05-26-2004, 10:31 PM
FISHING: Fair
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Flow: 75 cfs above the Deckers Bridge, 110 below the Deckers Bridge
Clarity: Fair to Poor
Water Temperature: Low 40’s
Major Food Organisms: Midges and baetis
Hatches: Midges and Baetis
14 Day Forecast: Look for low flows and challenging fishing. The best fishing will be above the Decker’s bridge between the Rock Garden and the Tee Pee Club. Look for excellent baetis hatches throughout the course of the next two weeks.
Tips and Other Information: Fishing remains challenging around the Deckers area due off colored water from Wig Wam Creek, Four-Mile Creek and Horse Creek. Below the Deckers Bridge the river is trashed! Piles of silt and granite are clogging the stream channel. This breaks my heart! The stretch above Deckers is beginning to clear, however; if it rains, this section will turn off-color with a drop of a hat! The baetis are hatching with consistency (adding lots of excitement) every afternoon between 1:00-3:00 pm. Effective dry fly patterns will include #20 Sparkle Duns, #22 Parachute Adams, #22 Blue Duns, and #22 Hi-Vis Baetis. Nymphs of choice (to be fished during the non-hatch periods or before the hatch) are: #20 Sparkle Wing RS II’s, #20 Mercury FB Pheasant Tails, #20 Black Beauties, #20 Top Secret Midges, #20 Orange Scuds, and #16 Nuclear Eggs. You’ll need a bright attractor if you plan on fishing this area! A pink San Juan Worm, or “Nuke” Egg will fill the bill!
Effective Patterns: #20-22 Mercury Midge, #20-22 Mercury Baetis, #20-22 Bead Head Barr’s Emerger (baetis), #14 Pink San Juan Worm, #18-20 Dorsey’s Mercury Pheasant Tails, #18 Micro San Juan Worms, #20 Black Beauty, #16 Nuclear Eggs, #14 Orange and Olive Scuds, #20-26 Parachute Adams, #20-24 Hi Vis Baetis, and #20-22 Mathew’s Sparkle Dun.
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River Flow and Gage Height [[url "http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/current?type=flow&group_key=huc_cd&search_site_no_station_nm=south+platte"][#0000ff]click here[/#0000ff][/url]]
Flow: 75 cfs above the Deckers Bridge, 110 below the Deckers Bridge
Clarity: Fair to Poor
Water Temperature: Low 40’s
Major Food Organisms: Midges and baetis
Hatches: Midges and Baetis
14 Day Forecast: Look for low flows and challenging fishing. The best fishing will be above the Decker’s bridge between the Rock Garden and the Tee Pee Club. Look for excellent baetis hatches throughout the course of the next two weeks.
Tips and Other Information: Fishing remains challenging around the Deckers area due off colored water from Wig Wam Creek, Four-Mile Creek and Horse Creek. Below the Deckers Bridge the river is trashed! Piles of silt and granite are clogging the stream channel. This breaks my heart! The stretch above Deckers is beginning to clear, however; if it rains, this section will turn off-color with a drop of a hat! The baetis are hatching with consistency (adding lots of excitement) every afternoon between 1:00-3:00 pm. Effective dry fly patterns will include #20 Sparkle Duns, #22 Parachute Adams, #22 Blue Duns, and #22 Hi-Vis Baetis. Nymphs of choice (to be fished during the non-hatch periods or before the hatch) are: #20 Sparkle Wing RS II’s, #20 Mercury FB Pheasant Tails, #20 Black Beauties, #20 Top Secret Midges, #20 Orange Scuds, and #16 Nuclear Eggs. You’ll need a bright attractor if you plan on fishing this area! A pink San Juan Worm, or “Nuke” Egg will fill the bill!
Effective Patterns: #20-22 Mercury Midge, #20-22 Mercury Baetis, #20-22 Bead Head Barr’s Emerger (baetis), #14 Pink San Juan Worm, #18-20 Dorsey’s Mercury Pheasant Tails, #18 Micro San Juan Worms, #20 Black Beauty, #16 Nuclear Eggs, #14 Orange and Olive Scuds, #20-26 Parachute Adams, #20-24 Hi Vis Baetis, and #20-22 Mathew’s Sparkle Dun.
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