The morning facts!
July 28, 2016
Howdy Folks!! Not a cloud in the sky this early Thursday Morning! Up early and just got back from checking out the conditions on the South Platte. If you fish the Decker’s area, you most likely know the spot on the river in Trumbull, known as “hole in the wall.” Living just feet from this section of the river, I begin each morning with a look at the river clarity, flow, moss content, temperature and bug activity, as I make my morning walk the three miles or so up to the “wire.” Other days, after checking out Trumbull and Decker’s, I make trips to different sections of the 15 miles of Trophy Trout waters and check out what the bugs and fish are up to any particular section of river. So, here’s how we’re starting off this Thursday. At Cheesman this morning, we’ve got a flow of 178 (cfs), with 238 (cfs) in Trumbull, and after taking a gander at Decker’s this morning, it’s running about 220 (cfs) through the bridge area and “Ray’s Run.” The river temperature this morning is a “fish friendly” 47.8 degrees! On a side note, I’ve always wondered if fish ever get Thirsty? Let me know if you have any thoughts! Alrighty then! Last night was quite fun on the river here at “hole in the wall.” I got a late start, but got out there in plenty of time to spend an hour nymphing, with only one fish gullible enough to take the garbage rig I was throwing early in my quest! Early on, I just wasn’t feeling it. My rig, made up of a Rubber-legs, hare’s ear, and chocolate thunder, seemed to be as attractive as the, “All you can eat” meat buffet for Vegetarians! As the sun set and twilight fell upon me on the river, the evening celebration began!! Realizing I had about ten minutes to get my 6x tippet through the eye in my size 22 Extended body BWO, before the rising trout frenzy would be over, I quickly put on one single olive and began throwing to an area just upstream of where I saw several rising trout. Within two casts, I had a nice brown hooked up and the battle was on. He ran right at me, took a deep dive and took about ten to fifteen feet of line. Heading back downstream now, I knew it was now or never if I was to regain control of the fish and not have him snap me off. With one quick flip to the side and slight twist of the trout’s head, he quickly rolled over and allowed me to net him from just upstream of me! After that, three more browns took the single Olive, although the third fish broke me off as soon as it took the bug. Lesson learned here, when you’ve caught several fish on the same bug, CHECK YOUR KNOTS! After the loss of the last BWO, I switched over to a two-fly rig, with an Amy’s Ant, trailing a female Trico and picked up another three or four aggressive browns. All of those fish were taken on the indicator bug, just on the riffle, as the swirly-eddy I was fishing, met with the mainstream flow. I’m going out this evening and planning on fishing near Lone Rock Campground.http://www.reserveamerica.com/camping/lone-rock-campground-co/r/campgroundDetails.do?contractCode=NRSO&parkId=70054. That’s all for now my friends! Have a great day and get out there and fish!
Chris
