Dec. 19, 2016 Fishing Update for Decker’s/Trumbull

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Good Evening!

Welcome to my fishing report and river conditions for this clear and cold night in Decker’s/Trumbull, Colorado! Currently, the South Platte through Decker’s is about 115 (cfs), with a water temperature of 40 degrees!  As far as the clarity goes, be prepared to clean your flies, as I had to deal with a considerable amount of moss while fishing today.  With the last blast of cold temperatures and snow, we’re  back to iced up conditions around the river’s edge, which can create some pretty treacherous conditions getting in and out of the river. My shoulder learned the hard way today!  With the sunny skies, 26 felt like 36, and with no wind, it wasn’t so bitter cold out on the river this afternoon. With just an hour or so to fish today, I kept to the deeper pools, applied enough weight and fished a three-fly rig,  just like last week, when the snow moved out and the temperatures went up.  I set myself up with a pheasant tail nymph, followed with a purple juju, and trailed a grey RS-2. This proved to be rather successful, as I netted two rainbows on the Grey RS-2.  Looking ahead for the rest of the week, temperatures in valley will be in the mid 40-s, with partly sunny/cloudy skies and no precipitation forecast until the weekend.  From past experience, Christmas is a great day to come fishing in Decker’s!  If I remember correctly, last year I had the whole river to myself, from the bridge in Decker’s, upstream to Lone Rock Campground.  That’s it for today my friends! Today’s gallery has a few from the last snow storm, plus a picture of the Grey RS-2 that I have been using quite a bit lately! Until next time, have a great evening and I hope to see you on the river soon!

Chris