Howdy Folks!
Welcome back everyone! We are making progress with GoDaddy and WordPress and we hope to be back to full blogging potential shortly! In the meantime, I will be doing my best to get connected each day to provide you the live river conditions and fishing report, here in Decker’s and Trumbull. Current flows of the South Platte, below Cheesman Reservoir is 281 cfs, Decker’s estimate around 300 cfs, with a reading of 307 cfs, below Brush Creek, in Trumbull. The morning Trico hatch is still producing, but tailing off around noon. At the same time, we’ve had great success nymphing the drop-offs and faster moving water. Several fish were taken with a sparkle-wing RS-2 (grey), purple juju beatis, black beauty, choclolate thunder, and all caught while trailing behind an indicator bug such as a Amys Ant, chernoble, or grasshopper. The evening dry fly action has been great! Last night, around 7:45-8:00pm, the water came alive with a multitude of hatches and the fish were going air-born to eat the feast! Extended body blue wing olives, single parachute adams, and a single griffiths gnat, repeatedly brought up aggressive trout, as we fished until the rise was over. The moss has been pretty heavy, so be prepared to check your flies often. This can also cause you to lose a fish when hooked up, so keep that line short when nymphing and help your own cause. Afternoon showers have continued to produce serious lightening and heavy downpours at times, so be sure to pay attention to approaching storms and seek shelter if necessary. Keep in mind that Colorado ranks third, behind Texas and Florida, for lightening deaths each year. On the whole, the fishing has been great, fire danger is moderate, the camp grounds still have a few openings for the holiday weekend, and the weather looks great for the Labor Day ahead! That’s all for now my friends! Looking to book a cabin or guided fly-fishing trip, be sure to check out Flies and Lies at http://www.flies-n-lies.com.
Chris
August 29, 2016 Fishing report
fishing reportHowdy Folks!
Welcome back everyone! We are making progress with GoDaddy and WordPress and we hope to be back to full blogging potential shortly! In the meantime, I will be doing my best to get connected each day to provide you the live river conditions and fishing report, here in Decker’s and Trumbull. Current flows of the South Platte, below Cheesman Reservoir is 281 cfs, Decker’s estimate around 300 cfs, with a reading of 307 cfs, below Brush Creek, in Trumbull. The morning Trico hatch is still producing, but tailing off around noon. At the same time, we’ve had great success nymphing the drop-offs and faster moving water. Several fish were taken with a sparkle-wing RS-2 (grey), purple juju beatis, black beauty, choclolate thunder, and all caught while trailing behind an indicator bug such as a Amys Ant, chernoble, or grasshopper. The evening dry fly action has been great! Last night, around 7:45-8:00pm, the water came alive with a multitude of hatches and the fish were going air-born to eat the feast! Extended body blue wing olives, single parachute adams, and a single griffiths gnat, repeatedly brought up aggressive trout, as we fished until the rise was over. The moss has been pretty heavy, so be prepared to check your flies often. This can also cause you to lose a fish when hooked up, so keep that line short when nymphing and help your own cause. Afternoon showers have continued to produce serious lightening and heavy downpours at times, so be sure to pay attention to approaching storms and seek shelter if necessary. Keep in mind that Colorado ranks third, behind Texas and Florida, for lightening deaths each year. On the whole, the fishing has been great, fire danger is moderate, the camp grounds still have a few openings for the holiday weekend, and the weather looks great for the Labor Day ahead! That’s all for now my friends! Looking to book a cabin or guided fly-fishing trip, be sure to check out Flies and Lies at http://www.flies-n-lies.com.
Chris
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August 26, 2016 Fishing report
fishing reportGood evening my fellow Anglers!
It was another glorious day on the South Platte river today my friends. The rain held off most of the day and the fish were active this morning on the Tricos and remained aggressive through the day! The current flow below Cheesman is 281 cfs, 318 in Trumbull, and putting Decker’s at about 310/320 cfs. No doubt that the bug of the day was the grey RS-w sparkle wing, size 24. The Chocolate Thunder was also another productive bug today as we mostly nymphed all day today. It’s going to be a busy weekend in Decker’s , so if your looking for some less populated water and less pressured fish, head on downstream towards Willow Bend and Nighthawk and you’ll be sure to have more room to yourself and the fish typically are less skeptical and sometimes you can get away with, let’s just say, “a not so perfect drift.” The tubers are still trying to get in the last few runs of the year, so be patient and the fishing doesn’t get affected that much. Please remember to pick up your trash and if you see someone doing something they shouldn’t be doing, SAY SOMETHING! Be sure to check out our Facebook page, livedeckerscolorado.com. Have a great day and I’ll see you on the river!
Chris
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August 25, 2016 Fishing report
fishing reportGood morning everyone!
Well, it’s sunny and beautiful right now, but more rain is on the way! Up here, we don’t complain much about a good soaking in late August, as we tend to have a second fire season in September. Flows below Cheesman this morning are 281 cfs, and a bit higher at the Trumbull station, measuring 311 cfs. Fishing was pretty flat for me yesterday, as I battled the ever frequent rain showers and fish that just didn’t seem to care that I was even there! Perhaps another hunger strike, or they simply went back to school! Tip here my friends, you have to cover lots of water to find feeding fish when fishing the Platte! The moss can be a bit of a pain, but when the fish are feeding, who cares! I’m starting to see more blue-winged olives and PMD’S in the evenings, with lots of grasshoppers in the thicker grass banks. It’s a good idea to tie on one of these terrestrials with trailing bug such as an emerger, dropper, or even a small dry such as a Parachute Adams. This is a good approach after the morning hatch, if there is one, to work along the banks on sipping fish. Crowds have thinned due to the kids back in school, so come on up and grab a spot on the Platte! Have a great day!
Chris
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August 23, 2016 Fishing report
fishing reportGreetings Everyone!
Started out this morning with a 20 mile round trip bike ride! It’s a great way to check out the morning conditions as I get my workout in for the day. This morning at about eight, I headed downstream from Trumbull to Nighthawk. Pretty much from Bridge Crossing, downstream to Nighthawk, I saw fish rising on the Trico’s that were thick the entire way to the end of the pavement. About ten-Thirty I got in the river and still had a single Parachute Adams tied on from the night before. Two quick tosses to a sipping brown I noticed near the granite wall and I was hooked up! Realizing the fish was big enough to break off my 7x tippet, I had to let it run while trying to keep it from running deep, tangling and breaking me off. After a few runs upstream and then back down, I was able to work the fish to a shallower rock bar and netted the nice 16″ brown trout. As the rising settled down, I switched over to a two-fly nymphing rig with a grey stone fly, trailing with a bead-headed black beauty. I took two more browns with this combination, almost back to back. I didn’t go out again this evening, as the rain has moved into the valley. Flows today below Cheesman were 284 cfs, Trumbull, below brush creek was at 304 cfs. Clarity is great, but their is some moss to deal with. Back tomorrow with another update. Have a great evening!
Chris
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August 22, 2016 Fishing Report
fishing reportGood Evening!
Welcome back to my fishing report, courtesy of my good friend Joe, ,who has found a way for me to blog while my site undergoes an update. Thanks Joe! The 8/8:30am trico hatch is still producing until about mid-morning, then it’s been mostly nymphing until the evening hours. Underneath, I’ve seen and had good success with the black two-bit hooker #20-22, chocolate thunder, grey sparkle wing RS-2, and even took a few aggressive browns on my second fly, which was a purple San Juan worm. On the dry side of things, we’ve seen a multitude of flies pulling fish, from Decker’s through Trumbull. As I road cycle Platte river road each morning, I’ve been covered in Trico’s from Nighthawk, then all the way upstream to Bridge Crossing. Later , about 9:30, when I returned to Trumbull, I saw a big hatch Blue-Winged Olives, occurring along the banks. Heading into the evening, we’re catching fish on dry-dropper rigs with a Chernoble, Amy’s Ant, and a yellow sallie, then trailing with a variety of dropper flies, some of which are the #20-26 Parachute Adams, griffiths gnat, and a bwo or pmd. The crowds have thinned since school began and the weather is great! More to come tomorrow with updated flows, clarity and more involved bug report! Have a great evening!
Chris
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