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It was cold this past week. With a base of 12inches of snow and another 5inches over the past week, the ski company has decided to open Aspen mountain 5 days earlier this year. The forecast is for snow over the next 36 hours starting tonight and through to Tuesday morning. With a little cloud cover it won't be as cold overnight as it was last week. However the pond has already iced over in the shade. The fish are slowing down in their responses although the midge hatches in the sun are still bringing fish to the surface. And there are still bwo's coming off as well. The coming week will there offer more good fishing provided one dresses for potentially cold wet weather. There is no need to get out on to the rivers too early, but with a little cloud cover it will be good fishing into the mid afternoon.
There are still a few bwo's and midges about and there are some nice hatches to take advantage of during the day. But as the sun drops it gets cold quickly. So don't rush to get out onto the river, and dress for cold/winter conditions. The browns are aggressive now as they begin to move into the redds. So fishing with streamers in any water will produce results. Recommended Flies:Use midges, bwo's, nymphs and attractors. The fish are also taking small nymphs and caddis patterns. For mysis at the dam use Mike's Mysis. epoxy mysis, and BDV mysis. The midges will come off during the day, particularly if it is sunny. So try Wilson's Reverse Candy Cane #20, red and black chironocones #20, nick's larva in miracle pink, olive, and purple back, brassies #18 - #22, midge larva patterns #18 - #22, copper johns #18 - #22, rainbow warriors, black polywings #18 - #22 and bling midges # 18 - #22. In addition try dry patterns such as the z-wing real midge, black cdc midge and any similar dry black and gray patterns in sizes from #20 through to #26. The fish are taking generic nymphs such as pheasant tails and caddis larva patterns. The BWO's are coming off as well. Try emerger patterns such as rs2's and WD-50's. For BWO naturals use standard BWO's, parachute BWO's, parachute Adams, and Thorax patterns.
Roaring Fork Current Flow: near Emma - 321cfs (if you want more uptodate figures check out current readings on our "Links" page). With the overnight cold and warm days, the Fork flow is oscillating daily now from 350cfs to 300cfs at Basalt. The browns are chasing streamers aggressively. The only floating is from Carbondale down. Recommended Flies: The best results on the Fork now are from nymphing. Use either stoneflies or attractor patterns down deep, with small nymphs or emergers as the second fly. In the clear water and bright days the fish are near structure or down deep. Now the big browns are chasing streamers as well so take along your streamer gear for a change. Try small baetis such as the FPA Sparkle Baetis, the FPA Thorax Emerger, and black pheasant tails have also worked well. For emergers, the rs2 in black or gray. Also the sparkle wing rs2. For small flies, copper johns, pc phlash, mercury rs2's, pheasant tails, bubble back bwos.
The Colorado is clear and is offering good fishing. Recommended Flies: Generally the way to go is nymphing with small baetis, the FPA sparkle baetis, sparkle rs2's and biot emergers. For stonefly nymphs use the BTB Hot Spot 20 Incher, rubberleg patterns such as Mike's BTB Coffee/Black and the Halloween Speckled Girdle Bug, with midges, worms and small baetis patterns behind the lead fly. Try streamers as well. |
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