GO Fish! Colorado Rocky Mountain Fly Fishing about to Explode
Wow, July arrived and it really did not feel like it. For many weeks I was thinking that we were just a couple weeks off of normal, for this time of year. As I look up to the high peaks however, it seems like it may be more like a month.
This had definitely slowed the fishing here in Colorado and we have been selective on trips and finding some great fishing.
I really think that this is a great way to look at fishing this time of year and in these conditions. You have to be selective of where you are going to fish, selective of the bugs you are going to use and selective of the techniques to present your flies to the fish. If you get these aspects right you will have some great success.
We all love to have easy days with bugs flying and fish gobbling your flies. We will be having these days and I believe they will last all summer; it may just be a couple weeks to a month behind schedule. Now when it does happen hold on! I am talking weeks if not the whole summer with plenty of cool water in our rivers, to keep the hatches popping and fish chowing.
On most of the Colorado Rivers the flows have been steadily dropping and clearing over the past week. With the exception of some afternoon thunderstorms dropping large amounts of rain in some areas causing some rivers to run off color for a day or so.
What this means is with the clear water and flows dropping the fishing will be getting better and better with each day of dropping flows and rising water temperatures.
The last few days that I was able to wet a line, we caught fish in the pockets and edges. Where the fish should have been! Now the fishing I cannot say was super hot, but we managed plenty of hook ups and fish to the net. The only thing really lacking was a little less water and some warmer temperatures to kick the hatches and fish activity into high gear.
With the dropping flows we should see this activity ramp up in the next week or two. So this means get out and fish daily. This is the time of year you can hit one of the “Hot” days on the river when fish will be aggressively hitting dries and nymphs alike and as long as the pattern is close I highly doubt you will have many refusals.
All that being said, don’t hesitate to go fishing right now. These are great days to be on the water, you may be the first one to have that “magic” day; when you can do no wrong and every fly you put on gets chewn to threads. Just remember it is kinda like winning the lottery if you don’t play you can’t win.
- About Me~ If I could be outside enjoying my sports – Riding a bike, casting a fly rod, floating a river, riding some POW. I couldn’t ask for more!
