Still Mirky & Slow On The PT 16Oct17

I've been waiting pretty patiently for the flows to decline and water to clear up and while the Ark Pueblo Tailwater is now flowing below 300cfs, it is still stained as heck. I can't see the bottom or fish which makes wading tougher and fishing less productive. It was a nice day today down there with low wind and ~80° temps but fishing is far from "on" yet. I observed good bug signs with fall BWOs and caddis prevalent. I did read that for the next 5 weeks there will be construction near the damm which will mess things up a bit - bummer - excellent fall condition on the PT may be a no-show in 2017. I caught a half dozen rainbows of various sizes but lost the two nicer 17"ers, ugh; I had nothing "big." The rest were about like this (nice pic huh) both at Nature Center and Valco. Best flies were an electric blue wire caddis, rainbow warrior, FOD, and candy cane wire nymph - kind of spread it around. I can't yet use the best true mimics for the PT (though the FOD is good - the one I used today had a cobalt glass bead to sparkle through the mire however) due to minimal visibility.