Nov. 2, 2016 The “Reel” Deal fishing report
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Go Cubs, I mean Good Evening!
It’s been 108 years since the Cubs have won the World Series, but tonight’s the night! #goCubsGo. Ok folks, we’ve got another great fishing report for today, with fish caught above and below the surface on a variety of dry and subsurface bugs! Don’t let the low flows get you discouraged, this is Decker’s in the fall/winter, as we continue to hover around 68-70 (cfs). Continuing warm temps kept the bugs a’hatch’n all day today, with so many bugs on the water at times that you couldn’t find your dry! Started out with the intentions of getting on the water downstream by myself, but my trusty partner in crime, Ben, dropped in to fish before I left, so we stayed in Trumbull. Grabbing both my dry pole set-up and nymphing rig, I headed down to the river’s edge to see the rise in full glory! Rising fish amidst the bubble and seems in the faster moving water was too much to pass up for a nymph rig, so I grabbed my dry rig with a single BWO and quickly caught two browns off the top! This went on for about two hours, catching about 5 fish with the same bug, until it was so beat up I had to switch to another dry. Around 2:3o, the crazy rise died down, but they were still sipping the surface pretty regularly. I tied on a single orange egg a trailed it with a size #24 purple juju-baetis. I was throwing into about a 3 foot shelf, so I put on a 1/4 size split shot just about 4 inches above the egg. Tossing it almost like a dry rig, diagonally upstream, I caught three fish in about 15 minutes, all on the lower bug. After a quick bite to eat and short safety meeting, Ben and I went back out with dries and caught another 4 or 5 fish. Both of us were using a small, size #24 Parachute Adams. Tomorrow, I’m thinking we’re going to see some epic dry hatches! The reason I say this is because of the warm temperatures and little to no wind forecast for tomorrow. Around 9:30/10:00 is when I’m seeing the rise begin, followed with intense periods of rising fish on the blanket of appetizers that are floating downstream! Trailing an emerger behind an indicator bug has been working well when the rise slows down. After that, it’s back to picking your favorite way to catch trout! Ok folks, let’s not get out of hand about how good we’ve got things here in the South Platte Valley. Keep in mind we have a serious fire risk associated with these warm dry temperatures, so be vigilant and be sure to report any suspicious activity to the local authorities. That’s all for today friends! Until next time, Go Cubs and have a great evening!
Chris
