comeonavs
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So after 18 holes of golf yesterday afternoon I woke up tired this morning but was bound and determined to leverage the hall pass I had to fish too. I headed up to RMNP and fished the Fern Lake trail from about 10:30-2:00. It was awesome as I had the whole river to myself, not another fishing soul in sight.
It was a educational day and I learned a lot
1) Make sure you get your line through all the guides on your rod before rigging up a bobber and double nymph rig
2) If you have vision trouble wear your glasses
3) Look behind you before you cast
4) Wind knots are possible even in the parking lot
5) If your bottom nymph is floating by your bobber, dont re-cast
6) IF your line is piled up on the left side of the reel strip it out and start over, it wont self heal
Oh yeah the fishing, well first the scenery. God it was gorgeous and great to get out and back up there. It was overcast and sprinkled occasionally. The evergreen trees smelled phenomenal and it was just quiet and peaceful
Ok the fishing, the flows were about 120CFS which is very fishable but 80-100 is ideal. There has apparently been a ton of rain up there as the lowlands were full of water and the river itself was very coffee colored, but I trudged on.
First fish was a nice brown on a calico midge, not sure he ate it since I actually hooked him in the forehead
After an hour of not much I finally wised up and put on the old pink san juan worm......tada
I caught about 15, long distance released about 5 others. One fish I forgot to debarb the hook and as I was trying to get the hook out something came out of his mouth that was gross so I dropped him in the river. When I got him back out I inspected him and it was a belly full of worms he was regurgitating. So I pushed the hook through, crimped the barb and then unhooked him easily making sure to not have him lose all the nutrients he worked so hard for.
Fishing was solid, the scenery was great and the solitude was epic.
IF you're thinking of hitting the park you maybe have a week left before runoff is in full effect
It was a educational day and I learned a lot
1) Make sure you get your line through all the guides on your rod before rigging up a bobber and double nymph rig
2) If you have vision trouble wear your glasses
3) Look behind you before you cast
4) Wind knots are possible even in the parking lot
5) If your bottom nymph is floating by your bobber, dont re-cast
6) IF your line is piled up on the left side of the reel strip it out and start over, it wont self heal
Oh yeah the fishing, well first the scenery. God it was gorgeous and great to get out and back up there. It was overcast and sprinkled occasionally. The evergreen trees smelled phenomenal and it was just quiet and peaceful
Ok the fishing, the flows were about 120CFS which is very fishable but 80-100 is ideal. There has apparently been a ton of rain up there as the lowlands were full of water and the river itself was very coffee colored, but I trudged on.
First fish was a nice brown on a calico midge, not sure he ate it since I actually hooked him in the forehead
After an hour of not much I finally wised up and put on the old pink san juan worm......tada
I caught about 15, long distance released about 5 others. One fish I forgot to debarb the hook and as I was trying to get the hook out something came out of his mouth that was gross so I dropped him in the river. When I got him back out I inspected him and it was a belly full of worms he was regurgitating. So I pushed the hook through, crimped the barb and then unhooked him easily making sure to not have him lose all the nutrients he worked so hard for.
Fishing was solid, the scenery was great and the solitude was epic.
IF you're thinking of hitting the park you maybe have a week left before runoff is in full effect
