Fly Fishing Colorado

4/1/20 Monday The Fish Creek Velocity 8ft 4wt 4pc fly rod was grass cast before being tested on stream. I rigged the rod with a 3/4 wt Fish Creek reel and a 4wt line with a 1X leader on it. I use a 7.5 ft – 1X leader for grass casting and practice. During casing [...]

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4/19/2010 Monday Today was the first good looking day in a couple of weeks. Beautiful sunrise, air temp in Denver 46 degrees at 7:30 with a bright blue Colorado sky and a few puffy white clouds. I was headed to Bear Creek with my friend Michael for a few hours of fishing. And to test a Fish [...]

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4/13/10 Tuesday Conditions on the St. Vrain Creek in Lyons, CO today were miserable. Sustained winds around 25 – 30 mph with gusts between 40 and 50 mph. Enough to knock over 50 gallon trash barrels and roll them around. Cold too. So how did the Fish Creek Velocity 9ft 4wt 4pc fly rod designed [...]

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4/13/2010 Tuesday "I have to be nuts to be fishing in these conditions!" I thought. Sustained winds around 25 to 30 miles per hour with gusts between 40 and 50 mph. The gusts were knocking over 50 gallon trash barrels and rolling them around the parking lot. Every time a gust would blow, the lot [...]

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If your $60 dollar fly reel is an Expedition Large Arbor 5/6/7 wt reel from Stone Creek, you can catch a lot of fish. Sat 4/17/2010 I was on the Longmeadow Ranch with Guide Tad Howard Owner of www.coloradotrouthunters.com . Tad had the disc drag on the Expedition almost full stop to keep the fish from running [...]

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