*******************OPENING/CLOSING NOTICE*****************

DUE TO EXTREME COLD OPENING WILL BE AT 9AM ON MARCH 2ND

AND CLOSING AT 3PM

  A bit of a change in the flow out of the Dam starting at 7pm this evening thru March 1st 7PM the flow will be 500CFS. The flow will be increased to 750CFS from 7pm March 1 thru 7pm March 2nd at 7pm on the 2nd the flow will be 1000CFS thru midnight on the 2nd. The weather for tonight will be cloudy with rain and snow early changing to all rain and becoming intermittent late. Low around 30F. Winds S at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of precip 80%. Snow accumulations less than one inch. For tomorrow windy conditions and snow showers. Morning high of 34F with temps falling to near 20. Winds W at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of snow 50%. Snow accumulations less than one inch. Higher wind gusts possible. This mornings anglers had success in the middle of the run with egg sacks and or beads under bobbers and those that were swinging, nymphs worked well. The bite fell off at the day went on.

Fishing Report for 02/26/2025-We may be about (3) weeks from ‘official spring’, but with the first reports of the year from our guests of significant hatches of black stone flies along the banks of the run, we’ll take it! Approximately 20 guests joined us today and the activity certainly seemed to have picked up from yesterday. Our guests fished from top to bottom, (the lower portions still have some shelf ice that is mushy; please be careful if you plan on fishing in that area in the new future), and every single guest reported at least one fish brought to hand, with several anglers in the six or seven range landed, including three browns. Most steelhead caught were chrome with little if any coloring. Tomorrow looks to be another good day weather wise with temperatures above freezing at dawn, moving up to the 40 degree range, light SSE winds, @8-12mph, and a moderate to strong possibility of showers / rain in the morning, possibly changing over to snow flurries in the late afternoon. The flow from the dam is scheduled to remain at 300 cfs through at least 11:59pm tomorrow evening; the Pineville gauge is currently at 430 cfs

Fishing Report for 2/25/2025-The run saw just under a dozen anglers today, with some starting early, and one pair not hitting the water until 2pm. The fishing success seemed to be less today compared with yesterday, (snow run-off perhaps), with numbers of fish brought to hand mostly 1 or 2 and in a few cases none, with beads or egg sacks under a float being the prominent technique, along with swinging flies. Tomorrow the temperature looks to stay just above freezing most of the day with light WNW winds, and a slight chance of flurries mid-morning. The flow from the dam is scheduled to remain at 300 cfs through at least 11:59pm tomorrow evening; the Pineville gauge is currently at 419 cfs.

NOTE TO SEASON PASS HOLDERS

PASS RENEWALS BEGIN 01 MARCH

ALL PASS HOLDERS WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL NOTICE

The flow out of the Dam continues to be 300CFS thru midnight tomorrow night. Egg sacks and beads under a bobber was the choice of rigging for several anglers today. A nice Brown was landed today along with a few Steelhead. The shelf ice extends out significantly in slow deep holes and is beginning to get spongy as reported by anglers. All anglers need to be careful. The weather today was cloudy. High 44F. Winds S at 10 to 20 mph. For tonight cloudy. Low 36F. Winds SSW at 10 to 15 mph. Tomorrow's forecast is mostly cloudy with snow showers during the morning. High 26F. Winds NW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 40%.

CFS at the dam 300 (until at least midnight tomorrow), CFS at the Pineville gauge hovered just above 400. Morning air temperature started at 29 degrees Fahrenheit, and over the course of the entire day only climbed to 32 degrees as our probable "high". It was overcast all day, with occasional light winds interspersed with periods of calm. We started the morning with light snowfall, which developed into what looked like frozen mist, all of which continued to fall until around 1 PM when it stopped, having resulted in only a few more inches of accumulation. We had a couple more than a "baker's dozen" of guests joining us on the run today, arriving at dawn until as late as 1:15 PM. Three guests came off the run around 11:15 AM, reporting no real slush in the water, although breakaway chunks of ice were floating down the river, and ice shelves are getting slushy and spongy; be careful going out on them, and watching for large chunks if you are in the water. Each of these guests hooked into fish, with two bringing ones and twos to hand. The next pair of guests didn't come off the run until almost 3 PM, and reported no success mostly swinging streamers with Spey rods. Around 3:45 PM five more guests came off the run in quick succession, with all but one hooking into fish, with between one and three fish reported. As of this report, there are still an handful of guests on the run, but I'm sure they will have similar, perhaps slightly better reports due to time spent on the water. Steelhead predominated today, with egg sacks and beads, under bobbers, producing for most of our guests. A good tip was to change-up the colors until one starts working. The upper section produced slightly better than the middle section. Overnight low will be 24 degrees, with the forecast for tomorrow being: "Overcast. High around 45F. Winds SSE at 10 to 20 mph."

NOTE TO SEASON PASS HOLDERS

PASS RENEWALS BEGIN 01 MARCH

ALL PASS HOLDERS WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL NOTICE

The flow out of the Dam will be 300CFS thru midnight on the 23rd. The weather today had some flurries or snow showers early. Cloudy. High 33F. Winds SW at 10 to 15 mph. Tonight's weather will be cloudy. Snow likely late. Low 26F. Winds WSW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 80%. 1 to 3 inches of snow expected. Tomorrow's forecast is for snow during the morning that will transition to snow showers during the afternoon. High 31F. Winds W at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 70%. Snowfall around one inch. We had better than 15 anglers on the run today. There was some slush early this morning, but it improved as the day went on. Pink beads worked well today, the best reports were from those that fished the upper end of the run, with numerous hookups and better than 50% landed, the shelf ice did give a few angler pause when it came to finding a place to land their fish.

NOTE: Invitations to renew all categories of seasons passes (6.5, 9, 12 months) will be sent to all current season pass holders on 1 March 2025. If you, or any other current season pass holder, have not received an invitation by close of business on 1 March 2025, please first check your e-mail spam folder, then your account page to see if there is a link to renew (right above your picture), before you call us to troubleshoot. CFS at the dam is 295, where it is scheduled to remain until at least midnight tonight. CFS at the Pineville gauge is 425. Our air temperatures ranged from a morning low of 14 degrees, to a "high" of 19 degrees Fahrenheit. It has been mostly overcast, with light and variable winds. We started off our morning with a fresh 2" of fluffy lake-effect snow, and it has continued to snow sporadically during the morning hours before settling into a light snowfall most of the afternoon into the evening, with a couple more inches of accumulation. Our first pair of guests ventured onto the run at 8:30 AM, but were up at 11 AM with reports that there was too much slush in the water to be able to fish. Our next set of guests checked out the river at 1:30 PM and decided to fish since it appeared to be clear of slush at that point. These two came off the run at 5:15 PM and stated they had fished from the upper section down into the middle section (all fishable water), without any success. Our forecast for tonight is more snow, and an overnight low of 14 degrees. Our forecast for tomorrow is: Flurries or snow showers possible early. Cloudy skies. High 31F. Winds SW at 10 to 15 mph.

2/19/25: DSR is closed to angling due to the extreme cold and the increased amount of slush that results due to the combination of cold temperatures and a low base flow from the dam. 2/20/25: DSR will remain closed to angling due to the extreme cold forecasted and the increased amount of slush that is expected due to the combination of cold temperatures and a low base flow from the dam. 2/21/25: DSR will reopen to angling per our scheduled hours of operation 6:00AM-6:30PM

2/18/25: DSR is closed to angling again today due to extreme winds, windchill, blowing snow, and slush. 2/19/25: DSR will be closed to angling due to the extreme cold forecasted and the increased amount of slush that is expected due to the combination of cold temperatures and a low base flow from the dam.