Cliff, Ah, I meant to include that info. I saw no snakes this time. I took my dog along, a 72 pound standard poodle, and he came back with no ticks which is kind of unusual. I once picked 32 ticks off another dog I took over there. Maybe the rain affects both ticks and snakes... My dog did get to be a bit of a nuisance because this time, for the first time, he decided he should jump into the water and go after the thing that was trying to run off with my line. He managed to leap on the leader and break it once. Other than that he behaves well and doesn't run around a lot so if there were snakes back off the beaten trails we didn't really get close to them. -Bob
----- Original Message ----- From: "Cliff & Karen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 4:49 PM Subject: Re: Rocky Ford Creek Report > 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 > > > > >
