Name: Dave M
Date Submitted: 9/2/2010
Dates Fished: September 1
Comments on C-64 White River
Great day on the property, primarily fishing a large tan hopper. Bluebird weather and windy , with the flow at 180 CFS, which was just right to get around and still have sufficient water in most runs. Early AM fishing was somehat slow with beadheads/stoneflys--but a light trico hatch about 11 AM seemed to turn the fish on. The best fishing was with the hopper through midday. Many large cutbows and rainbows, with one heavy 22" brown that took the hopper in the tail of a deep run.
Name: Vic Walker
Date Submitted: 8/31/2010
Dates Fished: 8/28/2010
Comments on C-57 Yampa River/Catamount
The Yampa is running about twice it's normal late August flow. The water was a bit cloudy and there is quite a bit of moss in the water, making it very difficult to fish nymphs. The fish were not in their normal August holding spots either. They were in the long runs directly in the current. We had all our success on streamers. The fish were not hammering them in their normal way. We had to resort to using strike indicators because we were missing fish. It was a difficult day of fishing with a total of 8 fish caught between three of us. Largest fish was 21" with all the others being 17" to 19". There didn't seem to be a difference in type of streamer or color.
Name: MG52
Date Submitted: 8/31/2010
Dates Fished: 8-31-2010
Comments on A-1 Deer Creek
Really nice piece of property - Small but nice. Started around 9 and fished until 3. Lots of fish to be found but really hard to get them interested in eating. Started with some dries but knew that wouldn't work but always hopeful..... Then went with a dry, dropper, dropper. The bottom beinf a pheasant tail - plain no bead. Nothing hit a bead today. Finally got 2 on the stimulator dry. Small around 8-9 inches. Then the big ones decided the PT was looking good. Hooked 10 and only landed 2. These may be planted fish and pets to the owner but they are really powerful. Light hit but once they felt the hook the rtace was on. Really hard to land with 5x or 6x. Just too many obstacles. Straightened 2 hooks trying to keep them away from stumps. Even though I didn't land them they still gave me some time to play before laughing at me.
A really nice day - BTW I really enjoyed the picnic table and the park bench. Just nice to have a place to sit down!!!
Name: Kevin
Date Submitted: 8/30/2010
Dates Fished: 8/28/10
Comments on C-48 North Platte, North Fork
Me and a fellow member Shawn fished n. fork up from bridge in AM. Many nice fish on olive streamers, hoppers, and chart. copper johns. Probably worked 1.25 miles up. Fished down from bridge with a little less success in the PM. Both of us brought over a dozen to the net with many more follows and eats. Largest was a bow over 20". But also caught a bow that was around 5"-6"....nice to think these bows could be reproducing here with the browns. Typically the smaller fish here are always browns. My friend had a follow/bump later in the day by a fish that had to be 24"+. Came up to our feet looking for the fly before it spotted us! These bows are strong and aggressive! Water was low and probably 2-3 ft. visibility. Nothing going on yet but we're going to head back up in a few weeks to look for some prespawners. No moose this time for a change.
Name: BH
Date Submitted: 8/30/2010
Dates Fished: Aug. 27, 2010
Comments on A-7 Tarryall Creek
Used lower parking and fished from downstream boundary up... fairly hot and sunny in morning. Had lukewarm success on bh nymphs. Fishing picked up after lunch when cloud cover rolled in... mostly on bh prince nymph but a few rose to a red humpy. Dozens landed (strictly brown trout) but none over 12 inches. This property has lots of bends and pools to make for a very enjoyable day of fishing.