I just can't believe this weather. It still feels like summer even in the mountains at Deckers. I could have easily wet waded today. We had a good flow of 140 CFS for the South Platte River. There were some marvelous hatches still occurring about mid morning that continued into the early afternoon. This morning we saw BWO's and Tricos. My client and I were impressed with the number or large fish rising to the small bugs. These were "slabs"; big healthy rainbows. My client caught several large rainbows in the 20-21 inch range and broke off several larger. We also netted a number of "smaller" fish. How exciting to catch big fish on small dry flies. As is often the case we just use a variety of small parachute type dry flies in sizes 22-26 on 6X tippet using "reach mend" and "parachute" casting techniques.
Hard to believe the snow is going to fly soon. An old song from my high school years just popped in my head with the lyrics, "It may be warm but the snow is going to fall, enough to cover us all....."
Better get those last drifts while it is still summer.
slightly off topic but can you tell me where the background picture was taken? Is that 11 Mile Canyon looking towards the reservoir?
ReplyDeleteYes, the picture of the dam and reservoir is 11 mile canyon looking up over the lake. The photo was taken by friend John Klies , master photographer and fly fishing guide. He climbed up the mt to take the shot. He is in the process of writing a book on Colorado tail waters.
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