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Welcome to the daily fishing report my friends, let’s get right to it, shall we? Reached the low 60’s today, with plenty of sunshine and little wind. Flows are about the same, with 65 (cfs) just below the dam at Cheesman, and just about the same through Decker’s/Trumbull. Good news on the moss, it was considerably less of a pain in the butt today, but while nymphing in shallows, be prepared to clean your bugs often! Just as anticipated, the bugs really started coming off around 11 this morning, with midges and blue-winged olives. Believe it or not, I even saw some Tricos, of which I ended up throwing and catching one small brown! Before the Trico experience, I started out fishing some faster water that was dumping into a pool that was about 4 feet deep. Armed with a yellow egg and trailing a purple juju-baetis, I quickly hooked up on a nice brown on the juju. I tried to work this fish to the shallows, but it went deep, wrapped my line and left me in the dust! No worries though, by now the bubble line was producing some sipping fish, so I quickly grabbed my dry-fly pole and headed over to see what I could do. In about 40 minutes or so, myself and another fellow angler were able to get into 5 or 6 fish that were aggressively sipping on what appeared to be, dead BWO’S. With this being the pattern of the last two weeks or so, be sure to have plenty of smaller bugs, size#22 and #24 on both nymphs and dries. Underneath, I’ve been sticking with a standard, three-fly rig with either a San Juan Worm, or egg, following that with a variety of bugs like the RS-2, red zebra, fire midge, black beauty, and even the good old “chocolate thunder” All of these bugs can be picked up at Flies and Lies, located in the Decker’s Resort Shopping Center. If you’re looking for a great get-a-way for the night or the weekend, be sure to check out the cabins that are available for rent at http://www.flies-n-lies.com or http://www.southplatterivercabins.com. Both the fly shop and Decker’s Country Store offer the cabins for rent on their respective websites. Visit them for more information. Not going to be fishing tomorrow, but I’ll be out on the river all day Friday! Don’t forget to subscribe to our email list to be notified each time a new blog is posted! That’s all for today my friends! Hope to see you on the river soon!
Chris
Nov. 9, 2016 Fishing Update from Decker’s
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Hello Friends!
Welcome to the daily fishing report my friends, let’s get right to it, shall we? Reached the low 60’s today, with plenty of sunshine and little wind. Flows are about the same, with 65 (cfs) just below the dam at Cheesman, and just about the same through Decker’s/Trumbull. Good news on the moss, it was considerably less of a pain in the butt today, but while nymphing in shallows, be prepared to clean your bugs often! Just as anticipated, the bugs really started coming off around 11 this morning, with midges and blue-winged olives. Believe it or not, I even saw some Tricos, of which I ended up throwing and catching one small brown! Before the Trico experience, I started out fishing some faster water that was dumping into a pool that was about 4 feet deep. Armed with a yellow egg and trailing a purple juju-baetis, I quickly hooked up on a nice brown on the juju. I tried to work this fish to the shallows, but it went deep, wrapped my line and left me in the dust! No worries though, by now the bubble line was producing some sipping fish, so I quickly grabbed my dry-fly pole and headed over to see what I could do. In about 40 minutes or so, myself and another fellow angler were able to get into 5 or 6 fish that were aggressively sipping on what appeared to be, dead BWO’S. With this being the pattern of the last two weeks or so, be sure to have plenty of smaller bugs, size#22 and #24 on both nymphs and dries. Underneath, I’ve been sticking with a standard, three-fly rig with either a San Juan Worm, or egg, following that with a variety of bugs like the RS-2, red zebra, fire midge, black beauty, and even the good old “chocolate thunder” All of these bugs can be picked up at Flies and Lies, located in the Decker’s Resort Shopping Center. If you’re looking for a great get-a-way for the night or the weekend, be sure to check out the cabins that are available for rent at http://www.flies-n-lies.com or http://www.southplatterivercabins.com. Both the fly shop and Decker’s Country Store offer the cabins for rent on their respective websites. Visit them for more information. Not going to be fishing tomorrow, but I’ll be out on the river all day Friday! Don’t forget to subscribe to our email list to be notified each time a new blog is posted! That’s all for today my friends! Hope to see you on the river soon!
Chris
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Nov.8, 2016 Election Day Fishing Report
fishing reportGood Evening my friends!
Not much to report on today, as I spent the day away from the river! The flows are unchanged and the weather is looking excellent for the rest of the week., Keep in mind the Trumbull Station is reporting 95 cfs, but it’s off my friends! It’s off by about 15 cfs! I’ll be fishing tomorrow and will return with an update on the bugs and the conditions! Middle of the week is a great time to visit Decker’s! Book your guide trip today at Flies and Lies, http://www.flies-n-lies.com. See you back here tomorrow with the full report!
Chris
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Nov. 6 & 7, 2016 Fishing Review!
fishing reportHey Folks,
Let’s get you caught up on the latest with the South Platte River, Decker’s! Flows are unchanged (68 cfs), but the clarity has improved and the dead moss is moving on! The fish are still pretty active, but the dry fly action has slowed a bit in the last two afternoons. I’m not saying that you aren’t going to see many sipping fish, because you will for sure, but the extreme sustained periods of non-stop, full on fish feeds are slowing down a bit. Continuing on with the BWO theme, I got out on the river this afternoon around 1pm and began to throw the double-dry rig of BWO and a size#24 Matt’s midge. This worked well, as I caught three fish pretty quickly, before being broken off by a pig that hit the bug as soon as it hit the water, and ripped the bug right off my line! After the top-surface activity settle down a bit, I headed over to some shallower, faster water and started nymphing with the egg/juju pattern I’ve been using for the last couple of days. Took one brown rather quickly with this rig, on the bottom juju baetis. I’m throwing this 2-fly, nymph style rig with no weight, which is giving me the action that imitates a really light double-dry set-up, with the ability to fish and toss it upstream with a trailing emerger. I know it sounds weird, but I’ve been catching fish left and right, with both this rig and technique. Once again, I’m not the guide or the pro! I’m the dude who just likes to share what works for him! Looking like a great day to fish tomorrow, with temperatures in the low sixties, plenty of sunshine and little wind. Guessing we’ll see a better day tomorrow up top, with the sunnier skies and warm temps. We’re seeing quite a few Anglers through the week these days with the nice weather, so get here early, grab some breakfast at the Decker’s Corner Cafe, here’s their menu, http://www.deckerscornercafe.com, then it’s on to Flies and Lies http://www.flies-n-lies.com to pick up all the flies you’ll need for a successful day on the South Platte! That’s all for now my friends! Stay tuned for more tomorrow and I hope to see you on the river soon!
Chris
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Nov. 5, 2016 Today’s fishing news!
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Hello All!
After a rather chilly, cloudy, and damp morning, the sun finally broke through around noon and the warm-up began! No change in the flows, we’re sitting around 68 (cfs) in Decker’s/Trumbull, 64 below the Dam. Didn’t want to fight the cold hands, so I got out on the water around noon! It’s pretty great when you can reach the river’s edge and then have the option of throwing dries at obvious sipping fish, or go down under with the nymph rig, where you know the big ones are hanging out! Noticing a familiar ball cap just over the willows behind our house, I walked out to find my friend Jerry fishing with his Ultra-light rod and artificial lures. Check out the Rainbow he caught in today’s picture gallery as I was literally pulling up in our driveway. With a section of water that looked more like a bubbling cauldron with the amount of heads poking through the surface, I started throwing a single BWO and caught a couple of browns, before eventually adding a Matt’s midge about 14 inches below the BWO. This seemed to be the trick, as I caught another three fish before things settled down around 3:3opm. Below the surface, the fish are hitting the eggs pretty hard, along with the juju-baetis, and I’ve personally been doing well with a red fire midge or red zebra midge. Looking like we’re going to be a bit warmer tomorrow, with a high temperature of 64, little wind, and free of any rain. With the great weather, we’re seeing quite a few Angler’s on the river, especially from the Decker’s bridge, upstream to the “wire” on Y-camp road. Plenty of good fishing downstream from Decker’s and Trumbull, with lots of great riffles, runs, and pools. There are also several “fee area” places to park near some of the campgrounds, but there are also many spots to pull off of Platte River road, where you don’t have to pay. Anywhere you find one of the brown signs with a “P”, that’s a spot to fish! Alright my friends, that’s all for today. Until next time, have a great evening and I hope to see you on the river soon.
Chris
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Nov. 4, 2016 Fishing Decker’s Daily!
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What’s Happening my friends?
Oh no, didn’t leave ya hanging, here’s the deal from yesterday and where we are right now! By now, you’ve probably figured out that the flows are low! Looking at 65 in the Canyon, 68 or so around Decker’s/Trumbull. Moss has been a pain in the butt, but if find some faster water where the fish are actively feeding lower in the column, you can avoid most the moss with a little weight on that nymph rig that is needed anyway. We’ve got some clouds this morning in the valley, with a 40% chance of a shower or two, before clearing up overnight. Thinking this cloud cover is going to present some good opportunities to get a little closer to some of the bigger fish I’ve seen hugging the banks, sipping on the dead fly, as it takes its final float to the afterlife! Fishing overall has been pretty fantastic, with big hatches, aggressive fish, excellent weather, and not too many people on the river Monday through Thursday. It’s also worth mentioning that the fishing downstream is equally impressive as the Decker’s/Trumbull sections of river. There are some deeper, faster runs that are presenting some great fishing for aggressively feeding fish in the highly oxygenated water. Yesterday, I was behind one of the campgrounds and found a nice, narrowing run that dumped into a small pool. This was my spot for about an hour and a half, where I pulled about 10 fish on a a nymph rig. Had a Pat’s Rubber legs, followed with a yellow egg/orange spot, and trailed a two-bit hooker, size#24. I took about half the fish on the hooker and the others on the egg. Heading back to the house around 4pm, I got out of the car, headed over to the “wall” where the fish were rising on BWO’S, and within just few casts I was on the fish again! Heading out in just a few to take advantage of this cloud cover, so I’ll be back later this evening with another report from the South Platte River, Decker’s, Colorado!
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