I was able to sneak
to the river on Saturday afternoon for a couple of hours. The river bumped up
into the 310 to 320 range on Friday and I wanted to check out the conditions
myself. With the near record breaking temps, the river was packed with lawn
chairs and rafts. Don’t think the swimmers were having as much fun as they
thought they would. hehe. The nearer you get to the dam, the clearer the water
will be. Fish can still be had, but it is the time of the year that you really
need to think about your approach. While fishing deeper, churned up water, I
went big and ugly (depth charge). I wanted to make sure they can see what I was
serving up. A lot of the water in behind rocks was clear so I went back to my
all May fly setup. I hooked several fish but only landed three. While I was on
the water I watched a fly fisherman land a 21 incher. Be very careful while
wading, if you do not know the section, go to a place you are familiar with. I
don’t at all think that the fishery is done for the year. Last year the water
came up and then went back down to the mid 200’s. Fishing was awesome into mid
May last year.
Today Cat and I felt
the need to get out the pontoon boats, so we headed to La Veta. We are carrying
a new Callibaetis pattern in the shop and I wanted to try it out. Cat and I
landed close to 150 fish today with the biggest being landed by Cat at 18 and a
half inches. The majority of the fish were measuring out between 11 and 14
inches and most had a gut resembling mine(tub-o-lard). Fish were hammering the
Callibaetis and red Chrinomidges all day long. My best four were all between 17
and 18 inches. Tactics for the day were to set up in 6 feet of water and throw
toward the shore, let it drift out deeper and they seemed to be munching all
day long.
We here at the Drift
Fly Shop are passionate about fly fishing. There is still a lot of really good
fishing left this spring before the major runoff. If we have not had the
opportunity to meet you I hope you stop by the shop some time and say hello.
Connell 719-543-3900.
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