Fly Fishing Colorado

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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5/14/09 Thursday on Bear Creek was as good as Wednesday on the South Platte was bad. The Creek was running 66 CFS with semi-clear water. Bottom was visible to about 1 to 2 feet. Beyond 2 feet it was hard to see much even with the sun overhead. I used tungsten bead weighted czech nymphs [...]

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10/27 What kind of water do you need for technical fly fishing? Some would say Spring Creeks, some would say gin clear small water or some might say fishing for elusive golden trout.  On my favorite little water two weeks ago and last week, I had the following technical fly fishing situation. Bear Creek Bar Pool [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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