Started to rain this afternoon and I stopped into the board here and read The Sibs post and after responding headed off to my local neighborhood haunt for a cold one.
Slow day in the news room you might say.
When I walked in I wasn’t greeted with the obligatory, “NORM!”….. However, the bar maid already had her cute little hand rapped around the neck of a cold Corona.. just for me! That’s when I observed her tee shirt and the J. Giles song came to mind. Na-na- nanana-nana nanananaaaaa….. way to magical to touch you might say.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wx6t11D99tA Ok, back to business, like I said it was a slow news day and that usual translate into trouble for someone or something. When I got home after a couple of cold ones I decided to see what the Gorge was doing.
A quick check of the local fly shop for their predictions and what USGS was reporting.
Well the first one reported;
“Water temps and stream levels are fine” The second one reported; flow rates of “49 cfs”
OK.. lets see now….. Well I did check my fishing log and knew the flows and water levels were not up to the conditions I would venture out in. But I had to have a look-see anyway.
When I arrived I met up with a fly fisher that had never fished the area before. So at Hoffman’s Bridge I pointed out where the fish generally hold out at and the slots.
I
took a stream water temperature.. with my trusty calibrated thermometer and it read a whopping 73 degrees. Hoo-Ahhh 
So I headed into the Gorge to get a look at the water in there and some temp’s. 
For your viewing pleasure some stream photos. 
Stream is way down. The lake at the other end of KLG looked like a scum pond. 
Don't forget to bring yoru beach umbrella if your heading out here soon. 
My pocket Nikon doesn't have a polarizer lense on, so if it shows the bottom, it is low and clear. 
At least the local fly shop had one thing correct in it's report. I was muggy out there. 
Snapped this on my way out. After all his home waters is the Rockaway, so he did come a distance.