09-08-2004, 02:13 PM
South Platte River - Elevenmile Canyon - September 4th, 2004
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FISHING: Great
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"]click here[/url]]
Current Conditions:
Flow: 79 cfs
Clarity: Excellent
Water Temperature : High 50’s to low 60’s
Major Food Organisms: Midges, baetis, pmd’s, yellow sallies, tricos’ and caddis
Hatches: Midges, baetis, pmd’s, yellow sallies, tricos’ and caddis
14 Day Forecast: Look for excellent nymph fishing with unbelievable dry fly fishing. Anglers can expect the flows to stay in the 80-100-cfs range for several weeks. Elevenmile is filling slowly, and nearly full. This is great news!
Tips and Other Information : Look for excellent fishing and great hatches of baetis, caddis, and tricos. Lots of fish in the riffles and explosive nymph fishing with San Juan Worms, #18-20 Mercury Pheasant Tails, #20 Sparkle Wing RS II’s during the non-hatch periods. Anglers can expect an “unreal” trico hatch in the morning, followed by baetis and pmd’s in the afternoon, and lots of caddis in the evening, providing excellent surface activity during the last two hours before dark. Throughout the afternoon, you can “pound” lots of nice fish up with Sparkle Duns and Elk Hair Caddis near the weed beds. Dry/dropper rigs are producing well over the weeded areas too. A Rubber Legged Stimulator dropped with a Mercury Baetis and Sparkle Wing RS II has been moving lots of fish. Water temperatures are getting warm so be careful when handling fish, pinch your barbs, and don’t fight the trout to exhaustion. Crowds are intense, so please work with your fellow angler and always use proper etiquette. The best fishing is in the upper two miles below the dam, however, if you want to avoid the crowd fish the lower river.
Effective Patterns: #20-22 Dorsey’s Mercury Midge, #16-18 Red Pheasant Tails, #16-18 Red Copper John, #18 San Juan Worm, #20-22 Mercury Baetis, #18 Mercury PMD, #18 Barr’s Emerger (PMD), #20 Bead Head Barr’s Emerger (baetis), #18-20 Dorsey’s Mercury Pheasant Tails, #20-26 Parachute Adams, #22-24 Griffith Gnats, #16-18 Tan Elk Hair Caddis, #16 PMD, #24 CDC Trico Comparadun, #22 Matt’s Midge, #22 Cannon’s Suspender Midge, #20 Sparkle Dun, #16 Sparkle Dun, PMD, and #20-24 Hi-Vis Baetis.
supplied by: [url "http://www.fisheyesoup.com/redir.php?recKey=92,re"]Blue Quill Angler[/url]
FISHING: Great
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"]click here[/url]]
Current Conditions:
Flow: 79 cfs
Clarity: Excellent
Water Temperature : High 50’s to low 60’s
Major Food Organisms: Midges, baetis, pmd’s, yellow sallies, tricos’ and caddis
Hatches: Midges, baetis, pmd’s, yellow sallies, tricos’ and caddis
14 Day Forecast: Look for excellent nymph fishing with unbelievable dry fly fishing. Anglers can expect the flows to stay in the 80-100-cfs range for several weeks. Elevenmile is filling slowly, and nearly full. This is great news!
Tips and Other Information : Look for excellent fishing and great hatches of baetis, caddis, and tricos. Lots of fish in the riffles and explosive nymph fishing with San Juan Worms, #18-20 Mercury Pheasant Tails, #20 Sparkle Wing RS II’s during the non-hatch periods. Anglers can expect an “unreal” trico hatch in the morning, followed by baetis and pmd’s in the afternoon, and lots of caddis in the evening, providing excellent surface activity during the last two hours before dark. Throughout the afternoon, you can “pound” lots of nice fish up with Sparkle Duns and Elk Hair Caddis near the weed beds. Dry/dropper rigs are producing well over the weeded areas too. A Rubber Legged Stimulator dropped with a Mercury Baetis and Sparkle Wing RS II has been moving lots of fish. Water temperatures are getting warm so be careful when handling fish, pinch your barbs, and don’t fight the trout to exhaustion. Crowds are intense, so please work with your fellow angler and always use proper etiquette. The best fishing is in the upper two miles below the dam, however, if you want to avoid the crowd fish the lower river.
Effective Patterns: #20-22 Dorsey’s Mercury Midge, #16-18 Red Pheasant Tails, #16-18 Red Copper John, #18 San Juan Worm, #20-22 Mercury Baetis, #18 Mercury PMD, #18 Barr’s Emerger (PMD), #20 Bead Head Barr’s Emerger (baetis), #18-20 Dorsey’s Mercury Pheasant Tails, #20-26 Parachute Adams, #22-24 Griffith Gnats, #16-18 Tan Elk Hair Caddis, #16 PMD, #24 CDC Trico Comparadun, #22 Matt’s Midge, #22 Cannon’s Suspender Midge, #20 Sparkle Dun, #16 Sparkle Dun, PMD, and #20-24 Hi-Vis Baetis.