0 / 1 on a "large" Brown trout, swinging a fly - "it was tough fishing" . . . the next guest, the last to check in earlier in the afternoon, came off the run at 3 PM - he walked the parts of the run which were accessible, drifting both beads and egg sacks under a bobber, to no avail - our last two guests left the run together at 3:45 PM - the lady brought a 5# Brown Trout to hand, drifting a pink egg sack under a bobber - the other angler reported 0 / 1 on what he believes was a Steelhead - the forecast for tonight is: Cloudy. A few flurries or snow showers possible. Low 7F. NW winds shifting to NE at 10 to 15 mph. The forecast for tomorrow is: Snow showers. High 24F. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 60%. About one inch of snow expected.

18° / Clouds

Sunrise: 6:49am

Sunset: 5:46pm

1330 CFS Pineville Gauge

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CFS at the dam 750, CFS at the Pineville gauge stood at 1030 all day - air temperatures started in the low 20s this morning, rose to a high of freezing, and is currently at 28 degrees and dropping - our snowfall last night had a crust of freezing rain, deposited early this morning . . . as of the time of this report, we are experiencing a freezing drizzle - skies were overcast all day and there was a variable, relatively light wind - we had four guests join us on the run today - near 4 PM the first guest I was able to catch up with left the run - he reported 2 / 4 (including a small Brown Trout brought to hand) drifting 10mm frosted orange beads, as well as pink or white egg sacks, under a bobber - our last guest (who checked in during the late afternoon) came off the run at 5:50 PM - he reported 1 / 1 Steelhead, under tough fishing conditions - he stated the water temperature was 33 degrees - the forecast for tonight is: Light freezing rain this evening changing over to snow showers overnight. Low 18F. Winds NNW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 50%. Snow and ice accumulations less than one inch. The forecast for Friday is: Cloudy with snow showers mainly during the morning. High 21F. Winds NW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 40%. Friday night the forecast is: Partly cloudy. Low 7F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph.

26° / Snow

Sunrise: 6:51am

Sunset: 5:44pm

1030 CFS Pineville Gauge

CFS Dam Release: safewaters.com

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About a dozen anglers joined us over the course of the day. Some arriving early and some in the afternoon. Those that I spoke with were happy to get into a single fish and others didn't fare as well. Overall the bite seemed pretty difficult today. The last angler that I spoke with went one for four but indicated ""It was tough. Had to cover a lot of water". We both agreed that it seemed like it should have been better than it was, but I guess that's fishing. At the time of this posting (4:30PM) the water release schedule hasn't been updated and is still calling for water at 750 cfs until midnight tonight. The current flow at Pineville is 1010 cfs

29° / Snow

Sunrise: 6:53am

Sunset: 5:43pm

1010 CFS Pineville Gauge

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CFS at the dam 750, CFS at the Pineville gauge 1030 - air temperatures started out at 28 degrees, climbed to 44 degrees a bit after noon, and is at 37 degrees now - mostly overcast, with a few hours of a light drizzle, later peeks of blue skies and sunshine - light winds - four guests joined us on the run today - between 12:45 and 2:30 PM three of these guests came off the run, reporting they swung flies, and drifted beads and egg sacks under a bobber, yet did not even get a tug . . . oh, oh, quite a change from yesterday . . . however, our last guest came off the run at 4:15 PM, reporting that he drifted yellow beads under a bobber and, as soon as it started drizzling (around 12:30 PM), there was a flurry of four hookups, of which two were brought to hand - afterwards, nothing . . . due to extreme cold overnight temperatures Friday night, this Saturday, 25 Feb '23, we will not open until 9 AM

38° / Clouds

Sunrise: 6:54am

Sunset: 5:42pm

1030 CFS Pineville Gauge

CFS Dam Release: safewaters.com

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CFS at the dam 750, CFS at the Pineville gauge 1030 - air temperature started at 43 degrees to start the morning, it is currently 36 degrees - water temperature was recorded at 34 degrees first thing this morning - a generally overcast day, with variable winds that made fishing tough whenever it picked up throughout the day - we had 20 guests join us on the run - I came on shift in the early afternoon, so was able to catch the first guests who came off the run - at 1 PM one guest reported 0 / 2 swinging flies in the lower section - at 1:45 PM another guest reported getting skunked despite fishing the middle to lower sections - at 2:45 PM a trio of guests reported that two were skunked, however the last guest reported a lot of Steelhead (I got the sense of five total) with one at the 11# mark - near 3 PM one guest reported 3 / 5 (two were Steelhead, one was a Brown Trout), bottom bouncing pink egg sacks on the bottom, with one of the Steelhead pushing 15# after we both looked at the picture of the fish - two guests who left on his heels reported 3 / ? and 0 / 3 Steelhead, also bouncing pink egg sacks on the bottom - at 4:45 PM a guest reported 1 / 3 Steelhead swinging a blue estaz (spelling?) fly in the middle section - just afterwards, a guest on the phone reported, in passing, one Brown Trout (no other details) - near 5 PM a guest reported 1 / 2 Steelhead drifting a 10mm frosted light orange bead under a bobber - at 5:45 a guest reported 1 / 1 Steelhead bouncing a 10mm frosted peach bead on the bottom - our last two guests, at 6:05 PM, reported 3 / 6 (two Steelhead 6# & 10#, a 6# Brown Trout) between them, drifting green and orange beads under a bobber - the forecast for tonight is: Partly cloudy early followed by cloudy skies overnight. Low 26F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph. Tomorrow's forecast is: Rain showers in the morning will evolve into a more steady rain in the afternoon. A few flurries or snow showers possible. High 42F. SE winds shifting to WSW at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 90%.

35° / Clouds

Sunrise: 6:56am

Sunset: 5:40pm

1030 CFS Pineville Gauge

CFS Dam Release: safewaters.com

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