Boulder Creek
I spent all week on Boulder Creek these past few days and it has been great. The normal patterns are producing so well that this time of year I like to start throwing some experimental stuff that I have tied. And...the fishing has been so good that brand new invention flies are working. Look to the recipes page (soon) for some of these new patterns.
Mornings, we are seeing a lot of PMD and Sallies. One of the new patterns I have been throwing is a RS-2 tied in Hendrickson super fine dubbing to mimic those pre-flight PMD's. Another fun pattern for the A.M. is a rusty spinner, either floating or swimming.
After that cools down, I have been having a lot of success with almost any attractor on top. My favorites have been Amy's Ants and Fat Albert's. On the bottom, look for your normal attractor beadheads as well as some other smaller stuff such as a new creation of mine; the Little Yellow Sally Hot Wire. I will post the recipe soon but just take your normal hotwire prince and change the large wire to yellow, and the fine wire to red. Cool looking fly. While the fishing can get pretty slow towards the later afternoon, it does stay some what alive. Try your odd ball stuff. They aren't hungry so something out of the blue might be the trick. Finally, as we get into the evening, look for those caddis. I have noticed that the salmon trutta aren't so much tuned into color (I like olive and bright green recently) or size (keep it between a 14 and a 18), but more so on the action. Once you get that skate down, hold on. But don't forget to dead drift for the lazy guys too.
Ouzel Creek 8-9-13
What a day. Just one of those days you don't get very often. So let me explain. We hiked up there, rather easily for having out of towners along for the ride, and then we got to fishing. First, we had to find our way around. Because of all the rain this year, the streamside vegetation up there is out of control. Some parts are past your shoulder. So you really have to navigate through the stream. Well after we get fishing for an hour or so, I start making lunch. Lunch is served, and I swear as if she knew, Mother Nature started just dumping rain right when I put the bread away. And it didn't stop. Ever.
I think it is probably still raining. I have not seen a storm like this for at least 5 years. It's the kind of storm where if it's in your pockets, tucked away, it's still getting wet. My rain jacket was still wet, 24 hours later. My tip money was wet for 3 days. It was that crazy. The hike out was fierce. We had lightning and thunder pushing on our heels the whole way down. Intense. The fishing??
It was good, just short lived. Terrestrials and attractors. A fun trip, even though it wasn't ideal. Both the clients and I had a good time. Sometimes the adventure is more fun than the destination I guess.
Big Thompson 8-10-13
I took some clients up to a spot that I had previously not fished today; the Big T above the Fern Lake TH. It was great. What a beautiful piece of water too. Lots of real long runs, some pocket fishing and a ton of fish. I had one client grand slam and the other fell a rainbow short.
The hot fly? Any one with a good drift pretty much. By the end of the day, I was just tying on whatever to see if it worked. Everything did. A few of the better flies were Amy's Ants, Fat Alberts, Chubby Chernobyls, Caddis, princes (hotwire), and P-tung's.
Unbelieveable fishing though. Get out there.
Tight Lines
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