Fly Fishing Colorado

10/6
Finally managed to arrive at the Bridge Pool by 12:30 pm. The Bridge Pool is where Douglas County highways 92 and 67 come together. There is a large pool there that usually holds some nice rainbows or browns.  This is where I caught a nice 20 inch brown in 2001 on a #24 yellow with black segmentation [...]

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9/23
Eleven Mile Canyon was in great shape Saturday 9/20/08.  Air temp was in mid to high 70’s by 10 am.  When I arrived at the large culverts about a mile below the dam, there was a large trico hatch going on. The air over my first fishing spot was filled with them in the mating [...]

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9/17/08
Spinney Mtn. Reservoir is hot right now. The fish are just offshore. To find them follow the pelicans to the fish. On warm sunny days a callebaetis hatch is possible about 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 then things will go dead on them.  Use a regular hares hear in light gray to imitate the callebaetis on [...]

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9/17
This is a bit late getting out. But I have been fishing and at the Fly Fishing Retailers Trade show.
Scott McCaslin reported on 9/8/08 that he was with some clients at Bartles Lake north of Jefferson, Colorado.  (Private Lake but has large trout).  The flying ant pattern produced well for his clients. The ant pattern [...]

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9/2
Reported by a High Plains Drifter member — A friend of this member had been fishing Bear Creek last week and hooked up with a 22 inch brown.  While he was landing this brown another as big as his fish swam on by.  He also spotted a very large rainbow in one of the parks [...]

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