Swarming Caddis

June 17, 2016[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”14″ gal_title=”baby ducks”]

Good Morning from Decker’s Corner! I’m Chef Chris, from the Decker’s Corner Café http://www.deckerscorner.com  with you morning weather and river conditions at the Decker’s bridge.  Before I continue, and as we approach Father’s Day,  I would like to wish my father, the late, but definitely “On Time” William D. White,  a very happy birthday. It’s been 20 years since we lost him and I think about him all the time.  “Happy Birthday Whitey!”

The weather up here could not be better!!! 67 Degrees with a forecast high of 73.  At 6:45, the river flow at the Trumble Station was 455 cfs, with good clarity.  Last night was incredible!! I started out fishing with a Streamer (Olive Wooley Bugger,) left on from the last time out before vacation.  Caddis were coming off pretty consistently, but with the high sun, the fish were still staying low and aggressively taking stone flies, with a variety of nymphs below.  Being the only resident here full time in Decker’s, I stayed out on the river until 9pm. Finally, as the sun had set behind the hills, some opportunistic  fish started to rise to take some caddis clean out of the air!! I kept my same rig and ended up taking quite a few fish in a row on the stone-fly and  one on a grey RS-2.  This morning the midges are coming off, along with some PMD’s’ which should be getting thicker here in a few weeks. Spoke with John at Flies-n-lies just a few moments ago, http://www.flies-n-lies.com and he shared with  me that the BWO’s are still hanging around, but should be trailing off soon.   The crowds are starting to show up for the holiday weekend, so please remember that their is plenty of room on the river and please pick up your trash when leaving our beautiful South Platte River Valley. Have a great day! Remember to do something good this weekend for Dad, Take him fish’n! and stop in to the Decker’s Corner Café http://www.deckerscorner.com, and say hello!

Chef Chris