Monday, June 2, 2014

6/2/2014 South Platte River Fly Fishing Report



Eleven Mile Canyon: Lots of fish and lots of people.. Mainly feeding sub surface on annelids and midges which means the usual flies; San Juan worms and tiny midge larvae and pupa. As is often the case sight fishing makes all the difference. Best is yet to come with caddis and tricos just around the corner creating some of the best dry fly fishing anywhere. Stable flows.

Deckers: Fewer fish but bigger. But even more crowded. Not sure how Deckers will hold up to this kind of pressure. Hard to find good water on weekends.  Best flies are San Juan worms and gray sparkle wing RS2;s . My friend Steve has been taking some nice fish on a size 4 Crane Fly larvae. Kind of fun to use a big fly.  Some surface feeding on BWO’s. Flows have been somewhat erratic.

Dream Stream: A scattering of respectable fish.  I caught threw nice Browns in 30 minutes and a nice rainbow on a San Juan worm and a RS2.  I would love to see a massive effort in the  restocking of this section. Why not dump several thousand fish in this section during the summer months? The fish do not seem to be reproducing on their own. Populations have been low for at least a decade now. Time to try something.  We have some beautiful habitat improvement done on this section. Beautiful water.But it just needs more fish.


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