Bob, great report, thanks. Did you see any snakes? I ask because one of my fishing buddies always brings his dog and worries about that. Thanks, Cliff
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Birkner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 4:28 PM Subject: Rocky Ford Creek Report > Left Shoreline on 8-24 and started fishing RFC about 3:00 PM. I headed for > home the next day about 3:00 PM. > Third cast with a Crackleback fished dry hooked a nice fish that went LDR. > Water is up a bit so boots are quite handy.. > Weeds in the water are up a lot. It's a real salad by the lower hatchery. > Reeds and stinging nettles are up to over 6 feet high. The reeds and higher > water prevent access to some of my favorite spots (unless you want to wear > waders) but when I got to the other side I found those places had lots of > water weeds anyway. Somehow I managed to avoid taking a bunch of nettles in > the face but there were close calls. > Air temperature was very nice. > There was some rain and an abundance of wind. > Caught fish from 20 to 22 inches, all on dry flies. Cracklebacks, > stimulators, grass hoppers and double humpies did the job. I had one fish > take an egg pattern in its mouth three times and it never hooked him. I > switched to another egg with a larger hook gap and naturally the fish > wouldn't take that one. > Maybe 6 or 8 others were fishing while I was there. They were mostly fishing > nymphs. One guy had three fish on a small red brassie. > It will be much nicer when the water weeds die off and float away but it can > be fished now with accurate casts and high back casts. > -Bob > >
