Flows Are Up On The PT And A Gear Deal 25Mar21

After a foot of snow and a redo on my root canal I had to lay low for a couple days. It did turn nice today though so I lit out for the Arkansas River tailwater section @ Nature Center. Flows have been jacked by 3.5X to about 225cfs - great flows and manageable. Decent outing with medium-sized cutbows but it was crowded in the lots and on the river and the spawn is still "full on." Only one other team was having success really after chatting with some fisherman at parking. Mine were again on the #22 and #24 Awesome Midge. Little bug sign today and no mayflies yet really as water was cold from snowfall & chill spell. The bite was not on in full as the fish are adjusting to the new flows - it soon will be with a warm snap occurring starting now and the flows apparently holding. The Rodfather AllBlacks was useful with the fighting butt used as the 19"er took me pretty far downstream.

I also want to relate a keen gear deal I discovered. I am always running out of the duff that comes with the desiccant for drying flies. Loon Dust or Shimazaki small "bottles" are ~$10 and last me only a couple weeks. I found Shimazaki does have refills of just the powder (the crystals are heavy and needn't really be replaced) but it's expensive; like $35 for just 5g. I also found that archers dry their arrow feathers similarly to our dry flies. I found the Bohning Feather-Dri bottle of duff with 2X the quantity of Shimazaki for just $11. Recommended.