Killing it at Bear Creek

Everyone decided to go to Bear Creek for the day but I started a little early and Paul started late after a bike ride.  Derron and Mark started a couple hours after me and finished a couple hours later than me.  The day was perfect as far as the weather was concerned and although there were a lot of people around, the creek was not that crowded.

I started the day off fishing with a new Unagi Universal Tenkara Rod which is a more heavy duty rod than my other one.  I tied on a Parachute Adams and started casting to a tiny little pool in the first access spot on the creek.  After two casts I think about moving on but tell myself to cast a couple more times, when on the third cast of the day I land a 8" Brown.  Could not have asked for a better start to the day!

Moving on to the next spot up stream I can see a fish feeding next to a tree and start casting to it.  After half an hour with no luck I decide to move on to the next spot, which is where we had good luck last time.  I switch to a Pale Morning Dun and try an area where I can see fish feeding.  After fifteen minutes or so I finally land another 8" Brown just in time for the family walking up to the stream to see.  Mark and Derron show up a few minutes later and start fishing the hole while I move up stream.

Over the next couple of hours I try about eight different spots catching fish in five different spots.  I was still throwing a PMD and when I caught a fish I moved on to the next spot.  All five fish were between 7" and 10" and all were brown trout.  I walked as far as the first bridge and then then walked back to find Mark and Derron still fishing at the same hole I left them at.  In the same time I caught five they caught eleven between them with Derron catching a 13" Brown on a PMD I gave him.

We decide to try down stream where we find Paul who has caught a couple fish already and try out some new areas.  I try about four different spots with no luck before I call it a day and head home with seven for the day.  Derron and Mark walk past the second bridge and find a beaver pond where they can see fish feeding and the trees have cleared out to open up a little space for easy casting.  They finish off their day by catching a few more fish each and call it a day themselves.

One of my best days of fishing so far and one of my favorite!

The bet....

Mark and Derron thought it would be fun to see if they could catch more fish (in inches) than Paul and myself.  We had decided to go to Boulder Creek for the day and started out at Rodgers Park.  Derron and Mark went to a class at Colorado Skies on how to fish Boulder Creek and picked up some flies they recommended earlier in the morning that they gave to Paul and me.  Losers owed beers! 

Mark was the first to land a fish, and they were in the lead.  Of coarse he caught it on a Black Beauty, not one of the flies they gave us!  We fish for a couple of hours with Mark landing two total and no one else having any luck and decide to move into town.

We try a spot behind the stadium and just like before Mark lands a fish, but this time on a Red San Juan Worm.  Yep, you guessed it, not a fly they gave us (cheeky bastards)!  We fish for a few hours with everyone but me catching a fish on a Red San Juan and call it a day and go have some dinner.

Mark and Derron finished with five and two fish apiece with Paul catching one and getting skunked myself on dries.  Had a great day fishing with friends and finding new places to go!

Clear Creek 4-28-11

Went up to Clear Creek today with Mark for some afternoon fishing on what was a beautiful day. We started just outside Golden with no luck or any signs of fish, so we decided to drive upstream towards Idaho Springs.

As we walked up to the creek we could see fish right away and knew this was a good decision. The fish feeding, all we needed to do was figure out what they were eating. Mark ended up catching 2 for the day on I don't know what and I caught 1 little 8" brook trout on a Pre-Morning Dun. After that we had a few more bites but nothing landed and we called it a day.

Ended up being a great day of fishing with a buddy!

Bear Creek, April 15 2011

Took a half day today and went up to Bear Creek, Lair of the Bear. First time fishing the creek and had an interesting day. Bear creek is a fairly small creek maybe 10 to 15 feet wide not very deep. Lots of trees and shrubs surrounding the water. Started nymphing, as the winds were up, with a stonefly and made three or four cast before I got hung up. Switched to some dries and hit three or four runs with no luck. Decided to go to some really small flies and as I was switching out noticed one rising downstream. Eventually got the size 22 trico???? on, looked like it had a black head with a little red tail and a small white foam indicator on the top. Landed the fish after maybe 20 casts down to him. Little 7 inch brook trout. After that only got one more in late in the day 5 inch brook. The others had a bit more luck throughout the day. All in all not a bad day as the winds subsided and the fish were hitting dries. Group had a total of 8 fish for the day.

Bear Creek Late Afternoon

Kept rising, Kept Missing.

Some more successful than others.

Thanks Grandpa




4-9-11



Poudre Canyon It’s good to know that the section I grew up fishing as a kid in the 70’s and 80’s was still the hot spot on the river. I guess I should have followed  my Grandfather more often than I did, his spot is proving to be the place to be. Larger Adams (12-14), BWO (20) and streamers were flies of the day. A few were to be had on San Juans. Even the rookie Tenkara Kid doubled his fish count late in the afternoon.





They do exist... 15" Brown

 

Another Day on the Poudre River, April 9, 2011

Spent another great day on the river.  Group had 15 for the day, caught with various flies,  some nymphing done ( San juans, Palamino(super fly)), some big dries thrown (parachute adams)  and even 4 landed with a woolly bugger (thin mint).  Fished a Tenkara rod for the first time and got a 12" rainbow.  Used Kevin's rod, Mark's fly and my skill.  They say I only get a third credit for the catch.   Kevin caught his three all on dries using his Tenkara rod.  Mark got five with a combo of dries and nymphing.  Derron had 7 with 2 on nymphs, one dry, and four on the woolly bugger. 

Derron and Kevin

First fish on a Tenkara for me.

Kevin casting a Tenkara rod, with the opposite hand. 

Another nice one on a my rod.

Me working it.  First time using a Tenkara rod.

April 3, 2011 Cache La Poudre. Epic fishing day. 18 between the two of us.

 Went up today as the weather was supposed to be 50 and 10 mph winds.  Much to our dismay the winds on the way up were in the 20mph range and to it started to snow.  Finally got up the canyon and the winds stopped but the snow was still there.  Decided to fish for a few and make it a short day.  

I landed 3 right off the bat, first two were on a stonefly and the third a red san juan.   I then promptly lost the stonefly and tied on a white body midge (scud) with a red tail I think it is called a Palimino.  Ended up with 7 more fish on that fly for the day and a total of 10.  Three of them came from the wild trout area of the Poudre.  

All in all a great day.     

Derron

Mark

Wild Trout Section of the Poudre

Brown caught on the Wild Trout section.