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Hello fellow lovers of the South Platte River!!
Here we go my friends, with an update on the conditions today, from Decker’s, Colorado. Just taking a look at the flow below Cheesman and the conditions here in Trumbull/Decker’s, we’ve got pretty much a consistent/similar flow in all three locations at 422. What’s that mean you ask? Not much really, but what I’ve have noticed with the consistent flow, has been the clarity. It’s been getting better and better since Thursday. The weather has been great for the last couple of days, with cooler temperatures the forecast for the weekend, with the chance of passing showers both Saturday and Sunday. The early morning trico hatch is still creating that mid-morning sipping, but last night and today really proved to announce that the spawn is soon upon us! Yesterday evening, and followed by early this morning, my buddy and I both immediately started with a double egg pattern, trailing a purple-jujubaetis with plenty of weight! On his first cast, and on my third or fourth pass of this double-egg pattern, we were both dialed in on the meal of choice! This went on for about an hour, and then later in the afternoon, I quickly ran out to the hole to see if I could duplicate the morning success. Sure enough, third pass through, hooked up on another aggressive brown! It’s looking like we may have a few showers on both Saturday and Sunday, but this may really turn on the fish! It’s a great time to book a guided fly-fishing trip in Decker’s. Book you’re today by calling the fine folks at Flies and Lies, or visit them at http://www.flies-n-lies.com. Because Decker’s is a such a popular day destination for many Angler’s of the front range communities, expect the crowds on the weekends to continue as long as the weather holds out! Remember! there is plenty of open water to fish downstream from Decker’s, with just a few private sections of the river that are clearly marked. Just find a brown “P” sign and you’re ready to try your luck on the Blue Ribbon, Trophy-Trout waters of the South Platte River, Decker’s ,Colorado! Need a cabin for the night or the weekend? Please visit Bob and Phyllis at the Decker’s Country Store, or visit them at http://www.southplatterivercabins.com, where you’ll find more information about the multiple cabins that are available on the river and the surrounding area. Where are you going to eat and drink you ask? No problem, Make sure you get a breakfast burrito with green chili at the Decker’s Corner Cafe @ http://www.deckerscornercafe.comThe cafe is also a full service coffee and espresso shop, along with great soft serve ice cream and milk shakes! Looking to get your Spirits and head out on the river? Got that covered too, simply stop into South Platte Liquors where they carry a nice variety of beer, wine and liquor for a quite diversified mountain palate! That’s all for now folks, until next time, have a great evening and I hope to see you on the river!
Chris
Decker’s in real time! 10/04/16
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Good Evening my Friends!
Wow, what a day in the beautiful South Platte River Valley, Decker’s, Colorado!! It was much cooler this morning, with a low of 39 when I got up. Flows are down just a little bit from yesterday, with 367 below the dam and 373 here in Decker’s/Trumbull. Good news is the flow has been consistent for almost a week now, and the fish are actively feeding. However, with the high winds we’ve seen in the last 48 hours, the river does have some debris to deal with. Pine straw, leaves, and other floating obstacles can hamper your efforts from time to time, but shouldn’t stop you from getting out there and fishing! I started out this morning with my usual 25 mile bike ride down river along Platte River Road. I use this as my daily training ride, but I also use this time to check out the river conditions downstream from Decker’s and Tumbull. This has turned out to be a pretty good way of establishing areas that are producing consistent hatches and what bugs are coming off. After some river reconnaissance up near the “wire” on the YMCA road in Decker’s, I finally got into the river to do some fishing in Trumbull around 3:30pm. By 4pm, the midges were coming off pretty thick, but I stuck with the nymphing rig as I didn’t see a rise on the midge hatch. Consisting of a San Juan Worm, followed with a Pheasant Tail #22, then trailing a Rainbow Warrior, I worked a faster riffle just upstream from a drop-off into deeper water. With just two or three throws of my rig, I quickly hooked into a smaller rainbow but lost it before I could set the hook. After a few hits with no hook-ups, I moved on to a dry-dropper as a few trout came up to take a few of the midges that had made their way down to surface level. With an Amy’s Ant, trailing a Blue-winged Olive, I took two more fish from a deeper pool against the granite rock wall. Today’s picture gallery is from my day around the Decker’s/Trumbull area! The weather is looking pretty much the same as it was today for tomorrow. Waking up to lows in the 30’s, warming up to the mid-60’s, with another windy day on tap. That’s all for today folks. Keep the comments coming and I hope to see you on the river soon!
Chris
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Fishing Update 10/3/16
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Windy Windy Windy
Good evening friends! Coming to you from the ever so windy foothills of the South Platte River Valley, Decker’s/Trumbull, Colorado. 6th day without a flow bump has got us at 418 below the dam at Cheesman, with just a hair under in Trumbull/Decker’s at 417. The wind today didn’t really keep the fish from the bug buffet that has been present each morning and early afternoon, as my friend and I did rather well nymphing and dry-dropping from about 11 this morning, until about 3:30. Previous to us fishing “hole in the wall” my friend had spent the earlier hours throwing a streamer between the Decker’s bridge, upstream to Lone Rock campground http://www/reserveamerica.com. with good success in the faster moving water. We’re a little early for the fall spawn of the brown, as I’ve yet to see any fish paired up at this point, nor have I caught a few spewing eggs! With that being said, I suppose I’m looking for someone to share with me why I’ve had such good success throwing a yellow and orange egg? This is why I write this stuff folks! I’m out there to learn and try new things, so feel free to leave me a comment! With gusts upwards to 50 or 60 mph, dry-fly fishing just wasn’t worth the effort! Sticking to the banks with a dry midge in a bend that was protected by the wind, pulled a nice rainbow that was tucked underneath a broken willow limb. With the pounding winds all day long, the pine needles and other forest debris was pretty heavy for the remainder of the afternoon. It’s looking like the weather for tomorrow is looking a little less windy, with winds of 5 to 10 mph and mostly sunny. No rain in immediate future with the slight chance of a shower on Thursday. Bugs that were doing the trick today were the yellow and orange eggs, with a black zebra midge. My buddy took two browns, one on a wooley-bugger type streamer, then he caught a nice rainbow with a tw0-bit hooker that was trailing a copper John, and a San Juan worm up top. Today’s picture gallery is from the last couple of days of my adventures! Living in the high desert of the Colorado Rocky Mountains is truly a blessing! I invite anyone who has never experienced Colorado to be sure to put the South Platte River Valley on their “bucket” list! As we go into the fall months, I hope to cover more fall related activities in our area, with updated links to add to the “THINGS TO DO” page of the website. That’s all for now my friends. Until next time, have a great evening and I hope to see you on the river soon!
Chris
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Trumbull and Decker’s Report 10/1/16
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Hi there my Friends!
Well, for the first day of October, by 10:30, you would have thought it was just another summer day. After a spectacular morning fog that had settled in the valley, we quickly warmed up as the sun made it’s way over Rampart Range. Welcome to those joining me for the first time, and welcome back to my loyal followers! Right now in Decker’s, we’ve got 53 degrees and a few passing showers. Just a drizzle here and there and we’ll be clearing out overnight. Sunday and Monday look sunny with a high tomorrow of 77 degrees and light winds of 8-10mph, before the rain moves back in for Monday and Tuesday. 42o cfs for the flow in Trumbull/Decker’s, with a similar flow below the dam at Cheesman at 420 cfs. With the third day of uninterrupted flows or any real significant rainfall, we’ve got good clarity all the way down to the Confluence, as I made my way down there today to see for myself. I did more reconnaissance and picture taking today for some art projects I’m working on, but did spend a few moments makings some observations and spoke to one of the guides at Flies and Lies http://www.flies-n-lies.com about our current conditions. October looks to be a good time for the blue-wing hatch, along with the increase in the egg patter results as we inch closer to the fall spawn of the brown trout. Right now, with a good drift, you can pretty much pick your bug and get a few in the net. Getting down deep with the nymph rig seems to be the trick on these bigger fish that tend to stay deep. On the dry side, the fish are really going nuts on the Hopper-dropper rig during the afternoon and evening hours. Blue-wings, caddis, pmd’s, and even some bigger moths have been thick around 6 or 6:30 on these warm evenings. I’ll be heading out early tomorrow to fish “hole in the wall” and downstream to the Trumbull bridge. More when I return. Until then my friends, enjoy some of the shots from today’s hike along the river and I hope to see you out there soon!
Chris
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Fishing Report for Decker’s, CO 9/30/16
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Hello fellow lovers of the South Platte River!!
Here we go my friends, with an update on the conditions today, from Decker’s, Colorado. Just taking a look at the flow below Cheesman and the conditions here in Trumbull/Decker’s, we’ve got pretty much a consistent/similar flow in all three locations at 422. What’s that mean you ask? Not much really, but what I’ve have noticed with the consistent flow, has been the clarity. It’s been getting better and better since Thursday. The weather has been great for the last couple of days, with cooler temperatures the forecast for the weekend, with the chance of passing showers both Saturday and Sunday. The early morning trico hatch is still creating that mid-morning sipping, but last night and today really proved to announce that the spawn is soon upon us! Yesterday evening, and followed by early this morning, my buddy and I both immediately started with a double egg pattern, trailing a purple-jujubaetis with plenty of weight! On his first cast, and on my third or fourth pass of this double-egg pattern, we were both dialed in on the meal of choice! This went on for about an hour, and then later in the afternoon, I quickly ran out to the hole to see if I could duplicate the morning success. Sure enough, third pass through, hooked up on another aggressive brown! It’s looking like we may have a few showers on both Saturday and Sunday, but this may really turn on the fish! It’s a great time to book a guided fly-fishing trip in Decker’s. Book you’re today by calling the fine folks at Flies and Lies, or visit them at http://www.flies-n-lies.com. Because Decker’s is a such a popular day destination for many Angler’s of the front range communities, expect the crowds on the weekends to continue as long as the weather holds out! Remember! there is plenty of open water to fish downstream from Decker’s, with just a few private sections of the river that are clearly marked. Just find a brown “P” sign and you’re ready to try your luck on the Blue Ribbon, Trophy-Trout waters of the South Platte River, Decker’s ,Colorado! Need a cabin for the night or the weekend? Please visit Bob and Phyllis at the Decker’s Country Store, or visit them at http://www.southplatterivercabins.com, where you’ll find more information about the multiple cabins that are available on the river and the surrounding area. Where are you going to eat and drink you ask? No problem, Make sure you get a breakfast burrito with green chili at the Decker’s Corner Cafe @ http://www.deckerscornercafe.comThe cafe is also a full service coffee and espresso shop, along with great soft serve ice cream and milk shakes! Looking to get your Spirits and head out on the river? Got that covered too, simply stop into South Platte Liquors where they carry a nice variety of beer, wine and liquor for a quite diversified mountain palate! That’s all for now folks, until next time, have a great evening and I hope to see you on the river!
Chris
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Decker’s Update 9/29/16
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Good Evening Everyone!
Well, it’s a little late in the day to finally get to the computer, but I had to spend the entire day working the river to give you an updated conditions and fishing report! Let’s catch you up on the basics, the flow has been dropped just a bit 413 in Trumbull and 423 below the Cheesman Dam. Clarity is pretty good considering we’ve had a few changes in flow in the last few days. I got out early this morning to take a few pictures and made sure to bundle up, as we’ve certainly arrived at Fall! This morning it was somewhere around 29-32 degrees and without a doubt, a nip in the air! After a few shots of the fall colors and arrival of some friends, we geared up for a day in the back yard to try our luck at, what we hoped would be, starving trout! They say hindsight is 20/20, got it, but let me tell you about the morning bugs and how we did. Not seeing much in the way of a rise, and pretty much content with staying around the back yard, which happens to be the section known as “hole in the wall” we decided that we were going to stick with nymphing for our best chance of landing a fish. I should let you know that I had a guest with me today that doesn’t have much experience fly-fishing, but was simply happy to be on the river. So, being the guy that has the place to fish, I invited her to come fish with me and be part of today’s blog! Not being the best instructor, considering I have my own bastardization of the “correct” technique, mostly due to a shoulder injury that most likely needs surgery to repair, I did my best to teach her what a proper drift should look like. To our dismay, we didn’t have much luck through the late morning and into the afternoon. Back to the hindsight comment a few sentences back, fast forward to around 4:30 and the arrival of my neighbor, who let’s face it, can flat out nail em’ with the nymphing rig! Immediately, I notice that the weight he has applied to his set-up is about double the amount of mine. About six casts into the seem between the riffle and slower moving water, he’s hooked up! Once again, I’ve not paid attention to the basics. You must get down to where the fish are feeding. It wasn’t that my bug selection was off, or not in line with what should be working, I simply wasn’t going deep! The fish that were caught this evening were all taken on an egg pattern, yellow and orange/yellow mix. Later in the evening, as the sun was setting, the blue-winged olives and midges were starting to bring a few fish up to the surface for quick meal. More tomorrow about the upcoming weekend, along with the introduction of the newest business to join the other establishments of the Decker’s Resort, The Painted Door! You’ll meet the proprietors and get to see what an exciting new business has joined the Resort! Until next time folks, have a great evening and I hope to see you on the river soon!
Chris
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