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Name: Mike Murphy Date Submitted: 6/3/2013
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Date's Fished: June 2, 2013

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The flow was nice at about 140cfs, and the weather was ideal with temps in the upper 50s to lower 60s and cloudless. There was very little wind to contend with for the day. The fishing was TOUGH. Two of us ended-up catching under 20 fish total. Knowing this property as I do, that is a tough day here. There was a light baetis hatch at times, and no other bugs were seen. Numerous baetis emergers were tried with limited success. There were only two fish seen feeding in top. Fish were caught on golden stones; psycho prince, BH pheasant tail, pat's rubber legs, and a couple of other patterns. We switched flies A LOT, which is also something that you never need to do at this river when it is "on". Oh well, some days are tougher than others, right?



Name: A Slaughter Date Submitted: 5/27/2013
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Date's Fished: May 27, 2013

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Decided to fish this instead of competing with the Memorial Day crowd on the Big T - Great day to be on the water. Started below the bridge and promptly caught 10 in a row on a dry dropper rig (Adams/BHPT). Moved upstream and caught a few more before changing to a new full rig nymph setup that I have been trying. Caught a few and missed several before going back to the dry dropper. Nice property to fish by yourself or with a buddy.



Name: Mark Date Submitted: 5/10/2013
Email: mkightlinger@jk-cpas.com
Date's Fished: May 7, 2013

Commments:
It was a great dry fly fishing day under partly cloudy skies and 50 degrees temps with minimal wind. Arrived at Noon and fished until 5 pm. Landed 12 trout, mostly browns from 10-12 inches on BWO Extended body #20 and Parachute Adams #20. Lots of other strikes but I was not skilled enough to hook them. BWO's were hatching in small waves for a few hours in different places. The folks at Kirks Flyshop in Estes helped with the fly selection. I tried some nymph fishing with some success but gave that up because who can resist surface fishing. Flows were good and water was clear. I tried the big pool near the downstream boundary for the first time. Saw a few large rainbows chasing each other around in the pool. They seemed to have other things on their mind aside from feeding. The pool had quite a few risers but I was unable to get a take. Overall, great experience.



Name: Steve Fitzgerald Date Submitted: 5/6/2013
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Date's Fished: May 5, 2013

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55 degrees, overcast, fished from 1-6pm. Water flow perfect and clear.

This one was too easy. BWO hatch from the moment I arrived. BWOs worked best for first few hours, then para Adams worked better as the grey seemed to be a perfect match in the light.

24 caught and released, another 5 or 6 lost, and a good 10 more missed plus a bunch refused. All but one on the surface (that said, I quickly ditched the dropper when I realized the bite was one). Steady feeding the whole time I was there.



Name: Jay Hynek Date Submitted: 4/30/2013
Email: jay.hynek@ch2m.com
Date's Fished: April 28, 2013

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Very productive day on this property. Wife and I fished this from about 9:30 - 2:30. caught about 3 dozen between the 2 of us. Mostly rainbows with a few browns. Wife had best luck on a # 20 RS-2. My results were about 50/50 on a #16 prince with a #20 RS-2 dropper. Both rigs fished with one BB slit-shot and the indicator placed about 2 feet above fly.



Name: mwooster Date Submitted: 4/15/2013
Email: mwooster75@yahoo.com
Date's Fished: 4/12/13

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Very good day on the Big T, two of us fished it from 9 AM to 2:30 Pm with short break from lunch. Lucked out with good flows thanks to work on damn in Estes and releasing of water upstream. About 30 fish total for 2 people, mix of browns and 'bows in 7-13 inch range. Didn't see any activity on surface until last big hole at upstream boundary which looked like a fish parking lot. Unfortunately we couldn't figure out what they were sipping on top. Caught everything on nymphs and midges, mostly a red copper john trailed by size 22 purple/blue Cravens Poison Tung. Only had a few take the red cj. They also took a size 18 purple psycho prince but don't think they were very selective this trip. Saw a few mountain goats on Hwy 34 coming back down. Good day for sure!



Name: Walt Date Submitted: 11/2/2012
Email: graulw@frii.com
Date's Fished: Nov 1,2012

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Wife and I fished the afternoon . River was clear and low (46cfs). Saw lots of fish, but they were mostly not interested in what we offered. Did catch a few on top with midge imitations and 2 on midge nymphs. Hoked total of 5 = pretty slow for all afternoon, but still better than most other options for the day.



Name: Mark K. Date Submitted: 10/13/2012
Email: mkightlinger@jk-cpas.com
Date's Fished: Oct 12, 2012

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First time at this property. Nice flows with a BWO hatch and partly cloudy skies. Could see fish all around. Fished dry flies only: BWO #18 with 6x tippet. Kirk's flyshop had 2 BWO's left and that's all I used. I did not even try using nymphs. Lots of action from Noon till 4 pm then it all stopped. Mostly 10 inch rainbows and a few browns, one was 12 inches. After fishing public water on Boulder Creek/ St Vrain all summer this was glorious. Great day



Name: b minturn Date Submitted: 8/24/2012
Email: bnbminturn@aol.com
Date's Fished: 8-23-12

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Started about 11:00 am under cloud cover. Fished upper half. Limited success with Parachute adams on top and a 2-bit hooker below. Then we fished the lower half where there were fewer pools and more wide, shallower areas. Then the sun also came out. All told, with the low flows and the afternoon sun, it made for a tough fishing on the lower half.



Name: Mike Date Submitted: 7/1/2012
Email: rayraymur@comcast.net
Date's Fished: June 30, July 1, 2012

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Flow @ 153cfs both days, with air temps hitting mid-to-upper 80s by 11:00 prox both days....fished with my brother Terry, and fishing was good until the water warmed considerably each day, and it shut them down noticeably. On the water by 7:00AM both days.....Fished on Saturday late afternoon and picked-up some more fish after a passing rainstorm. Did not fish late into the evening. All that said, the river is in good shape. There is a red quill hatch that is substantial right now, and matching that thing was tough - until we went to Kirk's flyshop in Estes and asked for flies that are effective - AK Best adult; and a RS-2 variation in red. Got on them pretty good on Sunday morning. Caught both browns and rainbows.....also caught fish on Amy's Ant; foam beetles; various elkhair caddis patterns, etc.



Name: A Slaughter Date Submitted: 6/14/2012
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Date's Fished: June 3, 2012

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Spent a full day fishing this property. Caught fish all day - at times with guests and the owners watching from the bridge. The hot set up was a dry dropper rig with a caddis and either BHPT or Rainbow Warrior. Caught a very nice brown just above the bridge on a caddis...nothing like a take on the dry!



Name: Wallace Westfeldt Date Submitted: 5/21/2012
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Date's Fished: 05/19/2012

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If I told you a 29 year old Polish born angler vacuumed fished for four hours on A19 last Saturday, you might assume that he was using some of those fancy new competitive European Nymphing techniques. The only thing correct in that assumption is European, in that he was using a 30 year old Hardy Bamboo Rod and he still has his accent after being here for 20 years. Single dry fly fishing as God intended with his own personally tied Royal Trudes. His partner (20 years his senior) fished American; indicator rig with a Girdle Bug, Rainbow Warrior, and pink SJ Worm. The takes were 85% on the SJ, 10% on the RW, and 5% on the GB. Total fish landed: in the 50s with more than that that never made it to hand or net. Pouring rain, 127 cfs, and 52 degrees water temp. Perfect conditions.



Name: A. Slaughter Date Submitted: 5/20/2012
Email: Home2pws@mindspring.com
Date's Fished: May 20, 2012

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Fished the afternoon and had a great time. Landed over 15 fish, hooked another 10, and lost a couple of nice ones. Most were caught on pheasant tail dropped from Adams...a few risers in the late afternoon. Another great day on this property.



Name: Ed Date Submitted: 5/7/2012
Email: efkeely@aol.com
Date's Fished: May 6, 2012

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Fished from 8:45 until 4:00. I caught well over a dozen fish (lost count). Vast majority were brown trout in the 10-12 inch size. A couple rainbow in the 12-14 inch range. Very little surface action. Caught almost every fish on a black zebra midge. Didn't have a single take on a variety of BWO dry fly patterns. Just below the downstream boundary (in public water) is a section with a very deep pool. I had two strikes there that broke off. These felt like I might have hooked on to somewhat larger fish. The property is fairly short but the location is really picturesque.



Name: Mike Murphy Date Submitted: 4/8/2012
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Date's Fished: April 8, 2012

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My brother Terry and I fished this property around the same date last April. What is that they say about the sequel? It's never better than the original. That was certainly the case yesterday as we only landed about 11 fish between us in about 5 hours of fishing. The flow had been more than doubled over the three previous days prior to our arrival, and the water temperature was a brisk 36 F. The air temps were in the 40s, and the sky had not one cloud in it. It felt more like late autumn, than it felt like spring. The fish were suspended in some of the deeper holes, and they were not feeding at all. They were visible in several spots, as they just hung out and sulked. Oh well, the weather was great, and it was still a good day!



Name: Jack Kruse Date Submitted: 8/12/2011
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Date's Fished: Aug. 11,2011

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Started fishing around 2:30 pm. Caught several on yellow stimmey with a red (18) copper john as a trailer. Bright sun so fish were deep or in the riffles. Then at about 6:30 the caddis starting coming off and it was in full bloom by 7. Best caddis hatch I have witnessed on the T. Got em on elk hair caddis (green) and Barr's graphic caddis as a trailer. Mix of bows and browns 6" to 13" or so. They were active until near dark.



Name: Mike Murphy Date Submitted: 7/24/2011
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Date's Fished: July 23-24, 2011

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Flow was dropped from about 500 cfs on Friday, down to 350 on Saturday, and then down to 250cfs on Sunday. Sometimes, you just hit it right, and we surely did. The fish were HUNGRY and the hatches never ending. There were caddis; PMDs; red quills; midges; the occasional drake; and the odd stone fly. The fish were looking up and we fished dry flies almost the entire weekend. My brother Terry did have a nymph below his dry fly at times, and that was effective as well. Caddis adults; foam ants; little H & L variants; rubber leg stimulators - you name it, they ate. Depending on what time of day it was, you would catch more browns than 'bows, and vice-versa. We had a great time and the Emersons (property owners) are quite nice! We are looking forward to hitting the river again this fall.



Name: Amy Date Submitted: 5/20/2011
Email: home2pws@mindspring.com
Date's Fished: May 16, 2011

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Fished the property for the afternoon and caught a lot of fish in the 10 to 14 inch range on BWO's and trailing black zebra. Water level and clarity was great and the fish were more than happy to jump on the line. Worked from the bridge to the upper end of the property and could have carried just extra BWO's & zebra's without need of the rest of the gear. The rainbows are finishing their spring spawn but you still need to be careful about where you step.



Name: JT Tenge Date Submitted: 5/17/2011
Email: jttenge@tengelaw.com
Date's Fished: May 6, 2011

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Excellent day! 40-50 fish on dries ranging between 8 and 14". Never put on a nymph, or even a dropper. BWO hatch prolific between 12 and 2. Even after the hatch slowed down, the fishing didn't. 18-20 adams, variety of BWO dry patterns, but best seemed to be an 18 bwo sparkle dun. Fun property.



Name: Mike Murphy Date Submitted: 4/3/2011
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Date's Fished: April 3, 2011

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Air temperature was at 49F when my brother Terry and I arrived at 8:30AM. We were fishing by 9:30AM, and there were some midges. The sky was cloudy and threatening. We started at the deep hole just below the property boundary, and we caught a few in there. We fished until 2:30PM. Throughout that time the weather was a pure Rocky Mountain springtime buffet - clouds; heavy snow; light snow; sun; drizzle; rain; freezing drizzle; wind - you know the routine. It was great because the baetis "popped" big time! There were feeding fish in every spot that looked fishy, and we caught them on emergers; various adult baetis #18s; and small golden stonefly nymphs. MANY fish were caught by the two of us. The vast majority of the trout caught were rainbows. The fish in this river are BEAUTIFUL. There were a handful of cuttbows, and a few browns as well. All fish caught were in the 6" to 14" range.



Name: B. Helms Date Submitted: 3/31/2011
Email: helmsb@msn.com
Date's Fished: 3/25/11

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Temp in the low-mid 40s, decent cloud cover produced a nice day of fishing. Fish were holding in the deeper runs but were hitting BH Hare's ear and BH Purple Prince nymph fairly actively. Caught a dozen nice rainbows up to 14" and a few browns up to 12". Good property for an early season tune-up.



Name: Bruce K Date Submitted: 8/12/2010
Email: blkautz@yahoo.com
Date's Fished: August 7,2010

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Started downstream section at about 8 am and caught eager browns and rainbows on Elk Hair Caddis and royal Wulffs. As the sun hit the water, the catching turned to bead head pheasant tails, bh prince nymphs and bh hairs ears dropped off the dry fly. Beautiful fish rainbows up to 12 inches and browns up to 14 inches. There are a lot of fish in this property! Fishing slowed as the day got hotter and sunnier.



Name: Walt Jaakkola Date Submitted: 7/20/2010
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Date's Fished: 07-19-10

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Nice stretch of water. Fished from 2:00 to 7:00 PM. Lots of fish. Browns in the 8-10 inch range. A couple Rainbows in the 10-12 inch range. No hatches during this time and no surface activity. Fish were hitting a pheasont tail or hares ear dropper under a Stimulator. A few strikes on the Stimulator but most on the dropper. Not as much activity with just a double nymph rig. Lots of fish in the deeper holes at the downstream boundary. Nice landowner who is staying on the property for the summer.



Name: mike goldblatt Date Submitted: 7/11/2010
Email: mike@lamtree.com
Date's Fished: 7-10-10

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First time on this property. It's a great piece of water at the flow we fished it - around 100cfs? Perfect conditions. Two of us caught lots of browns and rainbows between 8"-12" with some larger rainbows. I used a green drake or
H&L as a top fly/indicator with a hares ear dropper. 2 out 3 took the dropper. Pretty small property, but enough water for two people to fish all day if you work it slow or run through it twice.



Name: Jim Elsberry Date Submitted: 6/7/2010
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Date's Fished: 6/4/10

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Flow was at 125 which made wading a bit more interesting than usual in some spots, but had a very good day. No large fish as is common for the Big T but got into double digits just in the afternoon. Nymphing w/ rainbow warriors and poison tung bead heads size 18 and 20, sow bugs (16 and 18) caught the largest browns in the 14 - 15 inch class. Most of the fish were in the riffles.



Name: John Date Submitted: 5/27/2010
Email: fosholt@aol.com
Date's Fished: May 26

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It was a good fishing day, although I had to drive the long way through Estes Park to reach the A-19 property. Highway 34 just east of the property was closed due to a rockslide, but it re-opened in the evening before I left.
The river was a bit high, but clear with a slight amber tint. The fish were active and I caught ten 8 to 14-inch trout, mostly in the shallows. There were sporadic BWOs on the surface and a few larger (#14) mayflies in the afternoon. I caught fish on a #18 parachute adams, on a large elkhair caddis that I was using to float nymphs, and on beadhead flashback pheasantails. I also caught four of them on a small black "waterdog" streamer (tied from my dog, of course) with a double beadhead.
Check with CDOT or the State Patrol to see if Highway 34 is still open before you leave.



Name: Steve and Diana Fitz Date Submitted: 5/13/2010
Email: sfitz88@comcast.net
Date's Fished: 5/16/10

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Partly sunny and warm, started fishing around 12:15 and went until 6. 35 cfps. Happy Mothers day. BWO hatch off and on all afternoon, with fish becoming increasingly eager on the surface as the day wore on. Nymphs, epsecially small black ones (they were not choosey) were the best bet, but as usual the second I saw risers I went with a single dry. 18-20 bwo or simaller midges were the ticket.

Browns near the banks, rainbows in the riffles just where they are supposed to be. About 12-14 fish between us, most just before the bridge (big flat spot) and above it. BTW, the downstream bend just off the property (in front of the cliff) on the public water usually holds some decent fish down deep.



Name: Harry Briscoe Date Submitted: 5/4/2010
Email: hexagraph@hexagraph.com
Date's Fished: May 2, 2010

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First time on this property. It's a nice stretch of water in the center of a bit more "civilization" than I prefer but actually pretty nice, with plenty of spots if you fish carefully and slowly, but a full day's worth only if you re-work the prime holes several times. Weather was not cooperative at all with spotty snow to start with at about 9 am and increasing to a full blown "fluffy" snowfall through the early afternoon - about 2" of accumulation by the time I left at 3 pm. Landed four small fish and turned a couple of better ones. First two on beaded stonefly trailed with a micro red-annelid (both on the bigger fly) and later ones on various streamers fished downstream and across due to the heavy snow. No direct indication of any insect activity in the snowstorm although just another 5* of temperatures might have made for a "perfect" early Spring day.



Name: Stu Date Submitted: 4/12/2010
Email: slrstu@colorado.net
Date's Fished: 04/10/10

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Water flow 20 CFS, air temp 40, partly cloudy to cloudy & spitting snow occasionaly.Caught mostly 'bows 10-12 inches, some browns same size. One nice brown 15-16 inches. Bows loved the purple poison tung & sparkle wing RS2, sizes 20-22. Browns liked the nymphs-fluffy pheasant tail & tungsten pheasant tail, sizes 16-18.
Every run & pool contained fish. Will definitely return!



Name: Bruce Fayman Date Submitted: 8/10/2009
Email: bfayman@cox.net
Date's Fished: August 2

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Had a fun day on this very nice property. Fish weren't real large, but caught about 15-20. Nice mixture of Browns and Bows. I missed one that looked to be around 15". I know there must be some bigger ones in those deep pools.



Name: Tim Date Submitted: 4/7/2009
Email: tdav@comcast.net
Date's Fished: 4/7/09

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Great day to drive down Big Thompson Canyon and not have to worry about finding an unoccupied place. This property gets you away from the road and has some real nice runs with lots of fish. I fished from about 12:30 to 4:30 and caught fish on rojo midges, micro mayflies, eggs and streamers. Streamers very productive in the upper part of the property late in the day. Landed 12 fish 5 of which were rainbows..Largest was 12".



Name: Mike Date Submitted: 3/13/2009
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Date's Fished: 03/12/2009

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The day started very cold, with slush in the river. Caught about 15 fish, mostly rainbows, with 2 nice browns 14"+ landed. The upstream section still mostly covered with ice and snow, but there are gaps in the ice. Caught fish on copper johns, midges (red and black) and red annelids.



Name: Amy Date Submitted: 3/9/2009
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Date's Fished: March 8, 2009

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Great day on A-19, caught over a dozen; missed 18 - - I blame the winter break for the fish that got away. Ice shelves have receded to allow access to the majority of all pools - you do have to avoid small glaciers in the lower section as ice shelves drop into the river. The fish were at the head of the pools and taking small red midge patterns.



Name: Justin Everett Date Submitted: 3/22/2008
Email: justin.everett@ge.com
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Great day on A-19, stopped counting fish after the first dozen. Ice shelves had receded significantly to allow for access to the majority of all pools. The fish were primarily staging at the head of the pools and along the upper end of seams. Had the best luck with small midge patterns in combo with attractor nymphs--in particular a variation of a poison tung tied with blue wire over gray dubbing in sizes 20 - 22 and primrose and pearl patterns.



Name: A. Fries Date Submitted: 9/15/2007
Email: afries4@comcast.net
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Just spent a great day on A-19. Beautiful stretch. Almost all the good fishing is above the bridge. Caught 3 - 8"-10" rainbows on hopper/dropper with a #14 bead head prince nymph and 5 more dropping a #16 BH red copper john. Missed twice as many more. Also caught 1 very nice 16" brown on a hopper off one of the many boulders upstream from the bridge. Water level is perfect.



Name: Scott and Pip Date Submitted: 8/11/2007
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No fish sightings, Weather was extremely warm at 10am. Was ovr 90 that day. Saw a few dead fish on the bank? Weather needs to get cooler!



Name: Jack Date Submitted: 7/18/2007
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Caught 10-15 all within 25 yards of the bridge. Almost all of the fish took a gold/copper pheasant tail dropper. Only a couple took the dry-caddis or hopper. Biggest were gorgeous 14" rainbows. Healthy strong fish. Should be a great August here.



Name: Dave Katalinas Date Submitted: 6/23/2007
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Two of us fished this stretch from around 8:30am thru 4pm. Landed around 20 fish, and prob lost 10 more. Lots of fish in this stretch, with one very good run just above the start of the lease. Not a lot of size to these fish (largest was 14"), but I'll take the consistent action anyday. The water is starting to drop, and is calf-deep in some places. But fish were holding where you'd think they should be. Best flies were small dark emergers, black copper johns and dark stoneflies. Good luck!



Name: Thomas Battaglia Date Submitted: 11/23/2006
Email: battagliat@bouldercolorado.gov
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Excellent November fishing. My wife and I caught somewhere between 30 and 40 trout and one white sucker. There was a significant midge hatch in the far west stretch by the fence line. Most of the fish we caught were on Rojo midges and Olive Biot midge emergers with a couple on Princes as well. We didn't see any of the large browns, and only caught one brown between the two of us. Most fish were 10 to 13 inches.



Name: Todd Tenge Date Submitted: 8/31/2006
Email: jttenge@tengelaw.com
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Fished from 2:30-7:00, but had to sit out a pretty bad storm from 3:30-4:30, so not a whole lot of fishing. Had some luck with stimulator and droppers (bhfb pheasant tail and green copper john - 18s) but caught nearly all of my 15 fish between 5:30 and 7:00 on an 18 adams. Nice fighters, mix of browns and bows, 8-14". Very scenic stretch. great afternoon.



Name: Brent B. Date Submitted: 5/22/2006
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River was clear and a good flow, rainy in the afternoon. Use stimmy w/caddis droppers. Caught several fish, good action in the a.m. -caught all fish on emergers



Name: S. Knopp Date Submitted: 4/9/2006
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Beautiful stretch of water, but very low and very challenging. One cast and they're outta there! Very spooky fish. Caught several cutbows. #20 Mercury Black Beauty was only fly showing interest. Be sure to ask for the combination to red gate! Had to park on highway and walk down. Only about 1/4 mile of property.



Name: Jim Hanley Date Submitted: 9/1/2005
Email: jmack1@aol.com
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The fishing report from the Great Western Fly Fishing Company in Loveland versus the one from Front Range Anglers in Boulder were like night and day. The Great Western report was tantamount to having to beat the fish off of your hook, the Front Range one was much more subdued. Unfortunately the subdued report was more the reality. The day was fairly bright and starting at noon, I wasnt expecting much activity and I was right. Hoppers drew zero interest, size 16 elk hair caddis drew some interest in pocket water, and nymphs received the occasional knock. Although it took me some time to figure it out, there was a reasonable baetis hatch that had fish looking up. Unfortunately I didnt have any size 22 captive duns or emergers to capitalize on it. As the afternoon wore on the better fishing was in the lower flats. I tried a variety of attractors, terrestrials and parachutes, but the only fly that consistently produced was a light gray, size 16 sparkle dun. In fact my best fish of the day, a nice fat 14 brown fell to the sparkle dun. There were some actively feeding fish in the flats at the very top of the property but they were frustratingly picky. I caught a few on ants but size 20/22 midge pupa and PTs were all ignored. As the evening set in, fishing picked up with caddis. Size 14/16 olive and tan Improved X-Caddis were significantly more effective than X-Caddis or elk hair caddis. The best activity occurred in the water within 40 yards upstream of the bridge. As dusk set in, the lower half of the large pool really turned on with some decent rainbows caught. In total, I caught around 15 fish, most were in the 8 to 10 inch range, but I had a number of nice 13 and 14 inch rainbows and browns. However, this is such a nice stretch of water, particulary so close to my home, that it always makes for a good day.



Name: Charles J Sullins Date Submitted: 6/30/2005
Email: epchaz@frii.com
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This is a classic section of the Big T. It is more quiet than most as it loops away from the road. Stone fly hatch is starting here right now. Very nice runs and pools, plenty of fish, line and drift management is a must. Recommend this lease highly



Name: Mike Date Submitted: 6/17/2005
Email: mdixon@listenup.com
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This is another of the small jewels that the club provides. Fished for approximately 5 hours in the afternoon and had good luck. Caught several browns and rainbows in the 12 to 14 inch range and one cutbow in the same size class. Nothing bigger but did catch several more that were smaller. Initially, used a prince with a hairs ear dropper and caught fish on both. In early evening switched to an elk hair caddis with good results. My wife caught several on an Adams throughout the day.



Name: Jason Price Date Submitted: 6/8/2005
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Water levels were fine and the fishing was great. All that was needed was a prince nymph and a pheasant tail. Caught numerous rainbows 10-13 inches and a few 15-16 inch browns. Those of you who need to get a moving water fix during the high water may want to check this lease out.



Name: Lyn Date Submitted: 5/15/2005
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Flow about 100 cfs. Little color, especially in the late afternoon but visibility still good. Water temp from 47 to 54 degrees. BWO's, caddis and midges were all on water but fish not looking up. Nymphing was very good with s16 WD40 and beadhead Flashback Pheasant Tail. Beautiful, healthy rainbows from 9 to 13 inches plus three nice browns. The rainbows are spawning so members should be careful where they walk.



Name: Jim Hanley Date Submitted: 4/12/2005
Email: jmack1@aol.com
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First time on A19. Some great structure and a rich aquatic insect population. Unfortunately the river was full of moss as it was turning over from runoff from the recent spring snowstorm. It was a bright day but a few baetis were out. Not enough to create a rise, but enough to hold some of the bigger fish in prime feeding station. Tried a variety of baetis emergers in 20 and 22s, but all received refusals. Resorted to Czech nymphing and started to get some reasonable action; 6 landed another 6 nicked. All were rainbows, ranging in size from 12 to 14 inches with one 17 incher. I noticed in the afternoon, smaller fish were moving onto the flats along the edges, but few were actively feeding. I tried some naked pheasant tails, but only received some half hearted chases. I believe some cloud cover would have turned the river on. I may try it again next week after the moss settles out and rain is in the forecast.



Name: Lonnie-RMAC Member Date Submitted: 3/11/2005
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: It was pretty good. Water was low, but had good holes. Used s20-22 cream colored midges and s20 red and copper, copper-johns. Caught 20 in 4 to 5 hours.



Name: Chuck Date Submitted: 10/19/2004
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: Fished very well. Great property! Caught fish all day long. Fish are beautiful, wild browns and rainbows with bright coloration. Best fly was a gray s18 RS2



Name: Bill Date Submitted: 9/16/2004
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Great fishing. Used a #10 & 12 Hornburg and caught and released fish all day. Some nice 14-16 inch Browns. Thanks...