I love to fly fish. Somehow, and this is really strange, I have avoided fishing the South Platte River. I have fished the Dream Stream portion, but never any of the water above or around Deckers, like Cheeseman Canyon, that so many people I know have fished.
I finished up the yard work today and having nothing else to do, the river was calling. I headed south and through Salida to County Road 40. Eventually, and it takes a while, this road comes to a "T" at the South Platte River. The road along the river is marked as South Platte River Road.....imagine that.
I fished a few miles south of this intersection and managed to catch a few fish. I caught both of the two largest fish on a flashback pheasant tail. I was dropping that behind a BWO. Most of the fish the rose to my BWO were just nosing it, so I'm quite sure either it was too big or it was the wrong pattern. But, having only a couple of hours to fish, and having already tried a Para Adams, H&L Varient, and Caddis pattern, I wasn't about to make another change.
Below are a couple of the larger fish I caught. The brown is around 12 inches and the rainbow 13.
Great looking fish, but never as good in a picture. The rainbow was really a nice thick fish. If you are interested in exactly where I caught these fish, email me and I will let you know!
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