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2503-Client Shawn Miller with a healthy Cutbow in the lower river

August Hopper Fishing | South Platte River Deckers, CO

August 13, 2011 Flow: 389cfs @ Trumbull Clarity: Gin Clear Water Temp: 54 rising to 62 Weather: Clear HOPPERS!!!! Finally the day has come and the fish in Deckers are truly looking up and eating hoppers aggressively.  I’ve spent a lot of time on the river in the past 3 weeks both guiding and fishing …

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South Platte Tomahawk Report August 10, 2011

Had a great day fishing Tomahawk yesterday!  It fished better than ever!  The DOW put a ton of rainbows in the river last year, and those fish are growing and doing well.  I arrived at the river early, around 730AM.  Things were fairly quiet to begin with, so this led me to start off nymphing.  …

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Small Creek Fishing Report – July 26, 2011

The creek fishing in the South Denver area continues to improve and get even better!  Bear Creek is finally back to normal levels after the monsoons from last week.  The flow has been hovering around 30CFS and the water in gin clear again.  Fishing has been best in the mornings.  By the afternoon, the water …

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South Platte Fishing Report: Deckers, Cheesman, Dream Stream, 11 Mile Canyon

How’s the Fishing Been?  (Worth a Read) -Make it about the challenge, less about catching, and inevitably catch more fish! How’s the Fishing? That’s the question I get asked more than any other question through the summer months. If you don’t feel like reading my ramble the short and sweet is runoff is over, the …

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Small Creek Fishing Report – July 18, 2011

Last week I was able to explore several small creeks in the high country.  A good option, since a few of our rivers are still a little high.  Every creek I made it into, was perfectly fish able and a few were even low!  At goose creek, the water level is right where it should …

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Dream Stream fishing report | Summer Dry Fly Fishing

July 16, 2011 Flow: 500 CFS Water Temp: 49 Degrees Clarity: Gin Clear Weather: Clear OUr guide and I made it up to the Dream Stream this week.  It was nice to finally have some consistent dry fly activity.  You can expect to see a smorgasbord of bug activity throughout the morning.  We saw everything …

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South Platte – Cheesman Canyon Report | July

July 6, 2011 Flow: 802 @ Cheesman Water Temp: 56 Degrees Clarity: Gin Clear Weather: Clear I had the day off today and my good friend Travis and I headed up to Cheesman to see what 800cfs really looks like in the Canyon.  Although 800cfs is a lot of water, Cheesman is far from blown …

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South Platte – Cheesman/Deckers July 6, 2011

July 6, 2011 Flow: 752 Water Temp: 59 Degrees Clarity: Clear with a slight tint Weather: Clear All the boys from Colorado Skies piled into rafts for the second annual holiday Deckers float.  The river is looking good, but it is larger than you are probably used to.  The flow has been climbing up to …

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South Platte Deckers Float fishing

Fishing Report for the Deckers Section of the South Platte River Mid Summer Stream Flow: 459 CFS (FINALLY!!!) Water Clarity: Cloudy Recommended Flies: Rubberlegs #4-8, 20 Incher Stones 8-14, Mercer’s Golden Stone #8-12, Barr’s Tungstone #10-14, Possy Bugger #8-12, #10 Hot Worms and Tungsten Worms in Pink, Red, Rusty, Wine & tan, #6 Bootlace Worm …

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South Platte – Cheesman/Deckers June 21, 2011

June 21, 2011 Flow: 100 Water Temp: 56 Degrees Clarity: Gin Clear Weather: Clear & Sunny I had the day off yesterday and my good friend Travis and I made it up to Deckers for the afternoon.  Even though other parts of the state are experience runoff like conditions and high water, there is no …

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