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Fishing Report for Rocky Mountain National park
NOTICE:
Fishing Forecast: Good to Excellent Flows have returned to normal this week with the major streams running at about 30-40cfs. Water clarity is excellent, with the exception of Colorado, Roaring and Fall rivers following a heavy rain. But, both clear up quickly and fishing returns to normal. Early mornings are not fishing well due to lower overnight temperatures. Usually by 9:30am the sun has warmed the water enough that fish and bugs are starting to move. We're seeing caddis first, then BWOs and a few yellow stones, with the stones coming off heavy in the afternoon. There are a few PED & PMD coming off still, so yellow is a good fly color with 3 hatching insects in a light creamy yellow color. Suggested Patterns DRIES: NYMPHS & EMERGERS:
Choosing the right fly The surface will tell you what is in the top inch or so of water-- spinners, emergers, duns. The water column will give you an idea of what will hatch shortly- adult nymphs, emergers. The bottom will tell you what stage of the life cycle the bugs are in, and which will mature in the next 12 to 24 hours (i.e.- larger nymphs and larvae will be the next probable hatches). As you reach the stream, and before you tie on a fly, sit and watch the fish to see where they are feeding in the water column. Are they hugging the bottom and barely moving, or just
down from a riffle darting side to side? Are the takes on the surface a subtle dimple or whorl,
or do they aggressively break the surface? For the caddis hatches, remember there are two times to
fish soft hackles: If all of this makes sense to you, you probably don't need a guide other than to speed up learning how to fish Park waters. If this is Greek to you, give us a call and allow us to be your guides to the "Wild" side of Rocky Mountain National Park. Tight Lines, Chris Conway Chris holding an exceptional brown taken in Moraine Park AREA STREAMFLOWS Big Thompson River (Moraine Park &
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