Tuesday, July 14, 2015

I'm excited, fishing a new stream...

I've been fishing the South Platte River in Colorado for several years, and have done well on the 'Dream Stream' between Eleven Mile and Spinney Mountain Reservoirs.  Not too long ago, I had the fortune to catch some 18" fat rainbows that were so strong that I had to chase them downsteam to keep from loosing them.  Great fun!!!   

In a couple of weeks, my grandson and I will try the Eleven Mile Canyon for the first time, and I can't wait.  It is supposed to be a very good dry fly area, and this time of year some terrestrials should be hopping as well (pun intended).  Come back for my report and pics.

keep the rod bent...

Friday, January 16, 2015

fishing the Rio Chama

Fly fishing in January?  You bet!  I had a keynote to do in Albuquerque, so I went a day early, hoping to fish in the north.  I called High Desert Angler in Santa Fe, and helpfully, he told me to try the Rio Chama, below Abiquiu Dam.  I'm always up for a new spot, so off I go...and I'll return,  as well.  The Chama is a charming small stream, with plenty of access below the dam.  It was very cold that day, and I had to keep 'dipping the rod' to get ice off the guides, but I managed to find one new friend- one of the greenest brown trout I have caught.  I was fishing a San Juan worm with a red midge (18), and the trout took the midge.  Great fight, great fish, I'm doing back!
...keep the rod bent...