Fall Fishing Just Around the Corner

Yesterday in Colorado Springs, the city was pounded with up to 2 feet of hail in some areas.  The nights are cooling down and daytime temps make it once again bearable to be outside.  That means it is time to start thinking about our fall Colorado Fly Fishing Trips and the annual migration of brown trout.  In the coming weeks I expect fishing to continue to be very good....as long as we keep decent water levels.  I am sure that everyone is getting antsy as most do every year.  Let me be clear, we are still a few weeks, if not a month away from seeing any type of measureable numbers moving into the river, or at least showing that they moved into the river.  It is also time to start thinking about booking days during the first couple weeks of October and try to target some of these lake fish.  If you are going to book a trip, whether with myself or with others, do your research.  Find a guide that will not put you on paired up spawning fish, or who will do the right thing when you foul hook a fish.  There are plenty of good guides out there that will try to teach you the right way to target these fish.  If you are interested in booking a trip, please email me for info at tere5643@gmail.com!  Below are some pictures from past fall fishing trips.

South Platte River Fly Fishing Report

Well here we are approaching the end of August.  This year has absolutely flown by.  This has by far been my busiest year working the water of the South Platte River.  What a great season it has been running Colorado Fly Fishing Trips, with some great fish, outstanding hatches, and so many awesome clients.  The Dream Stream is still fishing very well, with some great fish being caught.  Tricos continue to dominate the morning hours and we are having great success on both dries and nymphs.  The mid day and afternoon hours have been a little slower as water temperatures continue to be the issue after 12 pm.  That being said, fishing can still be good, you will just have to work a little harder to find those big fish.  It is never to early to start thinking about the fall.  We are all hopeful that higher water levels leading into fall will lead to some great fishing when the big browns do start to show themselves.  If you would like to learn how we target these large lake run fish without resorting to fishing to fish on spawning beds, please email me at tere5643@gmail.com.  Below are some photos from recent trips.