Fly Fishing Colorado

1/1/09
This report is late but preparations and attendance at the Denver Fly Fishing Show got in the way.
Anyway, here we go. On New Years Day, the ladies from Colorado Women Flyfishers made their first fishing trip of the year to the South Platte River at Deckers, Colorado. The ladies had a successful day fly fishing the [...]

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10/08
Today was one of those incredible Colorado days.  Cloudless clear blue skies all day, sunny with temperatures in the mid 70’s around 3 pm on the river in the Deckers area.
The air was cold at 9:30 when I arrived at the river.  Around 55 degrees.  But warmed quickly when the sun cleared the ridge on the Y [...]

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Water was warm and low at 17.5 CFS.  Almost to the point where I won’t fish the Creek.  Water clarity was excellent with bottom visible to 3 feet in most pools.  Fair amount of moss on bottom of pools and runs.  This is typical of Bear Creek in August and September.
Started in Lair of the [...]

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If you hold a Colorado Annual Fishing License, the license period has been extended to 3/31/2009.  The Habitat Stamp period has also been extended to 3/31/2009.
Starting 4/1/2009, the fishing season  will run from 4/1 through 3/31 the next year.  (Ex. 4/1/2009 – 3/31/2010)
Per a DOW representative I talked with today, this change is being done [...]

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Fishing report from Guide and Owner of www.coloradotrouthunters.com, Tad Howard.
Fishing has been hot. Spinny on fire.  Dream stream high but fishing well. Deckers closed due to fire.  Probably back open soon.  Smaller creeks running clear and fishing well.  Some are actually starting to get a bit warm.
 
Generally the best fishing I have seen in a [...]

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