Fly Fishing Colorado

On Sat 11/7/09, seven members of the High Plains Drifters fishing club set out for the Arkansas River in Canon City for a day of fishing. The weather was a beautiful fall day in Colorado with blue skies, temperatures in the high 60’s to low 70’s. The river was running at 445 CFS due to [...]

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Oct 17th and 18th on the Rio Grande at the Rio Grande Club were perfect weather days. The endless Colorado blue skies, warm afternoons and water with lots of fish. I knew they were there even if I did not catch a lot. Water like this has to hold fish.
But it was difficult wading. The stretch [...]

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After a dud morning on the South Platte north of Waterton, I  headed to O’Fallon Park by Kitteridge. Unfortunately my 7.5 ft rod was at home and the Creek is in late fall conditions so 9 feet of rod was a bit unwieldy.
Water was clear with visibility to 3 feet vertically. Flow was 29 CFS in [...]

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The South Platte north of Waterton toward Chatfield Reservoir was the color of dirt yesterday. Flow was about 70 CFS and could only see the bottom at 1 foot.
Weather was hot in high 80’s and very few clouds. We had so much rain this year, the bankside vegetation was like jungle. The bike trails were [...]

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Friday 5/29 was an interesting day on Bear Creek. The flow had come down to around 65 CFS from 80+ due to rains in the area earlier in the week. Water color of light coffee and I could not see bottom at 2 feet depth.
Air temp was in high 70s and sky clear much of the [...]

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