What was the fishing like today when I guided 2 dentists and
a 5th grader on the dream stream ?
Like pulling teeth. Well, it was
not that bad, but a bit painful on our hands.
We fished right below the dam just above the upper parking
lot. Conditions were tough with a cold steady wind making it challenging to not
tangle up leaders. Flows were low and clear. Fish were picky. But this small group of hardy fly fishers managed to catch some
respectable fish and had some spurts of action that made the day quite successful.
Between this group of three they landed about 15 fish. The best flies were an apricot colored egg
pattern, a size 18 red copper john and a size 22 black beauty midge.
The big browns for the most part were absent. Either they
did not make it up this far yet or they came and gone already. The young boy
did hook a respectable brown of around 19 inches but it broke off. Other than
that, I did not see any big browns in the area. Of course I am aware that there are respectable numbers of big
browns downstream closer to 11 mile reservoir but I decided for this trip, I
did not want to compete for water with masses of other fishermen. Having fished
this section of river for the past 25 plus years I am particularly drawn to its
lonely meanders.
Through out the morning, there were times when we enjoyed
some solitude even as the wind tried to push our leaders back in our faces. And
these fine fly fishers pulled trout from the South Platte River
even if it was a bit like pulling teeth.
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