Well thanks all. I actually went out there today and I can tell you that you that many of you were dead wrong. The visibility was quite a bit better than last week and continued to improve as I was fishing - it went up to about a foot which I can tell you made all the difference
TheLostSockeye asked what those who are catching are using and, from my own experience, and from watching others fly fishing seems to outperform the other techniques. I can only think it is because the very slow strip retrieve keeps the presentation in front of the fish longer and gives them more time to see it when the water clarity is less than stellar. Bubble gum pink or very flourescent chartreuse flies were dynamite for me today.
Just holding a float below you in the current with one of these flies behind it would work just as well I am sure. Main thing is not to have the fly going down to deep or failing to sink at all - you would need a little weight to get it down but not snagging the bottom. At times, all I needed to do was simply hold the fly in the current below me until a fish swims by. Not sure how well larger presentations such as spoons would do with the same technique - maybe just as well but I didn't try them.
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Topic: Squamish river - water clarity (Read 9712 times)