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I am planning on taking a trip to the Green the first weekend in March. Does anyone know how the river typically is during that time frame? Does run off start by then?
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I not sure if you are talking about below Flaming Gorge dam . It has been years since I have fished it but it usually low , clear and very fishable . Might be a few bows starting to spawn . I use to hit it the 2nd or 3rd week of march and did well . Are you fly fishing ?
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Yes I was thinking about going below the damn. I have never been there before, but I have read about it. I figured I would drive till I found a place to fish.

Yes I will be fly fishing.
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2 places to get to the river . Up by the dam and at Little hole . Think small or real big on flies . Wolly buggers can be good , but size 18 and smaller on nymphs and drys . Water should be clear and you should be able to sight fish for them . Cloudy days I could see my size 18 brassie go right in there mouth at times . Set fast cause they have been caught a few times before .
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Relatively low and clear water which is good. The fish are relatively bold because they haven't been fished over quite as much as they are in summer but you still need to use stealth. You will see tons of fish in the clear water don't be tempted to fish for the super shallow fish unless you can see them actively feeding.

Good nymphs - Yong Specials (or some other midge), pheasant tails, scuds in sizes 18 - 22.

Dry fly's - double ugly, griffiths nat, BWO, adams in sizes 16 - 20.

Spinners and Rapalas can be real good too. Vibrax, Mepps or other in size 2 and 3 blades. Rainbow, perch, silver Raps in size 5 - 9.

I'll be headed out there in mid March and that's what I'll likely be fishing with.

These fish are well educated to fishermen and a bad presentation so depending on your skill level you should catch between 3 and 40 fish per day. Many times you have to put the fly in a small strike zone - 6 to 12 inches and at other times you might have as big a zone as 24 inches if they are real aggressive. Spin fishing is effective because you fish to more fish per cast. Let us all know how it goes.
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I used to live out that way and march is my favorite month of the whole year to fish the green. If the weather is right ( warm, with a little overcast) the bwo will be coming off. That early in the year is when the biggest ones hatch; size 14 and 16. As the spring progresses the bwo's will get smaller and smaller down to size 24 or 26 by the end of may. If there is no hatch the fish will be more on the bottom and it will be all nymphing or stripping streamers. This is when I like to fish curl tail grubs, 3" tube jigs, or shallow running rapalas. Grubs and rapalas you fish standard, but the tube jigs I like to cast quartered up stream with as little weight as is castable and let them dead drift down stream and tumble through the rocks, then jig them back up stream after they have swung to quartered downstream. Remember you have to used scent free plastics on the green. Freshwater basics is a good brand that is scent free. Sportsmans has a decent selection of sizes and colors. Good luck, I'm sure I'll be making a pilgrimage sometime in March as well.
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[]Great time of year. Fish scuds and egg patterns if you are nymphing. Wooley buggers with a bead head in white can be deadly. Small midge patterns on top are good. Good luck!

J.
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You can't count on a good BWO hatch in March, but you can count on midges. When the BMO come off, they are good size and you will catch a lot of fish, but I have fished there several times in March with a wide range of hatches. Some days you barely notice any hatching, and other days there are quite a few. The March BWO hatches have significantly fewer bugs, which make them better to fish (fewer competing naturals), and they usually only come off for 2-4 hours in the afternoon and if it is going to be cloudy, you will have a much better chance of having a good hatch. On the midges, go with a #22 black adult midge, I am fairly confident you will not find a better dry fly. You will get more hits with 6x tippet, but you'll have some takers with 5x. Leave the 4x hope unless you're gonna use buggers. As mentioned earlier, #18 brassies, orange glo bugs, and #20 red WD-40s are you ticket for nyphing with success. Hint: Don't neglect nymping the fast moving runs with loose gravel and grey with rainbow striped forms moving back and forth in pairs. If you are successful in these areas, you will will break off several fish during the day and if you're lucky, you may land a "hog".
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Anyone know if the road between Rocksprings and the gorge dam is open?
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