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Report at a Glance
| General Region | Buena Vista, CO |
| Time of Day | 8:45a - 11:30a |
| Fish Caught | several small browns (10" - 12"), 18 1/2" Greenback Cutthroat |
| Conditions & Hatches | The flow was right around 360cfs and the clarity was excelent. |
Details and Discussion
| Sundula | September 3rd, 2006, 2:47 pm | |
| Littleton, Colorado Posts: 34 | I only fished a couple of hours but it was fishing great. I was using a 2 fly rig, a #16 Pheasant tail, dropped with a #20 Mercury RS2. I was dead drifting through the riffles, and retreiving in the pools and tail outs, and was successful with both presentations. | |
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| Troutnut | September 3rd, 2006, 10:58 pm | |
| Fairbanks, AK Posts: 1115 | That's a beautiful trout! Which fly did it take? Thanks for posting. I've always wanted to fish Colorado. I was out there once when I was about 12 and I have a really vivid memory of watching trout swim around in the Colorado River in Rocky Mountain National Park. I had never caught a trout before at that time, but I really wanted to. | |
| Jason Neuswanger The Troutnut | ||
| Sundula | September 4th, 2006, 1:16 am | |
| Littleton, Colorado Posts: 34 | It took a #20 Mercury RS2 with 7x tippet, it is one of Pat Dorsey's creations, it is a great all around fly. I use it as my main prospecting fly. My favorite size is a #22. I caught it on the retreive about 16" under the surface, after watching some browns take emergers. I felt bad because it swallowed the fly, and it took longer than i liked to net, but I took great care in reviving it. I held on to it's tail and kept moving water past the gills for about 60 seconds. Then in a flash it was gone, I was just as happy knowing that it would be fine as I was catching it. This was the first cutthroat I have ever caught and to date the largest trout I have ever netted. As a side note you have a great web site and I have been veiwing it for about a year and a half, it sits in my favorites and is veiwed at least once a week. Keep up the good work, and I wish you tight lines! | |
| Taxon | September 4th, 2006, 2:51 am | |
| Mercer Island, WA Posts: 483 | Sundula- Beautiful photo of a really nice fish. Congratulations! | |
| Roger Rohrbeck www.FlyfishingEntomology.com | ||
| Sundula | September 13th, 2006, 12:16 am | |
| Littleton, Colorado Posts: 34 | Just a note, it is a cutbow not a greenback WHOOPS, big difference! | |
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