4/9/2010 fishing report

Hey my friends, My interpretation of this pectrogliph which can be found on the river at mile nine is bighorn sheep make the would go around. Hows that for all of you sheep hunters? Now about the fishing. Do to cold nights and weird weather patterns we have had very little bugs as in fish food which has made for tough catching. I say catching because the fishing is great. The day temps have been warming up near 70 degrees. To adapt we have been swinging and then stripping streamers woolly buggers to be exact,olive with cristeal flash or flashabou. I expect as soon as the night temps start to stay above 45 or 50 degrees the midge hatches will start to be more prolific and the trout will move to the shallows and resume more vigorous feeding habits. Last night was a bit warmer. Don't get me wrong we are still catching a fair number of fish. But be prepared to use all of the tactics in your arsenal. One might start with a dry dropper in the morning then a nymphing rig in the mid day and finish with a streamer and heavy sink tip. The tip for the week is cover lots of water and fish deep.I would like to give a special thanks and appreciation to Sir John Matox, Mr. John Breznak and Dave Cohon for their friendship, faith and encouragement. THANKS GUYS Rocky Lovett

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3/29/2010 fishing report

Hello everyone, When the weather is good and the river level is down for the afternoon the fishing is good. As you can see one of my longtime clients Tim Flanagan caught a beautiful,big brown trout, but he wasn't the only one. Daniel Huthsinger caught a 17 inch German brown seven days later. He was caught off of a spawning bed,so lets hope it is a trend. I have heard of three other browns netted by other guides. Now about the catching of the rainbows. The key word is midges. They are taking midges over anything else try to use all different patterns that the fish may not see very much. I have been experimenting with several different colors of bead head midges. I found so far purple has been working very well. A dry dropper rig or a midging rig has been working the best lately,remember alot of the fish will be suspended while feeding on midge emergers. The places to look for are seems and slow moving water. You may or may not see trout working the surface, but they are there. When all else fails break out the sink tip and swing,then stripe a olive woolly bugger. The spawn is winding down ,but you may still see a few trout on redds. If you do chocolate worms have been the Best for me, but try every thing you never know what they will take. I will see you out there ,until then good fishing. Rocky Lovett

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3/8/2010 Fishing Report

Hello My Fellow Fly Fishers,
To start with the weather is great, today its around 60 degrees and the lows are staying above 40 degrees. 45-50 degree lows are the magic number, when this happens the midge and black fly hatches will be more prolific, in short "lots of them". As always in the spring these short weather fronts, put a damper on the catching, but luckily only during the front. When the sun sun breaks out the fishing returns to normal.
Right now the catching in my opinion is a 5 or 6, depending on where your at on the river, and of course the weather.
Right now the fish are making more and more "redds" throughout the river, mostly in deep unwadable water. So to fish them you have to strategically anchor yourself, to make deep nymphing possible, or you can drift over them. All colors of eggs (in sizes #10 to #14), and a chocolate chenille worm, have been producing the best. A caution in anchoring is to not place your anchor where it can be drug through the "redds". For those of you who don't know the term "redd", it means the spawning bed of the rainbows.
Another thing I want to talk to you about this week is the surface action going on near the shores. Keep your eye out for fish breaking the surface, they are taking some adult midges, but most are right below catching emergers. A lot of the time they catch them right before they make it to the surface, and in returning downward cause the surface disturbance, I call "poping". The way to target these fish is the dry, dropper rig. Use any medium size dry, and drop a zebra midge 20-30" below, on 6x tippet. You can drift by them using your oars, or anchor where possible.
And of course nymphing the riffles is producing a few fish (spotty). Looking forward to seeing you or hearing from you soon.
Rocky Lovett
M.C.O.

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2/28/2010 fishing report

Hi everyone, I am going to be short and sweet. The black fly and midge populations are way up compared to the past years . I myself have not seen so many fish popping the surface, up and down the river, so early in a long time. The other day we cast a dry, dropper rig, a big dry on top and a size #16 zebra midge about 24 to 30" below and did pretty well. All of this was done from the boat. We just looked for fish popping the surface ,basically in all the same places one would throw a cicada in the summer. We had alot of fun. Other than this refer to my last report. Give me a call. I would love to show you the river and how to fish it. Rocky Lovett.

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Hello my fellow fishing persons, I have been out on the ferry a bit lately and the fishing has been good. We have been catching some real nice18 to 20 inch spawning males that are all decked out in there spawning colors. Also catching our average size of 15" trout and good numbers of them. The great thing is we have been able to catch them in all kinds of different methods which is always alot of fun. So I will list and explain each of the methods that are working in the order from best to good. Of course,sight fishing rainbows on the Redd's would be most anglers number one. My best tip for this is use one fly a roe colored glo bug or a rust Sanjaun worm,put a small stick on foam indicator at the end of your nine foot leader 5x. Where you would have already tied on a length of 5x tippet twice the length as the average depth of water you are fishing. Number two is what I call a midging rig. Lately on alot of bars where we are fishing after the water has come up. I see fish taking emergers they are not really taking dries but one would see a flash,splash,dorsal fin,tail or porpasing. The rig is the same as method one except use 6x tippet about 24 to 30 inches long and use a bead head midge pattern I've just been using a zebra. Third method is streamer fishing. we've been using a olive Crystal bugger. The secret here is the orvis depth charge sink tip line in the 150 grain. Finally the standard nymphing rig is always a deadly tactic on the Ferry. My tip here is make sure you adjust your weight as the water rises and when it falls. My standard rule is one should get a false strike every 4 to 6 dead drifts. So I don't care how you get out on the river just get here. If I can be of service to you give me a call I would love to share more with you. ROCKY LOVETT

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1/13/2010 fishing report

Hello My Fellow Fisher folks, I have not been on the river much lately unfortunately. But I will tell you what I know. The rainbows are spawning in the deeper water mostly out in the river not in wadable waters. The way we take care of that is drift over them using a long heavy nymphing rig with a worm and egg pattern.The only trick hear is knowing where these areas are and using the perfect amount of weight. A valuable thing to know this time of year when you have that copper colored glare on the water is this. Use a black indicator its the best color for that glare. The fishing can be great in January. I remember last year around this time of the month me and my son Mick had a awesome day of catching doing just what I'm writing about. So I guess what I'm getting at is get out of the cabin get rid of the fever and get in on some good fishing, smell and feel the fresh air and catch some trout in some of the most spectacular scenery in the world. Hope to see you soon. Rocky Lovett For More Details, Visit Home at http://www.LeesFerryFlyFishing.com

12/02/09 fishing report

Hello my friends, I have been hunting a lot lately and I am happy to report my son Mick Jay Lovett has harvested a very nice mule deer. It is 27'' wide, 5 and one half inch bases and It has 7 points on each side. This deer is a nontypical he has lots of character. We had lots of fun hunting him. By the way my son Mick will be joining the M.C.O. team as of now. Mick has been raised in Page fishing lake Powell and Lees Ferry. He has hundreds of days on the waters and lots of great stories and experiences. I know he will be a great guide and a real asset to my team. I look forward to working with him. Another service we will be providing again in 2010 is back hauling. We are available to haul you and your kayak,canoe,float boat,tube, raft whatever will fit in our boats up to the dam or camp spot you wish. Most days at the time of your choice. So give us a call if you need a back haul. About the fishing it looks like the spawn is getting started. We have been catching some bigger mature males all decked out in there spawning colors and some fat, egg bearing females also. As you can see in the photo at the top left. Nymphing is still the game using natural colored worms, zebra midges and some scuds. The most important thing is to make sure your weight is correct. My general rule is every five dead drifts you should get a false strike. You set and their is nothing there it was just hitting the bottom. If this don't happen you do not have enough weight. Fishing is still good in the winter trout do not stop feeding because it is a little cold in the morning. The afternoons have been beautiful about 50 to 65 degrees that's perfect fishing weather so get out of the cabin already. Give us a call and lets go fishing. Until then good fishing hope to see you soon. Rocky Lovett

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