From the benchWith the river low and clear, long, fine tippet is non-negotiable — drop to 6X fluorocarbon and keep your casts short to avoid lining fish in the gin-clear water. Focus your morning on deep, slow tailouts and the inside seams of bends where trout are holding in the cold water; as temps warm toward midday and the BWO hatch fires under the cloud cover, shift to flatter water above riffles and watch for subtle sipping rises. Get off the water or move to sheltered canyon sections before the afternoon thunderstorms roll in — post-storm flows may color up temporarily, but the fishing often turns back on within a couple hours as clarity returns.