Boulder Creek warming up!

Boulder Creek is happening right now! I got out on a full day trip for the first time in a while and it was worth the wait. The day started with someone pulling into my hole at the bottom of the canyon. Really? On a weekday, with at least 30 other pullouts open? This is a growing trend that I do not understand, nor care for. This is the second time in a week this has happened now. All I'm saying is when the WHOLE river is open, go find your own hole! Especially if you see me putting my waders on; as I clearly was.  I don't get it.

Not the right date, but....definitely a hole crasher! Avoid this guy!!!

Anyways, onto the fishing...You just know when it's gonna be a day. And I knew it was going to be a day. First cast I let my black zebra midge (Z) (sz. 18) and Pheasant Tail (PT) (sz. 20) drift to the bottom of the hole above me and it was fish on immediately. This continued for the next hour or so as I had already released a dozen browns before noon. At around 1:00, they really turned off. So I headed up the canyon in hopes of that first brook of the season.

Drove up to Roger's Park at the lower parking lot and found the water to just be too low in this section to fish right now. You could fish it, but there was hardly any trout and they were easily spooked. I sure do love this section of water and it looks like with the recent addition of some downed timber, it really oughta be hoppin' this year, post run-off.

Finally, I ended up at Castle Rock. Slow as could be as there weren't even any climbers around. Switched up to a black blue BH wire Prince (BHWP), and also a wine San Juan worm  (SJW) but no go. Went back to the Z/PT setup and ended up pulling 1 out of this section as well. Little guy, and it seemed like they were quiet and holding deep, although I posted a surface temp of 52 degrees at about 3:30 p.m.

Will definitely be tying some more PT's later on. I have been really focusing on the quality of them lately as it really pays off with just a beautiful, buggy quality. And there sure is something to be said about that brown head too. It just looks sharp. I love the pure 'naturalness' of this fly, and apparently so do the trout in Boulder.
Get out there!

Tip of the day:
1-Loon Aquel seems to be a better consistency than Gink. Possibly won't freeze as easily in the colder season.
2-There's a whole river, find your own hole. That isn't enjoyable for everyone and just isn't necessary on such a slow day with such ample space. And if all else fails, ask me if I'm done here. Even if I'm not, you may come to find out that maybe I'm throwing streamers and possibly working downstream.