Hi Jim, There were hundreds of swallows zipping around along the length of the Creek the first day. They swooped down on my fly and even tried to pick it out of the air. I couldn't see what they were after, if anything. They must have been migrating through. The wind kept the surface riffled up pretty much all the time so I couldn't see any midges although they were probably there. I didn't try twenty's and smaller as the larger dries brought up enough fish to satisfy me. I'm easy... :-)
I will be getting some Advantage spray for my dog next time as Cliff recommends. Regards, -Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Speaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 10:30 PM Subject: RE: Rocky Ford Creek Report > What was the hatch activity like? Midges or anything other than midges? > > thanks! Nice report. > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bob Birkner > Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 4:29 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > > > >
