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Good Evening Everybody!
Wow, the mornings get cooler, the days get shorter, and the fish just seem to go with the flow! That’s good stuff there my friends, feel free to use that one, just mention my blog and we’re cool! Alright, let’s get to the current conditions I just observed a few moments ago. Being away from the river today, I only made a few observations when I came home. Flows here in Decker’s/Trumbull holding between 314/320 cfs, with good clarity and little debris, now that the wind has calmed down some. Biggest change I’ve seen in the last two evenings, was the presence of rising fish! This evening, after the sun went down over the ridge, the rise was on! For about ten minutes or so, the edges of the granite wall that meets the river and the adjacent river bank were ripe with rising fish, and at times, air-born trout! There were four anglers out behind my house this evening that I watched from the porch. They appeared to be doing pretty well nymphing early on, then one of them switched over to a dry fly and caught one on his third toss to what must have been a fish he saw rising. Also, speaking with my neighbor, who fished earlier this morning, shared with me his success with rubber-legs, trailing a double-egg pattern. It’s also getting to that time of year where the fish really seem to key in on streamers, and if you’ve been following me since June, no doubt you’ve heard me praise the “olive Wooley-Bugger” Get out there and cover lots of water! If you are like me at times and just want to move about and explore, this is the way to go! Generally speaking. and from MY experience only, I have consistently caught more fish in the 17-20 range when using a streamer. The mornings up here have been pretty cold, but warming up nicely by about 9:30/10:00. Sunday and Monday look beautiful, so get on up here and do some fish’n! For all your tackle and guide service needs, visit http://www.flies-n-lies.com and book a cabin and guided trip on the famous South Platte River, Decker’s, Colorado. Today’s picture gallery is from today’s adventure, starting with the river conditions behind my house at 7 this morning. The other shots are from Forissant, Colorado, where I spent most of my day helping with the installation of a water filtration system! That’s all for now folks, take care and have a great evening! We’ll see you on the river soon!
Chris
Oct.12, 2016 Good times with dry-flies!
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Hi there Friends!
Another fantasic day on the South Platte River my friends! The weather actually looked better up here than it did in Denver or the Springs. Mostly sunny all day with a little wind throughout most the afternoon. Today we saw a change in the flow, dropping 50 cfs, leaving us currently at 268 below the dam, with 262 in Trumbull. As planned, I got out and fished this morning up near the Lone Rock Campground. Conditions this morning were great! The fish were very active and I immediately took a couple of fish with a single Sparkle Dun, size 22. This fly worked all morning long, until I left to come home for a little lunch. Before I fished, I was able to shoot a few pictures of the early morning activity happening around the Decker’s bridge. There were three or four people fishing between the bridge and Ray’s Run, all three regularly hooking up on rising fishing with dry flies, and also pulling fish with nymph rigs. This is what actually cut my hike short and got me on the river fishing a heck of a lot quicker! Taking a break between about 1:45 and 4, I returned to fish the section of river downstream from my house with a single Parachute Adams. Feeling good about my earlier dry-fly success, I kept working the banks and seems as I worked my way back up towards my yard and “hole in the wall” where my luck continued and pulled another 5 fish in about 30 minutes. I caught browns and rainbows, but all were aggressively going after the parachute, with the size of each fish in the 13-15 inch range. The weather for tomorrow looks great, with a high of 71 and lighter winds then we had today. It’s a great time of year to take a guided fly-fishing trip, check out Flies and Lies, located in the Decker’s Resort Mall, or visit them here at http://www.flies-n-lies.com and book your cabin and trip today! That’s all for now folks! Hope to see you on the river soon!
Chris
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Oct.11, 2016 Daily Decker’s!
fishing reportHowdy Friends!
Back on the river today, after a quick trip to Denver. Don’t forget that the current live flow for Trumbull is always available on the first section of the blog page, along with social media posts and comments! The fish are really starting to feed aggressively and the flows have been consistent for a week now. Currently, below Cheesman Reservoir we’ve got a flow of 314, with 318 in Trumbull. I haven’t fished since Monday morning, but when I got home this evening, I through a single dry-fly and caught two fish back to back! They was a pretty consistent rise on the abundance of Blue-Wings and midges that lasted a good ten to fifteen minutes. Heading up to Decker’s to fish Lone Rock Campground in the morning. Until then, have a great evening and I’ll see you on the river soon.
Chris
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October 9, 2016 Active Fish in Decker’s
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Hey Everyone!
Good evening and here we go with the update for today. It was another late summer day here in the South Platte River Valley, with temperatures reaching the low 70’s, with plenty of sunshine and calm winds. Flows remain consistent for a fifth day, with 314 below the dam at Cheesman, and 321 in Decker’s/Trumbull. On occasion, mostly during the run-off season and during heavy rain fall periods, the flow in Decker’s can, and does happen seasonally, be slightly or significantly different from the flow in Trumbull. I simply list the one reading from the USGS measuring station that happens to be about 1000 yards upstream from my place on the river. When we are receiving large amounts of rainfall that causes Horse Creek and Wigwam Creek to influence the immediate flow in the Decker’s area, I’m usually here to visually notice that and let you know! I got out this morning early to take a hike, check the conditions and see if I could get a shot of nice healthy fish from the Decker’s bridge area. Working my way upstream from Trumbull, I was able to sight quite a few fish along the way, all actively feeding both above and below the surface. White mouths turning each way, fish darting up and down the water column, and the what sounded like a cannon ball being dropped in the water, but was really a trout going air-borne, was happening pretty consistently. The warmer weather definitely brought a variety of bugs to the buffet, but I personally didn’t get out and fish today. Most of the fish that I did see get put in the net were caught with nymph rigs, where one nice fella offered up that he caught the beast you see in today’s gallery with a Hare’s Ear. The weather looks great for the week, so expect to see a few more people than usual for a Monday. Keep in mind there is plenty of great fishing opportunities downstream from Decker’s and Trumbull. That’s all for now folks. Have a great evening and I hope to see you on the river soon.
Chris
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Oct.8, 2016 Daily Decker’s
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Good Evening Everybody!
Wow, the mornings get cooler, the days get shorter, and the fish just seem to go with the flow! That’s good stuff there my friends, feel free to use that one, just mention my blog and we’re cool! Alright, let’s get to the current conditions I just observed a few moments ago. Being away from the river today, I only made a few observations when I came home. Flows here in Decker’s/Trumbull holding between 314/320 cfs, with good clarity and little debris, now that the wind has calmed down some. Biggest change I’ve seen in the last two evenings, was the presence of rising fish! This evening, after the sun went down over the ridge, the rise was on! For about ten minutes or so, the edges of the granite wall that meets the river and the adjacent river bank were ripe with rising fish, and at times, air-born trout! There were four anglers out behind my house this evening that I watched from the porch. They appeared to be doing pretty well nymphing early on, then one of them switched over to a dry fly and caught one on his third toss to what must have been a fish he saw rising. Also, speaking with my neighbor, who fished earlier this morning, shared with me his success with rubber-legs, trailing a double-egg pattern. It’s also getting to that time of year where the fish really seem to key in on streamers, and if you’ve been following me since June, no doubt you’ve heard me praise the “olive Wooley-Bugger” Get out there and cover lots of water! If you are like me at times and just want to move about and explore, this is the way to go! Generally speaking. and from MY experience only, I have consistently caught more fish in the 17-20 range when using a streamer. The mornings up here have been pretty cold, but warming up nicely by about 9:30/10:00. Sunday and Monday look beautiful, so get on up here and do some fish’n! For all your tackle and guide service needs, visit http://www.flies-n-lies.com and book a cabin and guided trip on the famous South Platte River, Decker’s, Colorado. Today’s picture gallery is from today’s adventure, starting with the river conditions behind my house at 7 this morning. The other shots are from Forissant, Colorado, where I spent most of my day helping with the installation of a water filtration system! That’s all for now folks, take care and have a great evening! We’ll see you on the river soon!
Chris
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Oct.7, Daily Update
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Hi there Folks!
Weather conditions are great, the fishing has been up and down for me the last couple of days. I’ve been spending quite a bit of time shooting pictures and watching fish, but not so much catching for me lately! I spent another day today in the Cheesman Canyon, this time taking the upper trail and hiking all the way down to the base of the dam. This was a pretty vigorous hike that takes about an hour to get you in, and about an hour and a half to get you out. With steep climbs and descents, I would say this is an easy 2,000-2,500 foot elevation climb, after both directions. For a beautiful Friday in the South Platte valley, there was not another soul on the trail or in the upper trail head parking lot. Decker’s has been seeing fewer Anglers during the early weekdays, with pretty good traffic on the weekends, as the weather has been fantastic. Clarity is good, not much moss, with flows in Decker’s/Trumbull at 321, with the flow below Cheesman Dam, at 311. The weekend forecast looks great, with temps in the low 60’s, and plenty of sunshine. Our day in the Canyon was pretty humbling, I must say. All I had as far as strike went, was two big bow’s that came up on a wooley-bugger, as I made one last attempt to get a fish to remotely show some interest in what I had to offer. After being denied the fish fruits of the three hours of hiking, we returned home to Trumbull, to be each rewarded with a fish within the first five minutes of fishing! We both were using a foam back, chocolate thunder.
With this being my first trip this far up to the dam itself, I was thankful and happy to finally be standing at the base of one of most pivotal and controversial environmental wonders of the west, which happens to be basically in my back yard! The Cheesman Reservoir and Dam. Please visit the website link here for more information on this truly wonderful feat of engineering. http://www.denverwater.org/Recreation/Cheesman/. I hope you enjoy the photos I took today and I look forward to seeing you on the river! Until next time, have a great evening!
Chris
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