Dec. 5, 2016 Decker’s, Colorado fishing update
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Good Evening!
Exciting couple of outings the last few days, but let’s talk about the current and upcoming conditions first! As you’re probably aware, we on the cusps of another early winter snow storm in the foothills and front range. Flows remain around 70 (cfs) through Decker’s/Trumbull, clarity is improving by the day, and the temperature of the river on Saturday morning was 39 degrees! Snow will be moving in tomorrow afternoon, continuing through the day and into Wednesday. By the weekend, temperatures should be back in the mid 40’s, with plenty of sunshine. Alright, let’s get to the fish’n stuff, shall we? Today’s picture gallery will show you what we’ve been putting in the net the last couple of days! Going on month six of reporting the conditions and photographing Anglers from all over the world, I can’t explain how great it’s been to capture some really exciting moments in other people’s lives. I am truly blessed to live on such a wonderful river and fishery, allowing me to share with you each day, the joys of fishing the world famous South Platte River, in Decker’s, Colorado. In the last couple of days we’ve had two fronts move over the valley, which provided some great fishing, mostly nymphing, but we saw saw periods of rising fish throughout the weekend. After a couple of good days earlier in the week on the red zebra and olive midge, the fish got real active when the snow started falling Friday afternoon. Switching over to a grey, sparkle wing WD-40 (grey), we really got on the fish. This time we were fishing a shelf that dropped off into a much deeper pool, with several larger fish visible a couple of feet down. With only a few feet to drift in the shallow water leading up to the hole, significant weight was added to the nymph rig to make sure the flies got down quick for a good presentation and matching speed of the food in the feeding column. The fish were aggressive and we did well with this strategy for about two hours! In addition to the WD-40, the RS-2 (also grey) was used as a trailing midge, behind an egg and various attractor nymphs. Saturday morning was cold and the fish weren’t really active until about 11, especially in the shaded areas of the river. Today was similar to Friday, combined with the cloud cover and the light snow, the fish were active on the light colored midges and the fish of the day was taken on a white streamer. Credit for this big, 21 inch Rainbow goes to Chester, accompanied by his fellow minister friend Brian, both visiting Decker’s from the Colorado Springs area. There is a picture of the bug that caught this fish in the gallery! Don’t let the cold temperatures or snow keep you away! Stay a night or two in one of the cozy cabins available to rent from either Flies and Lies, or the Decker’s Country Store! Just go to the “Services” page right here on livedeckerscolorado.com for more information on cabin rentals. Well, that’s all for today folks! More great pictures and updates to come! Below are a few pics of the grey bugs used over the weekend! Left to right is the WD-40, and the RS-2. Please share the blog with as many people as you can, as I’m trying to reach a daily following of 3,000 by March! Have a great evening and I’ll be back tomorrow!
Chris
