Tim's Roaring River Fishing Report

Tim Homesley has been fishing Roaring River State Park for over 30 years, and has fished an average of 300 days per year for the last 23 years.

In addition to his own outstanding experience on the local streams and lakes, Tim also has access to the experience of the three guides he runs out of his shop.

You can always get the up-to-the-minute fishing information you need by stopping by Tim's Fly Shop!

Guide Phil Glaze, now working through Tim's Fly Shop

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Fishing has been great, the water is low and clear now making for some really good winter dry fly fishing.
Caddis, Blue wing olives, midges and even a few ants and beetles are showing up on the warmer days.
Having this kind of warm winter really makes for some comfortable fishing, lots of the afternoons are
light jacket to shorts and tee shirt weather, fantastic for winter fishing.

San Juan worms are still working as well as ever, the lighter colored ones are doing better for me most
days.

Pheasant tail nymphs, gold ribbed hares ears, copper johns, sow bugs, scuds, brassies, zebra midges
just about any small gray to olive nymph is working well right now, size is important, most fish will hit
a #16 or smaller nymph quicker than they will the larger sizes, right now.

Woolybuggers are working everyday, olive, black, tan, white and dk. brown are all good colors right now.
We are catching a lot of big fish right now, on bigger streamers, now if you are going to fish the bigger flies
don't expect big numbers of trout, you'll catch bigger fish on the average most days.

Dry flies I'm fishing are #16's and smaller, use 7X tippet with the dries, I'm still using 4X most days, but
I'm sticking to the bigger flies, if you are using regular sized buggers and nymphs 8-16's I will use 6X tippet.
The upper part of the park is holding more and bigger fish, but if you are looking for less people go to the lower
sections of the park, fishing is good and #'s of people are way down compared to the upper end.

If you are going to use a spinning rod, you'll need 4lb or smaller line, glo-balls are good, jigs in 1/32 and smaller
are good right now, use same colors as the woolybuggers, small 1/16th (single hook spinners) or smaller in black, brown, chartruse
or olive have been good.

Updated 01/14/12

Guide Phil Glaze

Tim caught this 20" McCloud River rainbow out of Crane Creek. 

Here's a beautiful 15-lb, 31 1/2" Char that Tim Homesley caught on a trip to Alaska.

For the latest water conditions from the USGS, log on to http://waterdata.usgs.gov:80/nwis/uv?07050152 .

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