June 05th, 2013
The Colorado Angler Salmonfly Update Wednesday – June 5, 2013
On Tuesday action in the Gore Canyon to Radium stretch was very strong all afternoon and into evening. Although the body of the emergence is done, a few continue to trickle out of the river each night and plenty of adults remain stream side as they can live for several days. There was a noticeably […]
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The Colorado Angler Salmonfly Hatch Update – June 4, 2013
Tuesday morning update. Big changes on the river yesterday, Monday June 3. There is a noticeable decline in adult Salmonflies in the Gore Canyon stretch. While we did have some good dry fly action on our floats yesterday, it looks as if that will be falling off today and the rest of the week. The […]
Read MoreJune 03rd, 2013
Colorado River Salmonfly Update, Monday Morning June 3, 2013
This weekend saw a tale of two days on the Colorado below Kremmling. Saturday, which is generally the busier day of the weekend, was relatively quiet and the dry fly fishing was fantastic. From Gore Canyon on down to about Yarmony Canyon there are strong numbers of adult Pteronarcys along the banks and in the […]
Read MoreJune 02nd, 2013
Salmonfly Update, Colorado River Saturday Night June 1, 2013
After a couple of cool days and some rain through the middle part of this past week, the weather has rebounded quite nicely this weekend. There are still plenty of adults hanging around along the stream banks and the fish are keying in on them, particularly late in the afternoon as they take to the […]
Read MoreMay 30th, 2013
Salmonfly Hatch Update Wednesday Recap – May 29, 2013
Wednesday saw a cold front move into the central mountains and bring moisture throughout the day. Here in Silverthorne that came in the form of snow, while up on the Colorado it was overcast with a couple of good rain showers broken up with a brief respite of sun, then overcast again. All of this […]
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Salmonfly Hatch Update, Tuesday Evening May 28, 2013 Colorado River
Tuesday saw the greatest dry fly action yet for this year’s hatch. Action early in the day was just a bit slow to get going but, by late morning things started to heat up. Once again, a dry-dropper rig proved advantageous in determining when to switch to a straight up dry fly offering. We caught fish on […]
Read MoreMay 27th, 2013
Colorado River Salmonfly Update Sunday Evening – May 26, 2013
After several days of good nymph action with hardly an adult to be found, the first real major wave of adult Salmonflies emerged Saturday night and into early Sunday. The banks this morning in the Gore Canyon down to Radium area were teeming with adult Pteronarcys. Conditions were as good as any angler can hope […]
Read MoreMay 24th, 2013
Evening Update Colorado River Salmonfly Watch – May 23,2013
Reports coming back into the shop this evening from our guides on the Colorado River indicate good action on Salmonfly nymph patterns. Just a few adults were spotted, with no obvious abundance of exoskeletons stream side. Clarity did drop slightly as the day went on, starting out about 18″ and diminishing to around a foot […]
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May 22, 2013 Colorado River, Salmonfly Update
As can be typical of this time of year, conditions around the high country this past week have been volatile, to say the least. Late last week’s big temperatures, produced some equally big water levels over the weekend. Stream flows at Pumphouse shot up to 1600 cfs in a matter of days. With that not […]
Read MoreMay 16th, 2013
Colorado River Salmonfly Update – May 15, 2013
This week’s big warming trend has started to make a push in early run-off. What we have seen over the past three days on the upper Colorado River has been a dramatic change to where we started the week. Of course this is all relative, as we were seeing things tracking below historic averages for […]
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