San Juan Has Settled at 365 cfs: Fall Fishing Is On
That day
Water
San Juan below Navajo Dam
Weather
Partly Sunny
Flow
372 cfs
Water temp
52°F
Feeding
Mixed
From the owner's notes
San Juan below Navajo Dam, year round. A tailwater that stays in the forties all year, so it fishes when everything else is frozen or blown out. Tiny flies: midges size 22 to 26, baetis 20 to 24, and annelids, red or pink, size 10 to 14 in the deeper water. Eggs in the fall when browns spawn. Long leaders, light tippet, and a good drift beat everything else. Flows change with dam releases, so check the gauge the morning of.
Right now
Animas River at Durango
1,800 cfs
45°F, as of Oct 31, 4:30 AM
San Juan River below Navajo Dam
240 cfs
51°F, as of Oct 31, 4:15 AM
Flows
Four days steady at 365 cfs after the drop from 780. Clear, 46 to 52 degrees. As good as fall on the Juan gets.
Flies
Size 24-26 Black Midges. Red Annelids Size 16-20. Egg Patterns are coming.
The last report tracked the drop from 780 cfs. It bottomed out on the 17th and has not moved since: 357 to 372 cfs every reading for four days, 372 tonight. Water temperature runs 46 degrees at dawn and reaches 52 by evening. That is a stable, low, clear tailwater in the best month of the year for it.
