Sure you were at Rocky Ford . . . ?
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 9:08 AM Subject: Unusual day at Rocky Ford > I had one the most unusal days at Rocky Ford yesterday and felt I had to pass > this along. > > I arrived at about 10:00 and headed down to the fast water section below the > second hatchery. There were about 20 anglers upstream from their so I wasn't > overly optimistic. > > When I arrived to the first good section I discovered that I had it to > myself. There were plenty of fish and threw the fly box at them but they had > lock jaw. > > After about two hours I wandered down to the next good hole. There I > observed two anglers taking fish on almost every cast. I asked them what > they were using and they stated it really didn't matter. These fish were > hungry and anything down deep did the trick. They invited me to join them > right below them so I hopped into the action. My section wasn't as > productive as theirs as it wider and and the fish were spread out more but I > proceeded to get into several nice fish including several taken on a size 14 > BWO. Getting a RF rainbow on a dry always makes my day so I was pretty > happy. The fella's above me continued to absolute pound the heck out these > fish for the next several hours. > > Finally these guys got sore arms and decided it was time to head for home. > They invited me up to their spot and showed me where they were casting. No > sooner did they disappear then I had my first fish. The action continued > fast and furious. I kid you not, any bead head fly would get a strike. I > was using an Atomic Worm with great success. > > After about 30 minutes and probably a dozen fish, I decided to work the > tailout of the hole. I switched to a size 2 black leach and cast down stream > and stripped upstream. Again, almost every cast was met with a strike or a > fish. What was amazing was I could skim the leach right on the surface and > fish after fish would attack it. It looked like a shark feeding frenzy out > there. > > The highlight of my day was a plump 26+ or - fish that was just huge. Unlike > many of the RF fish that just wallow till you drag them in, it was all I > could do to get this fish in. I fought him hard for almost 10 minutes using a > 6wt with 1X tippet. I wasn't afraid of breaking him off with that tippet and > can say I was really working him hard but he continued to just go where he > wanted to. Made my day. > > Mike > >
