4-8-13
Monday, right before the snow storm, the fish were starving! I fished a sz. 16-18 BH Prince and a sz. 18-20 olive Pheasant Tail all day and the fishing was incredible. I fished right at Sugarloaf turn-off (pretty high in the canyon right now but the lead guide had a client going lower in the canyon, so being the gentleman...), and then headed downstream towards Dome Rock. Definitely better the lower you stayed but still fishing well up high. Saw a ton of BWO's coming off at about 4:00 down low. The water temp was 42 up high and about 46 down low. Fishing great though. Here is a pic of one of my favorite friends of the day:
The bite was great though. Look for those fisher in the deeper ponds still but they are willing to venture out a little with warmer temps in the afternoon.
4-6-13
On Saturday, I had a break at work and headed right down the hill for some late afternoon fishing. Got to my spot and I remembered my license expired. Being in a worry over wasting my one fish break ever at work, I got pretty bummed out. But then I remembered it like it was old news...Ace is the Place! Cruised into Ned and got my license, always a great feeling to have nothing but 365 days (er 359 this time) stopping you from fishing all the time. I love it. It's still always an experience for me. And this no exception. Call me crazy. I just love this stuff too much.
Anyhoo-fished upper Middle Boulder Creek and it was slow. Not telling you my spot but I will say that the water temp was 38 degrees, mostly ice free with some scattered ice nuggets, and the daytime temp was a high of 62 in that spot. Elevation is about 8,600' or so.
Fished extremely slow for the hour I was there. The usual suspects-midges in sz. 20 or so, Saint John's worms in purple, and I might have even thrown a poison tung or gummy midge. Slow fishing. Not quite time yet. But it's been 4 days already and it's completely ice free as of this afternoon.
Here is a look at what it looked like a few days ago-
Almost time!
Tight Lines-
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