I actually got a chance to get out today and the fishing was good. I forgot to set a hook and also how to fight (small) trout so I lost quite a few. I don't what my problem is. Too much guiding...not enough fishing? Good problem to have I guess if that is the case.
I had pretty much the exact same conditions as the day before so i just threw the same thing. Rainbow warriors and Pheasant Tails. Never did have to re-tie. That is always nice. Especially after retying all week.
5-8-13 Roger's Park
What a cold, wet, sleeting, snowing, raining, wet, miserable, cold and wet miserable day outside it was today. It was miserable. It was 36 degrees when we arrived at our hole. Cold! And Wet! And it was 10:30 and still 36 degrees.
But...man was the fishing awesome. I mean off the hook. No pun intended. We had our first fish on probably 10-15 minutes after we got there and it just never really stopped. We did have to take a 20 minute break right around noon and as the miserableness was definitely peaking.
After that though, the fishing just got better. With the temp eventually making it up to 55 as we left, I think it really helped. The client even caught a brook, brown, and rainbow. A Colorado Hat Trick. I asked if he wanted to go up towards Eldora and try for the Grand Slam with the Cutty but he was pretty happy right there catching fish every five minutes. Probably a good choice considering the weather.
We ended up throwing Rainbow Warriors and Purple San Juan worms. Those worms were the ticket. The river really mixed em' up apparently. I retied once early and that was it. I think the Warrior was helping get their attention on the off color water and leading em' right to that worm. Money. I pretty much just carried the other rod around and followed Joe Master Angler around. Really fun.
It was unbelievable fishing though. We had to just grin and bear it because when the fishing is that good, you don't care about the weather.
Didn't get a pic of the brookie, but he caught it. I attest. Ended up with probably more than 20 or so total. We both lost count. That's a perfect trip.
Brown Trout. 1 of a couple dozen on the day.
Rainbow Trout. The one and only that we found.
5-11-13 Roger's Park (Warriors, Worms, Tails, and Tungs)
Beautiful Day on "The Riv"
I split a trip with one of our newer guides today. It was his first trip out and he nailed it. We had 4 people so we split into 2 clients each and went our separate way once we arrived at the river.
Fishing was great. We threw the same recent usual suspects...warriors, worms, tails and tungs. (Which happens to be the name of my new rock band. We sing fishing songs.) My guys were catching left and right once the experienced one got the hang of the hook set.
I met up with Colin and his guys were doing the same. Trip Awesomeness...Check.
Reilly about to eat a Brown trout, raw, after being dared by me. He almost did it. I would have idolized him.
This is the where it all came together for Kevin. So he stayed there for an hour or so. Good man.
Looking back towards Lower Roger's Park. How many anglers/guides can you find?? Answer is 4. (Howard?? Where'd you go?)
On a side note...when I took Kevin and Reilly down to the riv for the first time to show them the how to I cast for the first time and...trout on. I apologized. Kevin said if you are trying to show someone how to catch trout then you did good.
TOUCHE KEVIN!
5-13-13 More Roger's Park
Flows have dropped significantly in the last few days so we were forced to change it up a little bit. I went to the same spot but tied on some different flies. The ticket early on was the purple worm and an Olive brassie, sz. 20. I hardly ever fish brassies. Not sure why. But something told me throw it today. And it worked...for them...and for me too. I caught a nice trout on the how to. (Touche Kevin)
The fishing really slowed down in the afternoon as it actually got super hot in the canyon. I recorded a temp of 79 at one point late. But we were sweating. A sign that it shall soon be here for good.
It was so slow in fact that I went to the original slumpbuster after striking out on a few things, including Prince's, Tails, PMX's, and a Hull's Gummy midge; which almost always beats the slump. The ticket...a size 20 red Tungsten BH zebra midge. Small and deep. That is what they wanted cause that is where they were.
Evidently I found out that the other (Lead) guide had the fish completely shut down on him and his client as well in the afternoon. So it wasn't just us!
All in all a good day. That low flow combined with the sun just drove those trout super deep later on in the day. It happens. I'm glad that the clients got into trout before it got so slow.
Another typical Spring week on Boulder Creek...snow, rain, sun, sleet, murky water, clear water, low flow, high flow and the one constant that never leaves...TROUT!
Tight Lines-
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