[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”95″ gal_title=”nov.11 deb and richard visit 68 cfs”]
Hi Folks!
Good evening and welcome back to the river report from Decker’s/Trumbull, Colorado! We’ve been at the same flows now since Oct.19, with the canyon at 65-70(cfs), with similar flows through Decker’s and Trumbull. Moss continues to be somewhat of a hassle, but oh well! Price you pay to fish! The weather forecast for the weekend looks great, so look for more people fishing around the Decker’s Resort area, and upstream to the “wire” Take advantage of the plentiful fishing spots downstream from the resort, by following Platte river road downstream, where you’ll find several areas to pull off the road and park. Just be sure to park in designated areas. You’ll spot these areas with a brown sign, with the letter “P”. There are simply pull-outs along the road, but be sure to park your vehicle a safe distance off the road, as to not impede traffic or cyclist. Alright, here’s the deal on the bugs and the fish, as I had two guests fish with me today in Trumbull. We got in the river around 10am, after having some fantastic Monkey Bread, purchased at the Decker’s Country Store. If you stop in to see Phyllis or Bob, let them know you heard it here, “the monkey bread rocks” Not seeing the rise to my liking, I decided to head to some shallower, faster water and drop a nymph rig in the hopes of pulling one of the bigger trout that tend to to like this particular drop-off. With my egg/purple juju/olive flashback midge, I made two casts and hooked up on a nice 15-16 Brown, just as the lead bug dropped over the ridge to the suspecting trout. Trying to work the fish through a deeper pool and into a shallower area, with hopes of netting the fish, it ran deeper an towards me, creating some slack in my line and allowed for a relatively easy departure for my newly hooked adversary. Feeling good about what I was presenting the trout, I walked back upstream to where I had previously hooked up, made another two casts and was once again on a larger fish, this time a nice 16″+Rainbow! I could feel that the fish was most likely foul-hooked, so I didn’t apply ample pressure and the fish either spit or broke free from the bug. My friends Deb and Richard, at this point, were trying their luck on a few fish that were rising along a bubble line, on what appeared to be an emerger of some kind. Their was a hatch occurring, but the bugs had not worked their way down, so the fish were really just sipping below the surface. Much to liking of both Deb and Richard, they both got on some fish, Deb with the dries and Richard went back to the nymph rig. Today’s picture gallery shows a few of the fish they caught while spending their day here with me and Bailey! Also in today’s picture gallery, is a few shots of what I believe is an Eagle, perched high above the South Platte River, behind my house. Be sure to check out the pretty cool Orvis video about nymphing, located right after the USGS Graph on the opening of the blog page. That’s all for now folks, have a great evening and I hope to see you on the river this weekend!
Chris
Nov.10/11, 2016 Fishing Update from Decker’s
Fishing Conditions, fishing report[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”95″ gal_title=”nov.11 deb and richard visit 68 cfs”]
Hi Folks!
Good evening and welcome back to the river report from Decker’s/Trumbull, Colorado! We’ve been at the same flows now since Oct.19, with the canyon at 65-70(cfs), with similar flows through Decker’s and Trumbull. Moss continues to be somewhat of a hassle, but oh well! Price you pay to fish! The weather forecast for the weekend looks great, so look for more people fishing around the Decker’s Resort area, and upstream to the “wire” Take advantage of the plentiful fishing spots downstream from the resort, by following Platte river road downstream, where you’ll find several areas to pull off the road and park. Just be sure to park in designated areas. You’ll spot these areas with a brown sign, with the letter “P”. There are simply pull-outs along the road, but be sure to park your vehicle a safe distance off the road, as to not impede traffic or cyclist. Alright, here’s the deal on the bugs and the fish, as I had two guests fish with me today in Trumbull. We got in the river around 10am, after having some fantastic Monkey Bread, purchased at the Decker’s Country Store. If you stop in to see Phyllis or Bob, let them know you heard it here, “the monkey bread rocks” Not seeing the rise to my liking, I decided to head to some shallower, faster water and drop a nymph rig in the hopes of pulling one of the bigger trout that tend to to like this particular drop-off. With my egg/purple juju/olive flashback midge, I made two casts and hooked up on a nice 15-16 Brown, just as the lead bug dropped over the ridge to the suspecting trout. Trying to work the fish through a deeper pool and into a shallower area, with hopes of netting the fish, it ran deeper an towards me, creating some slack in my line and allowed for a relatively easy departure for my newly hooked adversary. Feeling good about what I was presenting the trout, I walked back upstream to where I had previously hooked up, made another two casts and was once again on a larger fish, this time a nice 16″+Rainbow! I could feel that the fish was most likely foul-hooked, so I didn’t apply ample pressure and the fish either spit or broke free from the bug. My friends Deb and Richard, at this point, were trying their luck on a few fish that were rising along a bubble line, on what appeared to be an emerger of some kind. Their was a hatch occurring, but the bugs had not worked their way down, so the fish were really just sipping below the surface. Much to liking of both Deb and Richard, they both got on some fish, Deb with the dries and Richard went back to the nymph rig. Today’s picture gallery shows a few of the fish they caught while spending their day here with me and Bailey! Also in today’s picture gallery, is a few shots of what I believe is an Eagle, perched high above the South Platte River, behind my house. Be sure to check out the pretty cool Orvis video about nymphing, located right after the USGS Graph on the opening of the blog page. That’s all for now folks, have a great evening and I hope to see you on the river this weekend!
Chris
Share this:
Like this:
Nov. 9, 2016 Fishing Update from Decker’s
Fishing Conditions, fishing report[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”94″ gal_title=”nov.9 fished with asian susan”]
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
Share this:
Like this:
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
Share this:
Like this:
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
Share this:
Like this:
Nov. 5, 2016 Today’s fishing news!
fishing report[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”93″ gal_title=”Nov.5 jerrys big bow day 21 inches”]
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
Share this:
Like this: