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Good Evening my Friends!
Hopefully some of you had the chance to get out on the river today somewhere in Colorado, because it was absolutely perfect weather to spend the day outdoors! With little to no wind for most of the day, we reached high temps in the mid 60’s, but it felt like 75 at times! Updating on the river conditions, not much has changed with the flow. We’re still in the upper 60l’s (cfs) here in Decker’s/Trumbull, with a 65.5 in the canyon. Looks like we’ve just seen the beginning of the latest “moss die-off” on the upper section of the river, mostly from the second bridge down through Trumbull, from what I’ve fished in the last two days. Further downstream, where I fished today, seemed to be much less concentrated with the annoying green stuff, but not completely moss free. Starting off at about noon, yes I know that’s a little late, but the way the trout have been feeding lately, no worries! Ben and I headed downstream about 7 miles towards Nighthawk and fished some deeper, faster running pools and shelves along the way started out with a that same two-fly rig I was using yesterday, with the orange egg, trailing the juju-baetis. I had that really small split-shot about 4 inches above the egg and the juju roughly 12 inches down below. Throwing this concoction across the small, narrowing run that was about 5 feet deep, something I hadn’t seen in awhile, my set-up was running pretty quick and looked like it had nice drift through an even narrower run. No strike indicator to watch, I felt a quick tug, followed that with my own jig downstream, and I was hooked up on a pretty nice brown. With several large boulders giving this fish several options to plan it’s escape, I quickly gained control of the fish by turning it sideways and upwards at the same time, causing the fish to basically get disoriented, making it easier to reel in. Walking to meet Ben, I slowly walked the river’s edge, where I spotted a couple of different pairs of larger fish, seemingly paired up to spawn. Recognizing this, Ben and I returned back upstream and fished near the Trumbull bridge for about an hour. This time I put on a two-fly dry rig with a no-hackle, BWO, with the familiar, size#24 parachute adams. Worked again and caught three nice fish that were sipping pretty hard along a thick bubble line.
Looking ahead to tomorrow’s weather, we’ve got another great day in store! High of 69, with plenty of sun and winds under 10mph. Although it’s warm, the valley is definitely showing signs of the impending change of seasons. The Bald Eagles have returned to the valley for the winter, as I have seen two now in the last three days. The willows have shaken most of their summer leaves, and the sun sets a little earlier each evening, as we inch ever so closer to those snowy winter nights. Keeping in mind that Decker’s is a year-round fishery, did you know that you can rent a cabin for a night or weekend at Flies and Lies? Visit them at http://www.flies-n-lies.com or the Decker’s Country Store at http://www.southplatterivercabins.com.
As I spend much of my time on the river these days, I meet so many nice people that are also giving interesting and unique perspectives on the sport of fly-fishing. About a week and a half ago, I met Scott, from Trout Porn Podcast. Listen in as they give a great plug for the website and share some information about our area. http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/trout-porn-podcast/e/48094166?autoplay=true Also, if you are interested in hosting a meeting or event in the Community Center, located in the rear of the Decker’s Resort, please feel free to contact me via email. That, will do it for today folks! Enjoy some of the shots from yesterday and and I’ll see you back here tomorrow for your ONE AND ONLY fishing report from the South Platte River Valley, Decker’s Colorado! Have a great Friday!
Chris
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Nov. 6 & 7, 2016 Fishing Review!
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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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Nov. 3, 2016 Decker’s Fishing Report for Thursday
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Good Evening my Friends!
Hopefully some of you had the chance to get out on the river today somewhere in Colorado, because it was absolutely perfect weather to spend the day outdoors! With little to no wind for most of the day, we reached high temps in the mid 60’s, but it felt like 75 at times! Updating on the river conditions, not much has changed with the flow. We’re still in the upper 60l’s (cfs) here in Decker’s/Trumbull, with a 65.5 in the canyon. Looks like we’ve just seen the beginning of the latest “moss die-off” on the upper section of the river, mostly from the second bridge down through Trumbull, from what I’ve fished in the last two days. Further downstream, where I fished today, seemed to be much less concentrated with the annoying green stuff, but not completely moss free. Starting off at about noon, yes I know that’s a little late, but the way the trout have been feeding lately, no worries! Ben and I headed downstream about 7 miles towards Nighthawk and fished some deeper, faster running pools and shelves along the way started out with a that same two-fly rig I was using yesterday, with the orange egg, trailing the juju-baetis. I had that really small split-shot about 4 inches above the egg and the juju roughly 12 inches down below. Throwing this concoction across the small, narrowing run that was about 5 feet deep, something I hadn’t seen in awhile, my set-up was running pretty quick and looked like it had nice drift through an even narrower run. No strike indicator to watch, I felt a quick tug, followed that with my own jig downstream, and I was hooked up on a pretty nice brown. With several large boulders giving this fish several options to plan it’s escape, I quickly gained control of the fish by turning it sideways and upwards at the same time, causing the fish to basically get disoriented, making it easier to reel in. Walking to meet Ben, I slowly walked the river’s edge, where I spotted a couple of different pairs of larger fish, seemingly paired up to spawn. Recognizing this, Ben and I returned back upstream and fished near the Trumbull bridge for about an hour. This time I put on a two-fly dry rig with a no-hackle, BWO, with the familiar, size#24 parachute adams. Worked again and caught three nice fish that were sipping pretty hard along a thick bubble line.
Looking ahead to tomorrow’s weather, we’ve got another great day in store! High of 69, with plenty of sun and winds under 10mph. Although it’s warm, the valley is definitely showing signs of the impending change of seasons. The Bald Eagles have returned to the valley for the winter, as I have seen two now in the last three days. The willows have shaken most of their summer leaves, and the sun sets a little earlier each evening, as we inch ever so closer to those snowy winter nights. Keeping in mind that Decker’s is a year-round fishery, did you know that you can rent a cabin for a night or weekend at Flies and Lies? Visit them at http://www.flies-n-lies.com or the Decker’s Country Store at http://www.southplatterivercabins.com.
As I spend much of my time on the river these days, I meet so many nice people that are also giving interesting and unique perspectives on the sport of fly-fishing. About a week and a half ago, I met Scott, from Trout Porn Podcast. Listen in as they give a great plug for the website and share some information about our area. http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/trout-porn-podcast/e/48094166?autoplay=true Also, if you are interested in hosting a meeting or event in the Community Center, located in the rear of the Decker’s Resort, please feel free to contact me via email. That, will do it for today folks! Enjoy some of the shots from yesterday and and I’ll see you back here tomorrow for your ONE AND ONLY fishing report from the South Platte River Valley, Decker’s Colorado! Have a great Friday!
Chris
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Nov. 2, 2016 The “Reel” Deal fishing report
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Go Cubs, I mean Good Evening!
It’s been 108 years since the Cubs have won the World Series, but tonight’s the night! #goCubsGo. Ok folks, we’ve got another great fishing report for today, with fish caught above and below the surface on a variety of dry and subsurface bugs! Don’t let the low flows get you discouraged, this is Decker’s in the fall/winter, as we continue to hover around 68-70 (cfs). Continuing warm temps kept the bugs a’hatch’n all day today, with so many bugs on the water at times that you couldn’t find your dry! Started out with the intentions of getting on the water downstream by myself, but my trusty partner in crime, Ben, dropped in to fish before I left, so we stayed in Trumbull. Grabbing both my dry pole set-up and nymphing rig, I headed down to the river’s edge to see the rise in full glory! Rising fish amidst the bubble and seems in the faster moving water was too much to pass up for a nymph rig, so I grabbed my dry rig with a single BWO and quickly caught two browns off the top! This went on for about two hours, catching about 5 fish with the same bug, until it was so beat up I had to switch to another dry. Around 2:3o, the crazy rise died down, but they were still sipping the surface pretty regularly. I tied on a single orange egg a trailed it with a size #24 purple juju-baetis. I was throwing into about a 3 foot shelf, so I put on a 1/4 size split shot just about 4 inches above the egg. Tossing it almost like a dry rig, diagonally upstream, I caught three fish in about 15 minutes, all on the lower bug. After a quick bite to eat and short safety meeting, Ben and I went back out with dries and caught another 4 or 5 fish. Both of us were using a small, size #24 Parachute Adams. Tomorrow, I’m thinking we’re going to see some epic dry hatches! The reason I say this is because of the warm temperatures and little to no wind forecast for tomorrow. Around 9:30/10:00 is when I’m seeing the rise begin, followed with intense periods of rising fish on the blanket of appetizers that are floating downstream! Trailing an emerger behind an indicator bug has been working well when the rise slows down. After that, it’s back to picking your favorite way to catch trout! Ok folks, let’s not get out of hand about how good we’ve got things here in the South Platte Valley. Keep in mind we have a serious fire risk associated with these warm dry temperatures, so be vigilant and be sure to report any suspicious activity to the local authorities. That’s all for today friends! Until next time, Go Cubs and have a great evening!
Chris
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