Oct.18, 2016 Your daily fish stuff
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Hello everyone!
Finally put the kite down and picked up the fly pole! After two days of some serious winds, we finally had a calmer breeze blowing today, although breeze is probably an understatement. Flows around Decker’s/Trumbull are holding at 90, with 70 just below the dam. I got out this evening aroun d 4, with a pretty decent midge hatch blanketing me for about 4o minutes, nonstop! Now, this didn’t mean that I was having a spectacular fishing experience as a result of this hatch, I’m just going to point out that it was happening. Honestly people, I switched back and forth, completely dedicated to the “dry’s” tying on a single parachute, then a parachute with an emerger, then back to a single parachute, still nothing! After being mocked repeatedly by these little bastards, I decided I would go with something a little larger and tie on a Caddis fly with a tan RS-2 about 12-14 inches behind. Finally, a stinking fish! I managed to hook up on another 3, however I didn’t get them all to the net. Seemed that they were sipping pretty aggressively and a dry bug was a sure thing, but I certainly didn’t “kill it’ this evening. Doesn’t matter though, I’m completely O.K with an evening on the South Platte River. The weather for the next three days looks really nice, with winds under 10 mph, temps in the mid 60’s and mid 70’s by Thursday!
A big thanks to all of you that are following along with the blog. With your help following and your visits to the websites other pages, I’ve been able to move up to page #1 when you do a Google Search for “Fishing reports, Decker’s, Colorado” I am truly blessed to live in such a beautiful place that offers some of the best fly-fishing in the world. Since I launched the website back in June, my fitness quest has been the other main focus in my life. I’m happy to report, that as of today, I have lost a total of 80 pounds and feel fantastic! I basically live on Brown Rice, Assorted Beans, Lentils, eggs, bananas, oatmeal, root vegetables and a variety of nuts and other fresh vegetables. I do a 25 mile bike ride, 5 days a week, here in Decker’s/Trumbull/Scraggy View, and hike 3o to 4o miles a week shooting pictures around the valley. My key to success up to this point has been pretty simple, consistency with the exercise and a commitment to the foods I outlined above. Because I’ve gotten into cycling at a pretty serious level in the last two years, I’ve learned how the “right foods” are key to having the energy to do a 100 mile bike ride in one day! I adopted this way of eating, after attending a cooking demonstration this past summer, by a wonderful Chef from South Bend, Indiana. His name is Mark Anthony. Along with his culinary and showmanship talents, Mark has a delightful Christian message of getting closer to your higher power through taking care of the body, which in turn will get you closer to your soul, and ultimately your higher power! Please visit him @http://www.chefmarkanthony.com. When I first met Mark, it was kind of scary how similar our backgrounds were so similar. We were both Chefs that struggled with our weight from working in the Food and Beverage Industry so long that we forgot about ourselves, constantly YO-YO’ing with our weight, not having energy, and suffering joint pain and other pre-diabetic symptoms. Mark has been a big influence in my life in the last year and I look forward to sharing more of his recipes and tips that have been a key to my success with my weight loss, and more importantly, becoming a better me! Thanks for sticking around tonight and reading my blog. Once again, I’m honored to have you take a few minutes of your day to see what’s going on with the South Platte Valley, and a little bit about me. Until next time, have a good night and I hope to see you on the river soon.
Chris
