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Post by Prosperflyfisher on Dec 4, 2022 17:49:42 GMT -6
I may be able to get away for a half day or so to do some fly fishing between Christmas and New Years. Any thoughts or suggestions if some streams or tailwater that would be fishable?
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Post by golferjeff on Dec 7, 2022 21:59:28 GMT -6
Blue River below Dillon is your best bet. Big rainbows and browns. Tiny midges and mysis shrimp. If you get lucky and the eagle is still open it's worth a shot. You might have to plow thru some snow though.
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Post by Prosperflyfisher on Jan 4, 2023 23:52:36 GMT -6
I was able to make it up to the Blue for a few hours on Dec. 27. The wife and kids had lunch and did a little shopping in Dillon and Silverthorne while I hit the river. Pretty crowded the first 200 yards from the fence just below the damn. Almost looked like evening hole mid-morning in the spring or fall.
Made a friend after I found a tennis ball in the snow that I tossed to a beautiful rhodesian ridgeback. The owner was a bit perplexed, but realized I’d made a new friend when he started wanting to play catch with me. The owner lightened up a bit and shared some info about what was working. Mysis shrimp, midges and even some streamers.
I found a spot near the fence below the damn with some deeper holes and slower water. Tried multiple combinations of everything supposed to be working, but not a sniff.
Worked down River a bit before I walked down quite a ways so I could start working up river. Lots of good looking water, but still nada.
I’d been eying a stretch of about 90 feet with slower, deeper water just before a nice ledge, but there were never less than 3 people there. I decided to linger a while just below the ledge in the shallow, swift water waiting for my shot. While I was looking upstream, I realized I’d bounced a little too deep and got hung up…or was I. I saw my line start to move about mid-steam and realized it was fish on. After a brief fight, I eased him over to the side and retrieved the size 22 Mysis shrimp from its mouth. Beautiful 17 to 18 inch cutthroat already with a hook jaw and piercing teeth. As I released it, it slowly caught its breath at my feet, and then finally meandered back to the middle of the stream.
About two casts later, I felt another little tug, and realized that I had hooked up with another one on my RS2 dropper. This one is a little smaller, and easier to get to the shore, but did the same thing once I released it, except it hung out for about 45 seconds at my feet. Both of the hookups were so subtle that they caught themselves more than me catching them. Regardless, it was quite fun watching the guys in the prime spot look down and see me hook up with a couple in about five minutes.
About that time, the kids and wife were done and I decided I was happy with what I got and would leave the rest of the gold medal waters until next time.
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Post by golferjeff on Jan 5, 2023 12:03:48 GMT -6
A cutty in that area is somewhat rare, but they do put some Snake River cutties in there. Nice catch. The winter flows usually dictate light takes, unless you want to toss meat at them.
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