River (obviously The Bow) Advice

[jriad]

Hey all,

 

Generally before run-off are the trout still holding in slower water or are they getting to move into some faster current now? Thinking on going out to bownesia this weekend and cant afford to experiment as i only escape for an hour or so.

 

any advice is appreciated.

 

 

[ÜberFly]

All the fish we hooked this past weekend (there weren't all that many ) were in 3' - 4' of walking paced water... NOTHING in anything deeper or faster then that. It took us a while to realize this!!

 

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Hey all,

 

Generally before run-off are the trout still holding in slower water or are they getting to move into some faster current now? Thinking on going out to bownesia this weekend and cant afford to experiment as i only escape for an hour or so.

 

any advice is appreciated.

[trailhead]

They are moving into the faster water, if you have a thermometer take a measurement and if it is only a little above the freezing mark they will be in the slower water, but last weekend I was fishing in water that was 44 F and the fish were in seams beside some deep chop. Much faster water than I expected, the only reason I even tried was another angler was in the spot I was hoping to hit, and I ended up in a happy second best.

[reevesr1]

I don't think there is an actual answer to the question. All the fish I caught up until Saturday were in water much like Uberfly mentioned, and speed was more important than depth. I did fish faster water, both deeper and slower, with nothing to show for it. The best example was Saturday. There were fished stacked up in a 3-4 foot slow moving trench. There is great water all around it, but all the fish were in the trench.

 

But after reading trailheads post, my experience isn't the rule. While I did not find any in fast water, they obviously are moving into it in places. Welcome to transition time!