Of all the days we have fished this property in the last few years, this was the slowest. Water was low, but at a decent level and cold. Sun was out, but that has not mattered before much. Fish were not in the riffles, instead seemed to be only in the deep runs. BHPT was the best bet. Diana netted 12 browns, I had 8 with two large (18) rainbows to spice up the day. Happily, these fish like to jump. Only two on dries all day... ~ Steve & Diana Fitzgerald -- August 23rd, 2017

Solid Half Day on the Colorado. We had ideal weather for fishing, overcast, misty and about 70 degrees. The flows were around 80 cfs. Myself and two others hit the river around 9:00 am and started catching browns right away. I fished the main hole by the picnic table and threw a PMD (purple body) with an yellow body EH caddis off the back. The first one of the day nailed the PMD on the second cast. I moved down the river to the long flat section before the last riffles and switched to a nymph rig, nothing. So I went back to my PMD/EH Caddis setup and started nailing them. I got a few small ones and then a really nice 15 incher slammed the EH Caddis. We then moved to the upper section and I stuck with my same rig. I threw to some feeding fish, got 12 incher right away. I then moved up to some faster water and threw to the bank, BOOM, best fish of the day. 16-17 inch brown hit the EH Caddis. We each got 4-5 fish in 3 hours, cool property, the cows tend to go for a swim in some of the holes... ~ Brad Rettig -- August 8th, 2016

A 16" Brown was the catch of the day, on an Amy Ant. The rest were caught on Barr's PMD merger dropper. Lots of surface activity. Many different hatches coming off, with Caddis looking to be the majority, then Yellow Sallies, and PMDs. Water temp was 56f at 1 p.m. and the flow was 84 cfs. Ambient temp was 88 degrees at about high Noon. Pretty ideal conditions. Rainbows were included in the day's catch. Slippery stones made for difficult walking, even with a wading staff. I'm going to try to go back when the river is about 60 cfs—more dry rocks to walk on. The owners are very gracious and have even set up a portapoddy next to the barn behind the parking lot, and in the corral down by the center for the lease. ~ Gene -- July 23rd, 2016

A great day. Despite it being hot, sunny, we fished dry/dropper rigs to rising trout from our arrival at 10:30 am until about an hour before our departure at 5:30. Lots of browns, some rainbows, and most out in the riffles actively feeding. There were multiple hatches (caddis, yellow sallies, green drakes, some stoneflies, etc) but this wasn't hard: Caddis (or drake) on top, bhpt on the bottom = catch a lot of fish. We each had around two dozen, although I am certain that I had one more than Diana did....and she would say the opposite. Get there, water is perfect. ~ Steve and Diana Fitzgerald -- July 12th, 2016

Very tough day. Until 6/12 the releases from Lake Granby (80 cfs) and Willow Creek Reservoir (12 cfs) were perfect. But they increased Willow's releases by 100 cfs on the 12th and, on the 13th when we were there, they increased flows another 50 cfs per hour! It wasn't safe to wade. By mid day fishing was basically impossible. ~ Larry G. -- June 18th, 2016

Tough day on the Colorado. Bright sunny 70 degree day with low clear water. Many of the good nymph runs fished earlier in the season were too skinny to hold fish. The deep slow water that fished well with streamers over the summer didn't produce too much. Browns were on their reds. Overall just about 10 fish with two large rainbows and one large brown on a mix of streamers, princes, and bead head midge/sow bug droppers. Drop dead gorgeous and hard to complain about October fishing in a tee shirt! ~ ken cohen -- October 11th, 2015

C 42 was fantastic. The property page was correct, it was very slippery wading, but with lower flows it was manageable. The bug of the day was a sowbug. We did get a few to take drys, a small stimulator and adams. My guest and I caught a lot of fish, many large ones between 18” and 20”. Mostly rainbows, but we did get a few nice browns as well. Thanks for the recommendation. ~ -- September 29th, 2015

4 people in the party. all together landed around 50 fish. mostly 8"-10" bows and browns. A few bows around 15". Best flies were a ray charles and baetis nymph both 18-20sz. Able to work about 1/3 of the water. Flows around 215cfs about as high as you wanna wade. Would recommend cleats and wading staff as the rocks along the stream bottom are very slick. Look forward to another trip later in the fall after some bigger browns. Miller family was very polite and courteous. ~ duval moss -- August 28th, 2015

Fairly cold, 42-55 by 3 pm. Fish preferred 50+. Saw some caddis coming off. 40+ fish day mostly browns and a few rainbows. Landed fish up 18". Flies used were gray scud, baetis nymph, mix of stimmies and droppers. Excellent day. ~ Tom Rossing -- January 1st, 1970