oh i know it's well known to east-siders, it's the high populace on the west side i worry about
i just like to whine from time to time have fun and be nice to the fish there :) Jim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Keith Bell Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 8:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: crab creek report Nice report. I'd been expecting for someone to whine about it. Amongst eastsiders this is a fairly well known area and of course westsiders aren't welcome here (humor alert.) It was recently mentioned in the Spokesman Review fishing column and neither mention will likely wreck the place. I may head down there this week some time. I'll bet you a dollar that I have the place to myself. Keith -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of johnny costanza Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 8:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: crab creek report I fished Crab creek this afternoon for a couple of hours on the BLM land off the Tokio Road exit on Hwy 90. The weather was terrific (no wind, fairly warm-upper 30s) and I had the place to myself. It was a nice change from the crowds I have encountered recently at Rocky Ford. The fishing was decent as I managed to land 6 fish (8 hookups total)- all rainbows with the largest going 15-16' and the others in the 10-13' range. There were some grey/black midges (18-20) coming off, but there was little surface activity. I did do some checking under the rocks (faster water sections) and found an abundance of free living caddis larvae (tan and green) and cased caddis as well as a good number of golden stonefly nymphs (size range was 6-16). There were also a decent number of what appeared to be beatis (bwo) nymphs (20-22). I did not fish any stonefly patterns today, but rather did well fishing a san juan worm with either a pheasant tail nymph (sz 20) or a tan caddis larvae pattern as the dropper. Three fish took the caddis pattern, two the san juan worm and one fish took the pheasant tail nymph. Although I did not fish them, my guess is that small midge pupa patterns would have also been effective today. The fish were all taken in the "deeper" water (4+ ft). Most difficult aspect of the fishing was the walking you had to do to find good spots to fish. The snow is fairly deep and trudging through it can be a bit tough. Other than that, it was a nice winter "changeup" from fishing Rocky Ford or the Spokane river. _________________________________________________________________ Check out the coupons and bargains on MSN Offers! http://shopping.msn.com/softcontent/softcontent.aspx?scmId=1418
