Well, Saturday was a bit interesting..... The air temps were in the mid 40s and the water temps were near 50.
We got to the river around 9:45 a little below Cotopaxi. The weather was not what we expected. It was only partly cloudy and the WIND was BLOWING!!
We walked to the river before rigging up so we could look at the situation. There were no bugs on the water so we set up to nymph fish. CO Flygal went with a DEEP dropper rig and I started out with a dry-dropper. We both used caddis larvae and BWO nymphs of various patterns.
We caught a few fish but it was a crap shoot as to what fly the fish would take. Most of the fish were average Arkansas fish but I did catch one BIG rainbow. My guess is 15" - 16" but I didn't measure it.
Since it was pretty slow, we went all the way to Wellsville. We found the BWO hatch but very few fish were on top after them. We fished there a while and caught a few more fish, but it was nothing major.
So, we are are heading back to Salida this weekend to fish with the CWF group that Jen is a member of. It should be a fun weekend as the temps are warming up a bit. We are hoping for some caddis activity higher up in the river.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
My First Blog....
Well, here we are. Or at least, here I am.
What you will see here are various fishing reports from our travel around Colorado and the Rocky Mountain west. Most of the reports will be from the Arkansas, Big Thompson, South Platte and, our favorite, Rocky Mountain National Park.
My blog may be a little different than what you are used to seeing. I will not "hotspot" a place where we have fished. You may see something like "the Arkansas river near Rincon" but you will never see something like "go upstream, past the Rincon access to the second pulloff on the right". The fly pattern discussions will also be general in terms. I'll leave the specific patterns to the local fly shops.
You will also see some blogs later this summer from our cruise tour to Alaska. This will mostly be a recreational trip with my wife's parents. We are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary and out 5th anniversary. We will fish one full day on a fly out trip as well as a half day in Denali and a half day in Fairbanks. We really want to catch a few grayling since neither one of us have ever caught one.
More to come, so stay in touch!!
What you will see here are various fishing reports from our travel around Colorado and the Rocky Mountain west. Most of the reports will be from the Arkansas, Big Thompson, South Platte and, our favorite, Rocky Mountain National Park.
My blog may be a little different than what you are used to seeing. I will not "hotspot" a place where we have fished. You may see something like "the Arkansas river near Rincon" but you will never see something like "go upstream, past the Rincon access to the second pulloff on the right". The fly pattern discussions will also be general in terms. I'll leave the specific patterns to the local fly shops.
You will also see some blogs later this summer from our cruise tour to Alaska. This will mostly be a recreational trip with my wife's parents. We are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary and out 5th anniversary. We will fish one full day on a fly out trip as well as a half day in Denali and a half day in Fairbanks. We really want to catch a few grayling since neither one of us have ever caught one.
More to come, so stay in touch!!
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