November on the Savage River

November has been an interesting month weather wise, but that is to be expected in the mountains. We've had sunny days in the 60's and 28 degrees and snowing. Even with all this crazy weather the fishing has stayed pretty consistent. The worse the weather the better the fishing. I've had some tough days when there wasn't a cloud in the sky and incredible fishing when it was snowing.
There has been a very good BWO hatch for the last two weeks it starts around 11 am and is usually over by 1:30 pm. These are very small bugs size 24-26 and dark olive. The hatch is heavier on cloudy days and will last a little longer too. When there are no bugs hatching scuds, caddis and midge pupa have been taking fish. I noticed a few fish on redds while fishing today. In the Savage these spawning areas can be all over the place, so be careful and do not wade in these areas or fish them. The will look like shallow bowls of tan gravel against the slate brown river bottom.