Catch Magazine #6

More stunning photography to be admired here, in issue #6.

~D

West Walker River, CA Fly Fishing Report

Darin Wallentine

Tucson, AZ

September 2006

Caught 17 Rainbows up to 25"

Flies Used: Red and copper Copper John #16; Brown San Juan Worm #16; Beaded Pheasant Tail Frostbite #16; Beaded Prince Nymph #14; Orange Hunchback Infrequens #16.

Other Details: Fished along Hwy 395 about 4 miles and 7 miles upriver from the end of the town limits of Walker, CA.

Photo: Cody Simms Photo Stream via Flickr
...or is something being missed here?

An excerpt from the most recent Copy of Angling Trade Magazine reporting survey results that should be of interest to fly shop owners.

FACT #4:Fly shops and word of mouth
are the most popular methods consumers hear of new products
How Do Consumers Hear About FlyFishing Products?
1.Fly Shops
2.Word of mouth
3.Magazines (reviews,article mentions)
4.Catalogs
5.(tie)Fly/Outdoor Shows, magazine ads
6.Internet chat rooms
7.Company websites
8.Press releases

Another excerpt from the same publication

Consumer flyfishing media has done a lot to bring new
anglers to the dance and keep them there. Now,the
knee-jerk reaction for many companies is to cut costs by
cutting ads. No ads, no pages in magazines. No web-sites
either,other than amateur ones.No pro media,no
pro information.No pro information,no anglers.It ’s a
lose-lose cycle.

We love traditional media. Many of our friends and fishing buddies work in it. We subscribe to fly fishing magazines. We know that they add value to the industry. We agree that the fly shop is and should always be the cornerstone of the industry when it comes to new product and fly fishing education. We also believe that to ignore websites such as Midcurrent, Trout Underground, and Moldy Chum, as valid sources of information for gear and fly fishing education who also add value, might be ever so slightly naive.

Taylor River, CO Fly Fishing Report

Ross Kingsley

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

Taylor River, CO
August 20, 2008
Size and Species: Rainbow Trout 11"-17.5"
Flies Used: #18 Gray RS2, #16 Tungsten Flashback PT
Other Details: Fished the Taylor River catch and release section below Taylor Reservoir. To get to Taylor Reservoir from Almont, take the right fork on USFS 742 18 miles to the dam. Fishing was a little sketchy at first because the water gets so much pressure. Trick was to run a million drifts by them. Got a couple and fishing was pretty good. Lot of people though. Get in there with light tippet and soft presentations and get at em'.

News from the coast

The bass seem to have woken up after a slow start to the summer... recent trips to the north Devon shorelines with hotel guests have produced many fine fish to over 4lb, all on flies. One of the most effective methods has been to use large surface poppers - an extremely exciting way to fish as the water explodes in front of you!
For more information, or to book guided days on the estuary or off the rocks, phone David or Tim on 01566 784666.

A 3 1/2lb bass taken on a large surface popper.

Maine Striper Fishing Blog Report June 28th, 2009

St. George River Stripers light up this morning!!!

Whoever coined the saying "wind from the east, fishing the least" obviously wasn't fishing on the St. George flats this morning. After a slow trip yesterday our Stripers really turned on today...Fishing on the flats today during the bottom of the tide payed off huge. We found big stripers lying in wait in less than 3 feet of water...and lots of them!!! Big, fat, happy Stripers!!! We landed over a dozen chunky fish between 29 and 36 inches and had twice that amount of missed strikes and hook ups...all these fish were very lazy and eating up on top....the highlight was a 36" fish that ate one of my red & white "hollow tail" gurglers. Hopefully what we found this morning will be the new trend.

Most of the fish were caught in less than 3 feet of water and some were caught in as little as a foot and a half. A stealthy drift was critical and the E/NE wind was almost perfect...any course corrections were made with the push pole.

I'm sorry about the lack of pics with the post but the location we were fishing would be too easily revealed...I don't mind sharing info...but I can't give it all away!!!

If you're looking to fish with us season...please call us soon for available dates!!! We are taking reservations daily. Don't forget to ask about our evening blitz trip...It's becoming a guest favorite!!!
Capt. George Harris
207-691-0745
www.superfly-charters.com

San Juan River, NM Fly Fishing Report

Davy Rawson
Spring Hill, TN

San Juan River, NM
May 2004
Caught 28 Rainbows and Browns up to 18.5"
Flies Used: San Juan Worm #16 (cream and brown); Red Larva #18; Black Midge with Foam Top #20.
Other Details: Parked at the church lot. Mostly fished the main channel and the upper flats. The lake was turning over, creating off color water and lots of moss.

Baconnaise

Perfect for a nice cheddarwurst

For the fries.

http://www.jdfoods.net/ourstory.php

Lake Fork of the Gunnison River, CO Fly Fishing Report

Sean Wallentine
Sacramento, CA

Lake Fork of the Gunnison River, CO
August 2006
Caught 123 Rainbows and Brookies up to 25"
Flies Used: Royal Stimulator #14; Elk Hair Caddis #12; Para Adams #16; Red Copper John #16 (tungsten); Prince Nymph #14; Black Woolly Bugger #8.
Other Details: Fished 5 miles of private river and private ponds from the bridge on Hwy 30 up to where Cottonwood Creek and the Lake Fork merge.

Weather for fishing... and festivals?

The thunder storms started to roll over last night and it was very much welcomed - to break through the muggy, humid feeling. Today saw a steady fall of rain through the morning but when I made it to the river this afternoon, it was dry and overcast. It felt like perfect conditions.

I stood on the foot-bridge over the Wellow for 10 minutes or so and gladly watched several fish rising. I started procedings with a #19 CDC Comparadun and took two fish quite quickly. Lovely little sipping rises they were, but spunky little scrappers they turned out to be.

As I moved on upstream, I missed a few rises before the heavens opened. Tree canopy is very welcome at these times, as it can be pouring with rain, but you remain almost spotless. However the water was starting to colour - but this can be useful to give them some confidence to feed.

Compare the water clarity here with the first picture - the colour picks up very quickly!

Duns were hatching sporadically and there were a few sedge around. A change to a CDC & Elk gave instant reward - two fish from the same pool snatching at the fly, despite not seeing either rising before hand.

The fish then started to pluck at the fly - as I have seen before: they seemed to want to sink the fly first and then go back to collect the goods. A tricky one to call. To strike or not???

Rains started to fall heavily and, as the sedge imitations started to invite only splashy rises, it was Parachute emerger that brought the next batch of success.

Whilst crawling under the trees I caught sight of this Vapourer Moth caterpillar. Stunning little things. Just consider the imitation possibilities...

Orgyia Antiqua - The Vapourer Moth

Eventually it was back on with the CDC Dun patterns and a few more obliging fish. The day I stop being amazed by the beauty of these small browns will be the day I pack away the rods.

If Wednesday saw the largest fish for me from the Wellow this year, then today gave me the smallest - my penultimate fish being just 3 or 4oz. A great sign for the future.

A lovely afternoon with eight wild browns to the net. Great fishing weather. Could be fine for festivals... If you're at Glastonbury this weekend, I hope you have a great time.

~Dave

Maine Striper Fishing Blog Report: Capt George Harris, June 26th, 2009

Maine Striper Fishing...The Flats Are Heating Up!!!

Dr. Kevin Kelly of Rockland Maine caught this nice 27" skinny water Striper today 6/26/09. This one crushed a topwater plug at boatside!!!

Quick update...After a week of torrential runoff...the St. George fishing conditions seem to be rebounding nicely....reports from the Kennebec indicate muddy, silty conditions but that should change very quickly...We're finding feeding Striped Bass up on the flats and on the edges of mussel bars...typical midsummer territory. Huge schools of 4 to 6 inch river herring Have poured into the St. George giving our Stripers plenty to feed on...Bluefish have been reported as sporadic catches locally. It's just a matter of days before we see these toothy marauders invade in numbers. Mackerel have been around for a couple of weeks now.

If you havn't made your plans to fish yet...I'd advise you to do so soon.
Call us for available dates.

Capt. George Harris
207-691-0745
www.superfly-charters.com

East Fork of the Arkansas River, CO Fly Fishing Report

Jared Griswold
Franklin, TN

East Fork of the Arkansas River, CO
September 2007
Caught 25 Browns up to 12"
Flies Used: Dave's Hopper #10; Orange Stimulator #14; Beaded Prince Nymph #14; Copper Copper John #16.
Other Details: Fished the east fork of the Arkansas off of Hwy 24 near Leadville, CO. Had to be stealth along the river. Water was clear and the fish could be easily spooked.

Access Fight On the SOHO

Just in case you thought access rights issues weren't a problem in the rivers created and regulated by your tax dollars, we thought we would point out this group of postings on the Southeast Fly Fishing Forum. It seems a "group" of folks who own property on Tennessee's famous South Holston River are telling wading anglers to get off their land. This can't be good.

Several landowners on the SOHO have begun a campaign to deny people's right to fish on their part of the river bottom.Your moderators have been discussing it for several days in an attempt to separate fact from fiction. There are lawyers looking into this which were asked to do so by TU.

In short, some landowners would like to privatize the river which would mean that we the public could only fish on water owned by TVA or the state.... Yesterday, our fellow forum member BillRes was confronted by a landowner and the local law enforcement. This situation was defused by a River's Way member.

It's complicated, to say the least...

The landowners in question are claiming their rights because reportedly their deeds give them ownership to all land up to the middle of the river not the high water line. This is being interpreted as meaning that folks can't wade on their private property which in this case is the river bottom.

In one post on another website the fisherman was told by the landowner that he had to wade on the other side of the river. No one seems to have tested whether this means you can't float through or anchor there, or even fish as long as you don't get out of a boat. If this is the case then navigability is not an issue nor is fishing, only wading on private property.

Like I said, it's complicated....

I understand this to say that even though his deed may say that he owns to the middle of the river the land at the bottom of the river never belonged to whoever he bought the land from in the first place so therefore it is not his land past the high water mark.

I worked for a surveyor for a while and have seen deeds that say a landowner owns to the center line of a state maintained road, and we all know that even though his deed says that he owns half the road it still doesn't mean that he can prevent you from driving on it since it is truly owned and maintained by the state. Many times deeds were written to say that a landowner owns to the center of a road or river because it is a fairly stationary and permanent landmark that helps distinguish the property line.

Anybody seen Donnie Beaver lurking around these parts? Where are we going and why are we in this handbasket?

These posts are excerpted from various members of the SEFF and can be read in their entirety here: http://www.southeastflyfishingforum.com/forum/soho-under-seige-t31457p2.html

****UPDATE***As with all things there are two sides to every story:

http://www.southeastflyfishingforum.com/forum/south-holston-landowners-t31478.html?p=281887#post281887

Be sure to read both. Could a few bad apples be spoiling the barrel for all of us?

http://www.southeastflyfishingforum.com/forum/south-holston-landowners-t31478.html?p=281887#post281887

Day Ahead Friday Bacon!

So as not to disappoint this Saturday morning, when like Christmas morn, when you run downstairs in your P.J.'s to see what you've received under the Minion Bacon Tree, I humbly submit some random bacon prior to my vacation-like departure.

Yay for Team Bacon!

Here's some gourmet delicious strangeness for Curli. Can you imagine a filet wrapped in this, neither can I.

Here's a marketing slogan you can all live by;

Kind of reminds me of that recently lost headache remedy, HeadOn.

Wish someone would cook up this gift to over-the-counter medication chemistry.

Enjoy, oh and Stew, you are hereby nominated and confirmed as the stand-in Friday Bacon Ambassador for this coming Friday, 07/03/09

Don't let me down!

Don Barone: The Bass Mobile

Our Itinerant Freelance Journalist friend, Don Barone, is not about to let the biggest economic downturn of the century come between him and his ability to lead Bigfoot hunting parties or cover bass fishing tournaments. Check out his stories at http://www.donbaroneoutdoors.com/

(Editor's Note: The presence of a life preserver in the Bass Mobile does not mean that it is amphibious.)

Truckee River, NV Fly Fishing Report

Joe Specchio
Fernley, NV

Truckee River, NV
February 5, 2009
Size and Species: 2 Rainbows, 13"& 17"
Flies Used: Red Copper John, Stone Fly Nymph, Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear.
Other Details: Fished from about 10am until 2:30pm at a section of the river that runs through Sparks, east of Reno. Temps were in the mid forties, but in the afternoon the wind really started blowing, and it got quite cold. The river fishes really well all the way through Reno and Sparks, but this is actually only the second time I've fished in town. I probably should invest more time fishing the Truckee in and around Reno/Sparks because there are some really nice Rainbows and Browns in the lower Truckee.

Yelton Places 2nd in Bass Bug Classic

Yelton poses with a largemouth bass caught on Lake Lure. Photo by Brandon Potts

A couple of guys we know from North Carolina went all warm water on us and ended up bringing home a prize.

Congratulations to Michael Yelton (of the NC Fly Fishing Team) and Paul Thompson (that guy who has won like all the Total Outdoorsman events ever held). Two quality fellows!

CHATTANOOGA, T.N. (JUNE 24, 2009): Michael Yelton of The Granddaddy Fly-Fishing Experience in Lake Lure, N.C. finished second alongside teammate Paul Thompson of Marion, N.C. in the first annual Chattanooga Bass Bug Classic, a two-day tournament fly-fishing for bass on the Nick-a-Jack section of the Tennessee River. Held on June 18th and 19th, anglers were scored on the total weight of bass caught over the two-day period, and any fish in possession had to be more than 15 inches long to comply with Tennessee state laws.

Yelton and Thompson brought in a total of seven bass for a live weigh-in totaling 13.8 pounds. The winning team, led by tournament founder and director Mac McGaee along with teammate Frank Duff, scored a total weight of 23.3 pounds.

Yelton, who is also a member of the North Carolina Fly-Fishing Team, enjoyed fishing for bass as opposed to trout, which is more common in fly-fishing tournaments.

"This was a great change of pace, I think most anglers don't believe that you can fly-fish for bass and have much success,"said Yelton. "This tournament proves otherwise. I look forward to seeing bass fly-fishing tournaments grow."

The second place team received a prize package of $350, a fly rod and reel, fly line, and an original hand-painted fly-fishing portrait by Paul Puckett, who donated three paintings to the cause. Proceeds from the invitational tournament were donated to the Chambliss Children's Home & Shelter to exclusively fund the organization's fishing program for children.

Yelton's next stop on the fly-fishing tournament trail will be at The America Cup International Fly Fishing Tournament to be held August 22-28, 2009 in Summit County, C.O. Six anglers from the North Carolina Fly-Fishing Team will be represented at the invitation-only tournament. The winning team will receive a cash purse of $2,000. To learn more about Michael Yelton and The Granddaddy Fly-Fishing Experience, please visit www.granddaddyflyfishing.com.

Yesterday's end.

-Alex

Hot New Ink: The Leland Fly Fishing Ranch

The Leland Ranch hits the pages of the Sonoma News!

"Local fly-fishers are anxiously awaiting the opening of the Leland Fly Fishing Outfitters new retail store here sometime very soon (possibly within two weeks). The shop will be located at their new "Leland Fly Fishing Ranch" on Arnold Drive just south of the Schellville Airport..."

To read more, click here.

If you'd like to see more recent Ranch buzz, check out Trout Underground.

This evening I took a short session on a part of the Wellow I have not fished this year. The water looked great, if a little low. Thankfully the Ranunculus keeps the level a little happier in places. Stealth as ever was the name of the game. A #14 CDC Dun pattern, tuck cast behind a tree gave me my biggest Wellow fish of the year; this 14" beauty:

It turned my full-flex #2 inside out and bending through the handle as it made for the roots. I was lucky to steer it out and net the fine creature. Maybe not a monster by the standards of some bigger rivers, but these are wild, small stream fish. It always suprises me how such fit, strong fish can sip at the surface with such finesse.

~Dave

This month's Things We Caught That Weren't Fish feature

Over here in the AZ we may not have The Underwear, but we do have our own something-something:

I'm not a hosieologist, but I believe Aaron's young Parker Canyon Lake Sock is of the anklea genus.

-Alex

Lake Fork of the Gunnison River, CO Fly Fishing Report

Dan Wallentine
Irvine, CA

Lake Fork of the Gunnison River, CO
September 2007
Caught 20 Rainbows and Brookies up to 19"
Flies Used: Royal Stimulator #14; Red Copper John #16; Parachute Adams #12; Black Woolly Bugger #8; Dave's Hopper #12.
Other Details: Fished 5 miles of private river and private ponds from the bridge on Hwy 30 up to where Cottonwood Creek and the Lake Fork merge.

Nat Geo: Hooked

We at FlyfishMagazine.com have been fond of National Geographic Magazine ever since we went through puberty studying its pages while visiting our Grandparent's house during Summer vacation. (little did we know that later in life, we would be photographed fly fishing by them for a story on the New River. Sadly our good looks ended up on the cutting room floor) That and the fact that it referred to fishing were reasons that we paid close attention to the press release they recently sent us about one of our favorite shows on their TV channel.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL REELS IN THE SUMMER
WITH A NEW SEASON OF HOOKED

Ravenous Flesh-Eating Carnivores, Fish with Human-Like Teeth,
Stingrays the Size of Buffalo and a Conservationist on a Mission to Protect Them —
See the Amazing Encounters of Man and Megafish

"The biggest fish we’ve seen! A real-life Loch Ness monster." — Zeb Hogan, fish biologist, conservationist and National Geographic Explorer

Popular Hooked Series Moves to Regular Night and Time with Summer Premieres —
Beginning Monday, June 29, at 10 p.m. ET/PT

Whether for science or sport, encountering the sheer power and size of the world’s biggest fish is nothing short of awe-inspiring. This summer, on Monday nights at 10 p.m. ET/PT, beginning June 29, the National Geographic Channel (NGC) brings the excitement of monster fishing home with a new season of Hooked. We’ll journey across the globe to see the most extreme encounters in megafishing and the groundbreaking research being done to protect these fish. In each episode, we’ll be there as avid anglers and scientists track, bait, catch and release fish of extraordinary proportions. Then, in two episodes we join fish biologist, conservationist and National Geographic Explorer Zeb Hogan on a five-year mission to help preserve the world’s biggest freshwater fish.

From a colossal squid weighing in at more than 1,000 pounds to a stingray almost 12 feet long, each adrenaline-filled episode examines the environmental challenges these megafish face — from climate change to pollution to overfishing. Some of these Goliath fish have been around since the dinosaurs, and now, like their predecessors, they face extinction. With each capture, conservationists and biologists can study these amazing creatures and begin the dialogue needed to analyze their sometimes dire situation and debate possible solutions. As producer/filmmaker Dean Johnson says, "Most of the species I film won’t be on this planet in the next 50 years, and each time I look through the viewfinder I realize the images we are capturing will be telling a story that others may never have the opportunity to see."

Ever wonder?

What you have to do to become a member of Fly Fishing Team USA and represent our fair land at the 2010 world championships in Poland? Here is an excerpt from an email that explains it step by step:

Team selection for the Poland championships will be as follows: Two individuals from this year's World Championships qualified by their individual finish in Scotland. Those two are Pete Erickson and Mike Sexton. The top 3 Point System individuals since the last National Championship will be going to Poland. Finally, the 2009 individual National Champion will have a spot on this team. Once we have those spots filled, we will determine the starting lineup and the alternate. The 3 point system qualifiers will be determined from the accumulated points achieved since the 2007 National Fly Fishing Championships through the qualifiers at the end of July. We are doing this to be able to send this team to Poland 1 year prior to the championships to get prepared for the 2010 World event. So the only individual we will not know will be the 2010 National Champion which will be crowned in Oct.

The events that qualify for the point system to determine the Poland Team are as follows:

2007 National Championships - Boulder, CO
2008 World Fly Fishing Championships - New Zealand
2008 Pagosa Springs, CO
2008 Salt Lake City, UT
2008 America Cup - Frisco, CO
2008 Canadian National Championship - Mont Tremblant, CA
2009 Santa Fe, NM
2009 Michigan
2009 Bend, OR
2009 World Fly Fishing Championships - Scotland

The following events will also be included for the point total to make the roster for Team USA. Team USA will be selected at this year's National Championships by the Top 15 accumulated points from the 2007 National Championships to the 2009 National Championships.

*2009 SE qualifier
*2009 Bozeman, MT
*2009 America Cup
*2009 Canadian National Championship - BC
*2009 Boise, ID
*2009 US National Championship

Points are achieved through any of these events by finishing in the top 30% of the total competitors at any of these events. For example, at any regional qualifier, there has typically been 24 competitors. In order to get into the points one must finish in the the top 8 out of the 24 competitors. Obviously, the higher the finish the more points accumulated. In this example:

1st place = 2400 points
2nd place = 1200 points
3rd place = 800 points
4th place = 600 points
5th place = 480 points
6th place = 400 points
7th place = 343 points
8th place = 300 points

Competitions that are considered International (excluding the World Championships) have a mulitiplier of 3. World Championships have a multiplier of 5. Thus the harder the competition the more points it is worth to finish in the top 30%. Also the more the competitor numbers the more points available.These selection criteria as well as the Point system will be posted on the Team USA website. Updates to the website will be occurring on a consistent basis.

Just remember to sign your scorecards before you get back to the clubhouse.

Cape Cod Bound!

After meeting all familial vacation obligations and completing the requisite "Cape Cod Triathalon" I will be embarking upon awesomeness in pursuit of wee haw!

Trip is booked with Captain Jeff at Fin Addiction for Thursday the 2nd.
Jeff will be recommending the appropriate species and locations for the glorious day afloat as well as providing tackle up to handling these mutant gigantor feeshes.
I will be bringing the Nori, my personal photographer, and my lame heavy rod casting abilities.
Picture below is of Captain Jeff modeling the Striper Rifle.

It is rumored that hugemongous Bluefin Tuna are currently in abundance off the Cape. Mmmm, sushi! The look on this guys face clearly indicates that landing one of the blue water monsters is one buttload of work.

Below is a pic. of a nice Striper pulled off the Fin Addiction site.

And last but not least, found money shot of my neighbor Dick sportin' some salt marsh wood.

Don't hate me because I'm fishing beautiful.

Greys River, WY Fly Fishing Report

Chris Uhls
Glendale, AZ

Greys River, WY
July 2008
Size and Species: 8" to 15" Cutt's
Flies Used: Stimulators, Hoppers, Bead Head Copper Johns.
Other Details: Fished near Alpine, WY on the upper and lower Greys River with a dry/dropper.

Maine Striped Bass Fishing Reports: June, 22nd 2009 Super Fly Charters

I hope you all like the new reader friendly blog format ;-) I'm looking forward to hearing from you all and to fishing with many of you!!!

New Hours at the Leland Fly Fishing Ranch

The Leland Fly Fishing Ranch

World-class fly fishing education has a new home in Sonoma, CA.

The Leland Fly Fishing Ranch is a state-of-the-art fly fishing education facility in a stunning setting. Situated in a broad winemaking valley, a few hundred yards from the steelhead running in Sonoma Creek, the Ranch is the product of years of design, planning, and construction, and boasts countless educational opportunities for beginning, intermediate, and expert anglers.

In addition to a tremendous slate of learning opportunities in fly fishing, visitors to the Leland Ranch will find a full service fly shop loaded to the gills with the best fly fishing gear, apparel, flies, and accessories.

The Leland Fly Fishing Ranch is now open 9AM to 7PM, Thursdays and Fridays, and 10AM to 6PM on Saturdays and Sundays. For more information, please call 707-939-6913 or toll free at 866-672-1959.

Maine Striper Fishing Report: Super Fly Charters June 22nd, 2009

Maine Stripers & the anglers who chase them left feeling grumpy after this weeks stormy weather!!!! Summer weather returns in time for this weekend!!!!

Now on to the fishing conditions....

Striped Bass continue to flood into Maine waters but stormy weather runoff has the rivers and bays left muddy...not surprisingly the Striper fishing has been hampered by these conditions...No doubt, as soon as this weather breaks and the water begins to stabilize we should see some excellent fishing opportunities...After postponing a couple of trips to start the week...I'm excited to get back on the water. The Bluefin Tuna have arrived and numerous fish have been landed locally. The largest fish that I have heard about was around 400 pounds...Reports also indicate that smaller fish in the 100-150 pound range have been blitzing on Mackerel on some of the near shore midcoast ledges.

(Bill Farland with his personal best 30+ inch Striper caught in 18 inches of water)

Tomorrow morning I'll have angler Bill Farland return for his 3rd year...Bill is hoping to beat his personal best 32" Striper on the fly...we didn't get a chance to beat that fish last year as we faced some tough conditions during his two days of fishing...This year I'm very optimistic as we have some very nice fish around...a little cooperation from the weather and we'll be in business

Capt. George Harris
207-691-0745
www.superfly-charters.com

South Platte River, CO Fly Fishing Report

Ross Kingsley
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

South Platte River, CO
August 18th, 2008
Rainbow, Brown and Cutthroat Trout 10"-13"
Flies Used: Female Trico Adult #20 and Olive Elk Hair Caddis #20.
Other Details: Fished Elevenmile Canyon of the South Platte River about 45 minutes outside Colorado Springs. Fishing was awesome. Weather was cool and sunny and easily one of the best rivers I have ever fished. Fishing was great and fish were just gorgeous.