So something I’ve always struggled with is fishing the Meramec river in the summer. This spring I was fishing flows at about 700-900 cfs on the Steelville gauge and it was bonkers. Every fly worked, fish bit consistently, it was awesome. When flows drop below 550 I seem to have a considerably more difficult time catching more than a few fish, 6am-9am can be ok but after that it shuts off hard. I’ve tried downsizing tippet, fishing smaller flies, fishing further away from myself and I can’t seem to figure it out. I might just drive the extra hour to the Current! How do you all manage the Meramec in the summer?
