Nov. 6 & 7, 2016 Fishing Review!

Hey Folks,

Let’s get you caught up on the latest with the South Platte River, Decker’s! Flows are unchanged (68 cfs), but the clarity has improved and the dead moss is moving on! The fish are still pretty active, but the dry fly action has slowed a bit in the last two afternoons. I’m not saying that you aren’t going to see many sipping fish, because you will for sure, but the extreme sustained periods of non-stop, full on fish feeds are slowing down a bit. Continuing on with the BWO theme, I got out on the river this afternoon around 1pm and began to throw the double-dry rig of BWO and a size#24 Matt’s midge. This worked well, as I caught three fish pretty quickly, before being broken off by a pig that hit the bug as soon as it hit the water, and ripped the bug right off my line! After the top-surface activity settle down a bit, I headed over to some shallower, faster water and started nymphing with the egg/juju pattern I’ve been using for the last couple of days. Took one brown rather quickly with this rig, on the bottom juju baetis. I’m throwing this 2-fly, nymph style rig with no weight, which is giving me the action that imitates a really light double-dry set-up, with the ability to fish and toss it upstream with a trailing emerger. I know it sounds weird, but I’ve been catching fish left and right, with both this rig and technique. Once again, I’m not the guide or the pro! I’m the dude who just likes to share what works for him! Looking like a great day to fish tomorrow, with temperatures in the low sixties, plenty of sunshine and little wind. Guessing we’ll see a better day tomorrow up top, with the sunnier skies and warm temps. We’re seeing quite a few Anglers through the week these days with the nice weather, so get here early, grab some breakfast at the Decker’s Corner Cafe, here’s their menu, http://www.deckerscornercafe.com, then it’s on to Flies and Lies http://www.flies-n-lies.com to pick up all the flies you’ll need for a successful day on the South Platte! That’s all for now my friends! Stay tuned for more tomorrow and I hope to see you on the river soon!

Chris