It was a beautiful day, and very few people today. Flow was at 70, but then they bumped it to 90 at about 12:00. Which is when I got there. Because of the change the water clarity seemed to go down during the afternoon.

I fished a Brown Flash Thread Midge, and then a brand new pattern. The new pattern is still a thread midge, but with a small sliver of flash down the whole back of the midge from top to bottom. The final verdict is not in but I did land a couple of rainbows on it. The picture is of the best fish of the day. A very fat 20+ inch rainbow. To see a larger image just click on the fish.
I also caught one rainbow that was in good health that had lost an eye quite a while ago as it was completely healed over.

A fairly decent midge hatch today, but no BWO's. I only saw a few fish rising.

I'm not great at nymphing, but am getting better at it. While I think an indicator helps, what generaly works best for me is to sight nymph (esp. in winter). This means I pick out a fish, and cast just to that fish. Then when I think my nymph is close to the fish I watch the fish for any movement. If the fish moves I set the hook. It seems that many times the indicator never moves, so try watching the fish. It's easier to see the indicator move, even if your not focused on it. But if your not focused on the fish you may not see it move. It does take practice to gauge where your nymph is relative to your indictor. Depending on the situation your nymph maybe ahead, behind or right under the indicator. I usually try to get the indicator upstream of the nymph at the beginning of the drift. I so the indicator does not drag the nymph. A nymph on the bottom will always move slower than an indicator directly above it.