While the river has changed some things never change. For 30 years now, I have been mainly using a Brown San Juan Worm and a size 24 gray RS2. Yesterday, 8 solid fish came to the net mostly on the RS2.
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Deckers South Platte River Fly Fishing Report
While the river has changed some things never change. For 30 years now, I have been mainly using a Brown San Juan Worm and a size 24 gray RS2. Yesterday, 8 solid fish came to the net mostly on the RS2.
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Anthony,
ReplyDeleteIf you would replace the San Juan with a hopper as an indicator, what would you use. Hank
Hank, When I am "nymphing," as you know, I often use the San Juan Worm as the first fly and this time of year, I drop a small gray RS2 and a small black RS2. Fish are hitting all 3 flies. If I go to a "hopper dropper," type of rig then my second fly is often a small bead-head pheasant tail, a copper John, a zebra midge or a small emerger. It depends on where I am fishing. Right now in 11 mile where the morning hatch is wonderful, I am using a somewhat "larger" parachute Adams (size 18) as the first fly, and then dropping another fly (smaller ie. 24) that imitates the Trico Spinner. I don't really use a "true" trico spinner fly but rather I just use any thing tiny that somewhat floats. I tie my own ugly little flies that don't look much like anything. I literally just spin a tiny bit of ice dub peacock, turn a tiny Grizzly hackle a few turns and then put a tiny white wing on it. Thats IT! Tiny black and white ant patterns also work well. I drop the 2nd fly using 6X and go 5X to the bigger first fly. Lots of fishing rising mid-morning.
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