Blue Winged Olives Persist On Pueblo's Arkansas River Tail Water

 It is the middle of December, and we are still fishing dry during the fabulous Blue Winged Olive hatch on the Arkansas River in Pueblo. Air temperature 65 degrees. It was warm enough that anglers were shedding layers of clothing. I don't know what to think. It kind of feels a bit crazy and out of place. But my best guess on what to do is to "just go with it". Proceed. Fish it!  Match the hatch!  Practice your dry fly skills. Why not? Numerous action on top. Bigger fish mainly laying low among the deeper holes around the boulders. We are hoping those bigger fish are still around hiding. Time will tell.

My friend Don and I were catching and missing dozens of fish. Then while the hatch was still on and in the midst of the fish still rising we just said, "Enough". We stopped fishing. We decided it was time to go. We both decided that there is something good  about leaving the river with rising fish. And it was good.