So there is this spot on Clear Creek just outside Idaho Springs that seems to guarantee a few catches every time I go there. I went the past two Friday's by myself and had what are to date, my best two days of fishing, as far as number of fish caught goes.
The first Friday I get out about noon and head up to the spot. As before I could see fish in the river and feeding on the surface, which is always a good sign. I start out with a BWO and not ten casts in I get a bite, my first fish of the day. It's just a little 7" Brown, but a fish is a fish, and I release it and get back to it. By now the BWO I am using has no wings and is basically just a green body with an indicator, but that didn't matter because I ended up catching six more with it. My biggest fish of the day was number three, a 12" Rainbow that was fat, with the other five ranging from 8" to 11" Brown's. All seven fish were caught in about two and half hours and then couldn't get another fish the rest of the day.
Friday number two I get out about 9:00am and head up to the spot. After two days of rain the sky has broken open to a glorious day with almost no wind. Of coarse after two days of rain the water was high and the creek flowing much faster. As I walked up I couldn't see any fish or any activity in the water, not a good sign for dry flies. I start the day off with the same BWO as before, but this time with no luck. After an hour or so and trying a few different spots with no luck I decided to try a diffeerent spot down stream in the canyon.
I try a spot by tunnel 6 where the creek goes away from the road. By this time it's 10:00am and warming up but I still don't see any activity in the water. There are a bunch of nice pools along this stretch that should be holding fish but I don't see anything feeding on the surface. I spend about an hour along this stretch with no luck but am enjoying being in the mountains and fishing, I mean casting, and decided to head back to the spot.
Walking up I can see fish feeding and am ready to go. By this time I am throwing a Pale Morning Dun and can see a few fish in the water to cast to. Second cast in and I hook a fish, but as I am bringing it to the shallows it snaps the tippet and the fish is gone with my fly. I tie on another PMD and same thing as before. Third fish hooked and it doesn't break my tippet but does manage to wiggle off the hook right as I try to net it.
The fish are still feeding and I finally get my system for netting them down so I stop losing fish. Over the next two hours I catch seven fish, with the biggest being a 11" Brown. The bugs stop flying around and the activity on the surface stops and the fish are not taking the PMD anymore, so I try a few other flies. With no luck to be had I decide to call it a day with seven in the book. Another fun day on Clear Creek!
I just got a new point and shoot camera that lets me take underwater video. These are my first attempts:
No comments:
Post a Comment