Oct.12, 2016 Good times with dry-flies!

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Hi there Friends!

Another fantasic day on the South Platte River my friends! The weather actually looked better up here than it did in Denver or the Springs. Mostly sunny all day with a little wind throughout most the afternoon.  Today we saw a change in the flow, dropping 50 cfs, leaving us currently at 268 below the dam, with 262 in Trumbull. As planned, I got out and fished this morning up near the Lone Rock Campground. Conditions this morning were great! The fish were very active and I immediately took a couple of fish with a single Sparkle Dun, size 22. This fly worked all morning long, until I left to come home for a little lunch. Before I fished, I was able to shoot a few pictures of the early morning activity happening around the Decker’s bridge. There were three or four people fishing between the bridge and Ray’s Run, all three regularly hooking up on rising fishing with dry flies, and also pulling fish with nymph rigs. This is what actually cut my hike short and got me on the river fishing a heck of a lot quicker! Taking a break between about 1:45 and 4, I returned to fish the section of river downstream from my house with a single Parachute Adams. Feeling good about my earlier dry-fly success, I kept working the banks and seems as I worked my way back up towards my yard and “hole in the wall” where my luck continued and pulled another 5 fish in about 30 minutes. I caught browns and rainbows, but all were aggressively going after the parachute, with the size of each fish in the 13-15 inch range. The weather for tomorrow looks great, with a high of 71 and lighter winds then we had today. It’s a great time of year to take a guided fly-fishing trip, check out Flies and Lies, located in the Decker’s Resort Mall, or visit them here at http://www.flies-n-lies.com and book your cabin and trip today! That’s all for now folks! Hope to see you on the river soon!

Chris