“…I plan to come down a couple of days early to fish the Sandy. I could use a bit of information to get started. Such as general area of river to fish, sinking line and water conditions ect. Jerry”
Jerry,
The Sandy is running just north of 2000 cfs and the weather has been on the cool side. In other words, the water conditions should be perfect for fly-fishing. Bring a full floating line and a light sink-tip. All the usual steelhead patterns work well on the Sandy – for this time of year I like to use a Silver and Orange (Bill McMillan pattern), Muddler, Wille Gunn tube, and a MooseTurd (when the water temp begins hovering around 50). There are lots of good places to walkin fish the Sandy. Oxbow Park has a long stretch of good water below the entrance to the park (Girl Scott camp) all the way to the powerlines (one of my favorite runs). There’s also a nice run right below the main exhibition area in Oxbow (I wouldn’t be surprised if Mark uses this water for casting practice). There is long and very fine run called Last Chance immediately above the Oxbow park boat launch, but you have to access the run from the road on the other side (downstream of Gordon Creek). Speaking of Gordon Creek, there is some very good fly-water water upstream of the creek. Park at the creek and walk upstream for about ½ mile and you will see it. There is some very nice fly-water below Dodge Park. Park across from Dodge Park at the bridge and follow the trails downstream. I’ve been told that a landowner has been restricting access to this area, but I’ve never encountered any problems. There are lots of other places you can walkin, but this should get you started for now.
See you at the Clave!
Gordon