Fly Fishing Colorado

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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9/1
Announced on CBS Channel 4 Denver news tonight.  The Colorado Division of Wildlife has developed a strain of Rainbows resistant to Whirling Disease (1).  Fingerlings were recently stocked in the South Platte River near Chatfield Reservoir.
The DOW hopes to eventually restore a wild rainbow fishery to Colorado Streams with these Whirling Disease (2)resistant rainbows. It is [...]

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8/29/08
Clear Creek
Had to tie some hares ears before heading to Clear Creek so did not get started until 10 a.m.  Air temp 78 degrees at noon. CFS at 115, clarity excellent.  Could see bottom 2 feet deep at 15 feet away except in pools with moss on bottom. Fished with some friends from the Federation of [...]

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8/26
Today was one just made for fly fishing.  Both light and air had that soft feel that an artist would love.  I had to get my fly fishing fix.  Off to my favorite stream. Bear Creek is a nice friendly stream with cooperative trout. It is also a great place to test new fly patterns.
I had rigged [...]

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8/22
South Platte River
Started fishing the South Platte River between Waterton back toward Chatfield Reservoir.  Water was flowing 154 CFS and murky.  The flow was down from last weeks high of 680 CFS.  Clarity poor with visibility to about 1 foot.  Air temp good at high seventies and low eighties.  Water temp was estimated 42 to [...]

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