With conditions improving, we decided to head back to where we began our day and were chased off the water by high winds. Seeing fish come up and gently slurp flies off the surface is about as poetic as it gets in the fly fishing world in my opinion. I told him that the fish were rising and that I was switching over to a dry fly. A tailwater fishery is where a river comes out below a dam consequently during the winter months that means the water temps are just slightly warm enough to stay relatively free of ice all year. Access to Eleven Mile Canyon is gained from the bottom of the canyon … Please feel free to drop us a note through the "Contact R&R" menu option at the top of the page. This time my hook-set was true and I pulled in a little rainbow. He had taken a blue poison tung. Colorado Stream Update: 11 Mile is on fire! Anglers are encouraged to harvest all northern pike caught at … Well, there's y'alls lesson on nail polish today. Before you go, get the river report information you need, including flow speed, water temperature and wind conditions. Check your inbox or spam folder now to confirm your subscription. The South Platte River flows out of Eleven Mile Reservoir into 11 Mile Canyon and is ideal for fly fishing. If ya can't tell. There had only been a dusting of snow covering the ground when we had arrived at the river. I was able to land one more on the dry. I must have resembled Ralphie’s little brother from the movie “A Christmas Story” after his mom had layered him up prior to going to school. My Sage X was still rigged with multiple nymphs, and the Redington Classic Trout rod was rigged with the Griffith’s Gnat. Anglers are encouraged to harvest... Forgot to share my river party feesh last month! He would land a nice brown from here on a D-midge, but there was no luck after that. I continued to fish the nymph rig as my fishing partner rounded a bend in the river and out of sight to me. Clear skies and 60+ degree weather. It wasn’t going to happen here. Water Temp: N/A (I forgot to get a water temp – DOH! It was happening. Seventy degrees, sixty-nine degrees, seventy degrees – these were the high temperature readings for Lake George, Colorado from Monday October 7th through Wednesday October 9th. It may have been cold before, but it was downright nasty now. Fish were rising all around. After landing a pretty cutthroat off the surface, my buddy emerged from around the river bend and yelled something at me while making an arm gesture. Ever so gently the trout’s nose broke the surface of the water and he gracefully took my fly. I decided to target a deeper run that typically held fish and adjust tactics as needed from there. As the week of the trip drew near the forecast changed. A few seconds later and a cutbow was in my net. Knowing that casting through here would only lead to hang ups and a potential broken line, I searched for better water. Lol, Was slamming them with a lead core line while trolling 20-50'. The brown trout measured about 19 inches on my buddy’s marked net handle. It has become one of my favorite annual fishing outings. The water temperature was between 40-43 degrees and Crystal Clear. He had risen beside a boulder in the middle of the river. As we drove along the river scoping out another location to fish the winds started to die down and the snow began to drop vertically from the sky rather than sideways. I would stay away on the weekends and focus on fishing during the week. This is always a great spot during the spring months. This is always a great spot during the spring months. It turned out that he had switched to a dry and was catching them on the surface as well. Casting was once again difficult and the wind pushed against the water disrupting the presentation. I did fish for a while longer though alternating between casting for a few minutes and then warming my hands for a few. His tail and fins bore the signs of a post spawn battled scarred fish. An email address is required to associate with your Fishidy premium subscription. At first, the ten-day outlook showed the winter storm would move in later that afternoon. Elevenmile Reservoir provides quality fishing for rainbow trout, brown trout, rain-bow cutthroat hybrid trout, snake river cutthroat trout, kokanee, and northern pike. I immediately walked back up the bank to my Jeep where I grabbed the tube that contained my Redington 4 weight Classic Trout rod. Prospect lak... Antero Reservoir provides quality fishing for rainbow trout, brown trout, snake river cutthroat trout, rainbow x cutthroat hybrid trout, cutthroat trout, brook trout, and splake. The wind started to really pickup while I was out of the water tying on new flies. Basically, this would not be the first time where we’ve been stupid. BAM! As I walked down my buddy landed a beautifully colored Colorado Cutthroat on a D-midge. ago and I haven't been up to keeping up with posting. A couple of casts and nothing. This was followed by another, and then another. This year we had marked October 10th as the day for this little excursion. The fishing is great. Beatis patterns will do the trick this time of year. After driving down the river a little ways we were able to find a better location where we would be protected by a rock wall along a bend. I moved up just a bit in order to fish a stretch that I hadn’t targeted yet. Each of the past five years a buddy and I have made the trip to fish the legendary South Platte River in October. We spent four hours watching icebergs float down the river that day. This fish decided that he had zero intention of being caught and put up one heck of a fight. Spinney Reservoir provides quality fishing for rainbow trout and northern pike. It wasn’t long after we started fishing when I got the first strike of the day. 10 lb. The trout exploded on the fly. Elevenmile Canyon is also a great winter fishing destination because it is a tailwater. Now there was a good two inches of standing powder. Elevenmile’s primary management is coldwater angling. Both my buddy and I were working multi-fly nymph rigs. Nypming the name of the game right now while using small bugs. I re-positioned myself so that my fly would drift directly over where the fish had shown himself. My buddy, who had been fishing up river, walked past me as I was assembling this rod. When we arrived it was negative eleven degrees. It was also amazing at how fast the storm began to dissipate. #4.24.0. I went directly to the run where I had landed fish early that morning prior to the winds picking up. We were meticulous in choosing the type of water that we fished and kept our eyes open for the spawning beds. It has become one of my favorite annual fishing … The weather in Lake George was of importance because the South Platte River flows through gorgeous 11 Mile Canyon just outside of town. I made my way to the river’s edge, immediately spotted fish, and began to casting to them with my nymph rig. It’s amazing how spending just a few minutes in a warm vehicle can revitalize you. My focus was on the strike indicator as it floated by when I heard a splash in the water just up from me. This took some focus with slick snow now covering the ground. Elevenmile Reservoir provides quality fishing for rainbow trout, brown trout, rain-bow cutthroat hybrid trout, snake river cutthroat trout, kokanee, and northern pike. Sorry I've been MIA lately. I set the hook and reeled in a decent cutbow. Please let these fish be. Several minutes later and I had another take. However, this stretch is getting crowded as well. I cast beyond the weeds up river of the deeper water and let my flies drift over the drop off. It was definitely a great day! Meteorologist called for two to five inches of snow accumulation. My buddy had to assist me with getting my vest on and I bestowed upon him the title of my squire. Eventually, I worked my way around the bend and found myself once again facing down the wind. I wound up with a small case of frost bite on the tips of my thumbs. I thought the he would move closer so I could hear him. Eleven Mile Canyon is a fantastic year-round fly fishing spot just outside Lake George, Colorado. We came upon location that looked promising and stopped to check it out. ), Successful Flies: Disco Midge, D-midge, Blue Poison Tung, Griffith’s Gnat, Jujubee Midge. Everything was going well until he was able to work his way into an underwater weed bed that lay just off a shelf along deeper water. One fish kinda day so I was pretty excited to see this mug! This location proved about as good as we could hope for and provided a little relief from the wind and blowing snow. The river bottom was covered with weeds. It wasn’t long before he landed a nice brown. I sat on the patio in my back yard on the afternoon of the 9th wearing shorts and a short sleeve shirt while exchanging text with my fishing partner. hahaha. Walking several yards up I found a spot where the river quickly deepened that was free from the weeds. Nypming the name of the game right now while using small bugs. The sun eventually broke clear of the clouds and the surface bite almost instantaneously died with it. By this time, my fishing partner had made his was back up river to where I was. Then, the forecast for the 10th started to turn for the worst. Please look out for spawning fish and do not bother them. Prospect Lake, a 58 acre lake, which offers good fishing for rainbow as well as an assortment of warmwater species including channel catfish, crappie, bluegill, saugeye as well as wipers. Then, the fly floated past the boulder in the perfect location. We decided that landing this fish was a great way to end the day and loaded up to make the 2.5 hour drive back north of Denver. The wind was just too strong for me to keep fishing this run, so I moved down river in hopes of finding a spot that would be somewhat protected from the wind. The highlight of the day for me had to be catching fish on dries. After a few minutes of observing, one of the larger fish gave away his position when he took a bug off the surface. You are trying to access a feature that requires a Fishidy account. We'd love to hear from you! There was a rise to my dry fly after just a few drifts through the run. He stayed with his dry fly rig but I switched back over to nymphing. A weed-bed lined the edge of the drop off. I snapped a couple of pictures for him and began casting my dry fly rig. I tied a Griffith’s Gnat trailed with a weightless RS2 onto my setup and headed back down the hill to the river. My buddy, on the other hand, headed further down river with his 9 ft. 5 Weight Scott fly rod paired with a Ross Animas reel (he calls this his Montrose Special setup) rigged with multiple nymphs. While it is a neat experience to sit back and observe the trout doing their thing from afar it is not cool to target these trout when fishing. We continued to fish this hole for another half hour or so. This time I brought a nice brown to the net. It was cold outside but getting a fish in the early was a good start. We decided to find another location to fish. I assembled the rod, locked down the Redington Rise reel and strung it up with a 6X leader and 6X tippet. I walked to the river with two rods in hand. I just had to work it through the weeds into the net some way or another. While this one wasn’t a monster trout, it wasn’t a little guy either and he gave his all to make me earn the catch. It was time to go back to the dry fly. We agreed to head to the Jeep, warm up, and then try to find a location to fish that wasn’t so exposed to the elements. We hope that you enjoy reading our blog posts as much as we enjoy sharing them. Occasionally brown trout can be caught here as well.
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