The setting and scenery at this property is great and feels quite remote. After spending the Spring primarily fishing the Arkansas, a return to small creek fishing felt very different but also refreshing. We enjoyed early season dry fly fishing on this property under clear skies and 60 degree temps. It's so much fun to see decent sized trout come out of tiny water to slam a dry fly. The RMAC description recommends 3-4 weight rods, but if I had a 1 or 2 wt, I would have fished it. We fished typical mayfly dries and I also fished some soft hackles. We were not fishing particularly hard on this day and brought about a dozen fish to the net, all between 8 and 12 inches. There is some bushwacking and stream crossing required to fish downstream of the road - but none of it treacherous unless you are the tip of my 3wt. ~ Matt Kryman -- April 15th, 2016

First time fishing this property. Fished upstream from the bridge. More than 30 fish in 3 hours or so. Dry dropper with stimulator or beetle on top and basic bead head pheasant tail was very effective. Fish were 6-12 inches. Creek has full willows on either side so now is a great time to fish before the leaves are out on the willows. The drive down to the stream from Cripple Creek and the canyon itself would be worth the trip even if the fishing was not great. Not a spot for novices as the willows give you about a six foot casting window from midstream. ~ Mike Narkewicz -- March 6th, 2016

Two of us fished the upper lease, knowing there would be less action--five browns but one 16" and another 14" then ranging down to 10". Small grasshoppers were jumping everywhere in the walk to the water. We enjoyed ourselves viewing the remote and remarkable scenery on the drive in and on the creek itself. At 13cfs, reported, the water levels were about ideal, lapping right up to the shorelines. We tried the purple Adams, Zebra midge, beatis emergers, Juju midge (purple and black), yellow micro simulator, grasshopper, chartreuse copper john and the same color larva, ~ Gene -- June 17th, 2014

Perfect Colorado spring day. Arrived at property about 8:30 and fished upstream in the am, downstream in the pm. Did not see any real hatches (hoping for caddis- it was warm enough). Saw a few BWO's, a couple of egg layer caddis, and quite a few midges but very few fish up and nothing to call a real hatch. Most fish on black zebra and/or dark juju midge behind an attractor on a dry/dropper rig. Interestingly enough, they seemed to want purple for the dry (again, bright/sunny conditions) I only tied that on because it was in my hat and figured it wouldn't be eaten but.... Only about one in six or seven ate the dry. I switched that out after the first one did eat it and they stopped, put purple back on and bingo! Go figure. Stopped counting in the mid thirties. All browns from 5-13" and most with good girth seemingly wintering over well. Did see 2 rattle snakes and several garter/water snakes. Keep your eyes open as it could be a pretty good walk/hike back out from the lower section if you had a problem. ~ Gerry -- May 5th, 2014

First time fishing this property. Spectacular scenery !! The water was low and muddy with a lot of moss. Looked like there had been a pretty heavy rain storm earlier in the week. Part of the RMAC parking area next to the bridge was washed away. I caught 10 browns in the 6-8 inch range in four hours mainly along the stream adjacent to the road. I uesd a #12 Stimulator with a #16 red copper john trailer. Most hit the copper john. I started fishing upstream from the bridge and encountered a large beaver dam about 50 yards from the road. That may be why the downstream section is so low. The upstream section was filled with high water bank to bank and impossible to get through the willows on the bank so I didn't pursue this section. Storm clouds were starting to build so I didn't go to deep into the canyon but it was low and mossy the areas I did see. There are a lot of aggressive fish in this stream. I caought 10, missed another 10 and spooked probably 10 more. Lots of potential there under the right conditions. ~ Walt Jaakkola -- July 5th, 2013

The two of us caught 24 Browns between 8" and 13" about equally on "16 yellow stimulator and CDC RS2 #20 dropper. Along the creek, at the bottom of the canyon, the high temperature was 70 degrees. The temperature in the parking lot was 40-55 degrees. No significant hatches. Cloudy in the a.m., then clear from about 2 p.m. to the end of day. Wind started to blow noticeably around 2 p.m. and blew strong gusts in the afternoon. The trout were more active before 2 p.m. and then the catches became spotty in the afternoon. The water had a bit of color and Jimmy said it was flowing at 8 cfs. Great first time visit. ~ Gene -- May 24th, 2013

Had good day here last year in June and decided to return. Bad decision. Water is way too low and barely fishable. Fish held up in the deeper runs and not active at all. Saw many good fish up to 17" but the clear shallow water worked against us. The beaver are working in the section above the culvert creating some nice pools, but fish we extremely shy and inactive. This stream needs some water and a bit of color, which should start in mid May. ~ Mike Munro -- May 4th, 2013

I fished A-9 from 1100-1445 hours. The weather was favorable with light winds, sunny skies, air temps around 60 degrees. The flow was low but fishable, at around 3 CFS. I concentrated my efforts from the lower meadow to the upper boundary. Fish could be observed readily in the flats and riffles. As other members have noted, this stream contains a large population of fish. Landed around 15 fish for the period with several rose, hooked and lost. I noted that about 50 meters above the road an obstruction has formed from debris during the past months, esentially extending the length of the pool from the above riffle. Many fish were observed in the flats, however, they are not a pushover! I used both the #18 Olive Pheasant Tail BH, FB and a #18 Purple Pyscho Prince today. Fly pattern would probably not matter. Recommend additional RMAC signs be implaced at the main parking area, additionally some damge noted to the fence in that vicinity. PIcked up some trash and called it a day... ~ Tom Farrell -- March 31st, 2013

Trout were everywhere but easily spooked, as others have written. Fished from the parking lot upstream between Noon and 4 pm. Landed about 12 fish in the 8 to 12 inch range. Despite recent success by others, I could not get them to take any dries (tried Parachute Adams, #18 and #20) so I added a dropper: bead head nymphs (rainbow warrier, blue tung) and that was the ticket. Small plunge pools, beaver dams, and even the shallow riffles were the best action. The walls of willows keep you honest with your casting, only lost one rig. Pleasant weather, slight wind, partly cloudy and 60 degrees. The drive in from Cripple Creek was exciting - took 20 minutes to go 8 miles. Saw more cars than I expected (about 1 over 20 minutes). I hear that people commute up from Canon City to work at the casinos and mine near Cripple Creek. Would like to fish the lower section next time. ~ Mark K. -- March 29th, 2013

Terrific day! Fished with my brother Peter from about 1030 until 7. Steady action all day on #18 & 16 Parachute Adams. Peter switched to the 16 when the afternoon light made it difficult to see smaller bugs, but fish didn't seem to notice. In the afternoon I added a small RS2 dropper, which was very productive -- most of the action I had was on the RS2. Caught all Browns -- most in the 12-inch range with a few larger. Could hardly see a thing by 645, but neither of us wanted to quit, since shortly after dusk, what we could see was fish all over the place jumping clear out of the water -- small riffles would have 3-4 at the same time going airborn. Anything we caught around then was pure accident, however, since neither us had any idea where our fly was. ~ Jeff Downing -- March 16th, 2013