Fishing & River Report

CFS : at Cheesman canyon dam - 130

CFS : at Trumbull below brush creek - 145

Water condition : crystal clear

We’ve had another great stretch of weather, and it’s keeping the fishing steady across the South Platte. Nymphs, dries, and streamers are all producing in the right situations. Nymphing remains the most consistent method day to day. Small midge and baetis patterns are still the ticket, with fish still spread out holding in multiple types of water. For the dry fly crowd, things have been a bit more technical lately. Long leaders, light tippet, and small flies are key to fooling fish in the crystal clear water. There's been a solid midge hatch every day recently starting around 10am, and we've even seen a few Blue Winged olives in the afternoon when conditions line up. Streamer fishing has been a lot of fun with plenty of aggressive fish that are will to chase. Brown trout are spawning all along the South Platte, keep an eye out for redds and give spawning fish space. Please do not fish or walk on redds!!!

Nymphs -

•Flash Tail Egg cheese - size 18 

•Light Bright Perdigon - size 10

•Jedi master - size 20-22

•RS2 grey - size 22-24

•Bling midge tan - size 22

•Demon midge - size 22

•UV midge - size 22-24

•Jujubee midge red - size 22

Drys - 

•Parachute Adams - size 22-26

•Mole Fly brown - size 22-24

Streamers - 

•Krystal bugger tan or black - size 10-12

•Peanut envy tan - size 06