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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10/17
To celebrate the near end of the Presidential campaign (thank goodness), the failure of large investment banks, our new ownership of those investment banks, and a variety of other wonderful news out there….lets go fishing.
Folks, the weather just doesn’t get any better than this. We’ve got highs in the 70s, lows in the 30s and [...]

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10/10
Two beautiful days on stream in one week.  What a week.  We started out at the Arkansas in Pueblo but it was a chalky green off color.  So off to the Arkansas River in Canyon City.  Yes right in town.
CFS ranged from 260 to 225 toward the end of the day.  Water clarity was good.  I [...]

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7/17
Report furnished courtesy of  Royal Gorge Anglers; Canon City, Colorado.
I don’t know if you’ve realized it yet or not, but this is dry fly season, big time. Every river I fish has turned on the switch over the last week. This is one of the best times of the year to see and fish compound/complex hatches [...]

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Today a friend of mine and a friend of hers hit the Arkansas by the bridge at Wellsville.  Weather was reported cold but much better than in last few weeks.  My friend caught one fish and the guide two.  Not huge but fun fishing for the first part of the season.  What was working was a [...]

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