Fly Fishing Colorado

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 as point [...]

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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
Rock 2 is actually [...]

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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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