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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
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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Nov 1, 2016 South Platte-Decker’s Report
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Hey everyone!
Finally feeling like a fall day here in the valley today, with cool to mild temps and just a little bit breezy! The sun was shining on and off, which allowed for a stealthier approach to some shallow areas that have been holding quite a few fish. Flows are holding at 68 in Decker’s, 64 below the Dam. As far as the clarity goes these days, I’ve noticed an increase in the moss floating downriver this afternoon, must be from it dying off from the last big growing cycle. All this sunlight and warmth had to make something grow? With the lower flows, this may take an extra day or two to push on downstream and clear up, but some spots or runs are worse than others, so just be on the lookout! To my dismay, I only got to fish for about an hour and half this afternoon, but something is definitely better than nothing when it comes to daily time on the river. I fished downstream from the second Decker’s bridge, an area know as the “mini Canyon” I chose this area to give the fish behind my house a break from me and Bailey (our Golden Retriever) and to fish some deeper runs with my “red zebra” midge that has been productive each day since Friday! Once again, just when you think you’ve got something these trout can’t resist, they mock you, swim by your feet and present themselves as, “basically not interested” Noticing a pretty big midge hatch that was happening just above the surface, I quickly switched over to a double dry rig,with a small, size#24 Parachute Adams, trailing the same size BWO. Tossing my bugs with just a few feet of line upstream and between a few large boulders to some rising fish, I was able to pull four nice browns, all in about 2o minutes. Tomorrow’s trip will be a run down to “Nighthawk” to fish some new water and see how the flows have affected the fishing downstream. Until then, take care my friends and have a great tomorrow!
Chris
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Oct. 31, 2016 Fishing Decker’s!
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Happy Halloween Everyone!
Welcome back to the update my friends, let’s talk about current conditions before I get to what was working on the river today! Flows are unchanged, with Decker’s/Trumbull around 68 (cfs), 65 below Cheesman Dam. Warm temperatures have dominated October, to the point where the wildflowers are beginning to bloom again! It was a little bit breezy at times today, but the fish were actively feeding both above and below the surface. The weather is looking great for the rest of the week with highs in the low to mid-60’s, warming up as we head into the weekend. I got out on the river today at about noon, just as the sun was warming up the water and small midge/bwo hatch blanketed my back yard. Not being able to ignore the sipping trout near the surface, I threw on a fresh, size#24 Parachute Adams, and quickly hooked up on two Rainbow’s. After those two fish, things seemed to quiet down a bit, so I switched over to a nymph rig and headed for some faster, shallower water. Being a creature of habit myself, I couldn’t forget about the success I had on Friday with Fire Midge. I tied on a rubber legs, followed it with a pheasant tail, and trailed the bright red midge about 12 inches below that pheasant tail. Only fishing in about 10 inches of water, I held off on the split shot and just let my two trail flies float just under the surface. Two drifts of this rig and I was hooked up on a nice Cut-bow that took the fire midge as it fell off a shelf and into a deeper pool. As the afternoon sun started to set and wind died down, the dry fly action picked up again as I went back out around 5:45 and caught three fish, all on a size#24, single BWO. I’ve noticed more fish spawning in the last week, so be on the lookout for the “redds” and move away and fish somewhere else. REMEMBER! If you see the fish paired up, don’t throw to them! That’s all for today my friends! Hope to see you out on the river soon!
Chris
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Oct 30, 2016 South Platte River Report
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Hi Folks!
Haven’t forgotten about the fishing report! Had to run to Denver to get a new vehicle! Fished all day Friday, and the fish are very active! Looking at flows around 68 (cfs) through Decker’s, Canyon at 64.5 (cfs). Not quite 75 degrees anymore, but still nice to be in a t-shirt and no waders in October! Heading back to the river this afternoon and I’ll fish the river this evening! Friday was hot with the BWO, then took some really big browns underneath with a red zebra midge! More later when I returned to the South Platte! Until then, get out there and catch some fish!
Chris
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