Nov.10/11, 2016 Fishing Update from Decker’s

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Hi Folks!

Good evening and welcome back to the river report from Decker’s/Trumbull, Colorado! We’ve been at the same flows now since Oct.19, with the canyon at 65-70(cfs), with similar flows through Decker’s and Trumbull. Moss continues to be somewhat of a hassle, but oh well! Price you pay to fish! The weather forecast for the weekend looks great, so look for more people fishing around the Decker’s Resort area, and upstream to the “wire” Take advantage of the plentiful fishing spots downstream from the resort, by following Platte river road downstream, where you’ll find several areas to pull off  the road and park. Just be sure to park in designated areas. You’ll spot these areas with a brown sign, with the letter “P”. There are simply pull-outs along the road, but be sure to park your vehicle a safe distance off the road, as to not impede traffic or cyclist. Alright, here’s the deal on the bugs and the fish, as I had two guests fish with me today in Trumbull. We got in the river around 10am, after having some fantastic Monkey Bread, purchased at the Decker’s Country Store. If you stop in to see Phyllis or Bob, let them know you heard it here, “the monkey bread rocks” Not seeing the rise to my liking, I decided to head to some shallower, faster water and drop a nymph rig in the hopes of pulling one of the bigger trout that tend to to like this particular drop-off. With my egg/purple juju/olive flashback midge, I made two casts and hooked up on a nice 15-16 Brown, just as the lead bug dropped over the ridge to the suspecting trout. Trying to work the fish through a deeper pool and into a shallower area, with hopes of netting the fish, it ran deeper an towards me, creating some slack in my line and allowed for  a relatively easy departure for my newly hooked adversary. Feeling good about what I was presenting the trout,  I walked back upstream to where I had previously hooked up, made another two casts and was once again on a larger fish, this time a nice 16″+Rainbow!  I could feel that the fish was most likely foul-hooked, so I didn’t apply ample pressure and the fish either spit or broke free from the bug. My friends Deb and Richard, at this point, were trying their luck on a few fish that were rising along a bubble line, on what appeared to be an emerger of some kind. Their was a hatch occurring, but the bugs had not worked their way down, so the fish were really just sipping below the surface. Much to liking of both Deb and Richard, they both got on some fish, Deb with the dries and Richard went back to the nymph rig. Today’s picture gallery shows a few of the fish they caught while spending their day here with me and Bailey! Also in today’s picture gallery, is a few shots of what I believe is an Eagle, perched high above the South Platte River, behind my house. Be sure to check out the pretty cool Orvis video about nymphing, located right after the USGS Graph on the opening of the blog page. That’s all for now folks, have a great evening and I hope to see you on the river this weekend!

Chris