The Crooked River was also quite loved over Spring Break, but fishing was really good and there is a good opportunity to spread out and enjoy the river. Blue Wing Olive hatches this spring are awesome on the Crooked River and some of the dry fly fishing is reminiscent of some heyday years before all the high water springs we’ve recently had. Film Critic, Sparkle Dun, Comparadun, Knock Down Dun, BDE Dun, and the Purple stuff like Comparaduns and Haze’s will do you well.
We are about a month away from massive Caddis hatches and with that I would consider a nymph that appears as a #14-16 cased caddis.
Scuds, Zebra Midges, Rainbow Warrior, Fire Starter and 2 Bit Hookers are all must have nymphs this week. Also, with the wind it’ll be a hard time for a tight line euro rig approach, so switch to a small Oros or NZ Wool and you’ll be able to keep your drift. The other great option is swinging a Soft Hackle, wind or not it is a darn good way to catch fish in this river.