Anyone heading down SE on sunday

[djlong]

I am thinking of dusting off the gear and heading down to the Root on Sunday. Anyone interested in carpooling. I have a truck and a dog so another dog is not a problem..

[itchmesir]

the root is gonna be too blown out to really do anything productive imho

[mark p]

The USGS HSOforum shows that the North Branch of the Root has come down almost a foot since Wed. so the south branch is probably similar. It has been below freezing the last 2 nights so that has helped slow the runoff, plus the snow is basically all gone. I would think there is a decent chance the south branch will be fishable by Sunday as long as we don't get too much rain. If it is too dirty there are a few smaller streams near there that are open for the winter season that should be fishable.

[djlong]

Hopefully the water is a little stained. Love tossing buggers and watching the carnage....

[itchmesir]

just got back from the houston/rushford area.. don't worry about stained water.. Root is definitely brown... and up and looked swift

[Berky]

fished it the 15th and 16th. Our group ended up with about 15 total. Most were very crome. Good overall fishing. and it was about 60-65 degrees out so that made it perfect. Also ended up with 5-6 fish 30" plus range.

[JoshM]

Berkly what river were you guys fishing? The root? What was the hot hot fly?

[itchmesir]

i was down to Preston area today, root was extremely clear and very low for this time of the year..

[Berky]

We fished the root. It was my fist time there. Buddy of mine goes every year once or twice. He said the water was about perfect as far as volume and stain. We just used Yarn and spawn. That seemed to be what everyone was doing well on.

[znistler]

Berky i have a hard time believing that you caught 6 fish over 30 inches

[BRULEWADER]

Berky is talking about the root ( a lake michigan trib.) in WI. Not the root in southeast MN.

[tom_w]

Berky is talking about the root ( a lake michigan trib.) in WI. Not the root in southeast MN.

Ha! I was like "holy shiz!"

I have stumbled upon pics from the WI root when googling the MN root. It was very confusing at fisrt...

[goblueM]

that makes a bit more sense, especially with the "chrome" comment

[znistler]

yea sorry that makes sense.