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Roaring Fork, Colorado Rivers
Roaring Fork Anglers |
9/8/2009 - 
The Colorado is running clear with great flows for floating. Up river releases from Green Mountain reservoir are keeping our flows up. This is translating to productive fishing with good water temps. Get out early in the day and work streamers and dry droppers from the boat. Waders should cast dry droppers (with a 2-4'dropper) or nymph in the morning. Mid-day and later, run your nymphs DEEP if the sun is out. Ive been hearing reports of some rising fish early(like 6 am). Possibly trico Spinners?
- Bugs: Hoppers, red quils, little summer may flies, a few big stones.
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Dry Flies: Tanand yellow hoppers, Red quills, Para adams, Rogue Golden, Turks Turantula, Tan/Yellow Stimie.
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Nymphs: 18-20Bat wing emerger, 16-20 Hares ear, 14-20 pt, Prince nymph, Girdle bugs, Peacock boit stone, FFKA prince
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Streamers: #10-6 in many colors, Fish will show a color preference some days!
Still floating the 'Fork in a hard boat from Carbondale down. It is getting skinny though. elevated flow fron the 'pan are helping out. Check dail flows below before you pull your drift boat here. A drift boat can be floated above 600cfs. below that you will bang and scrape. Attractor and a dropper in the morning, and nymph deep in the afternoon.
- Bugs: Summer time baetis, red quills, some golden stones.
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Dry Flies: Stimmies, elk hairs, Turantulas, Patriot, para adams.
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Nymphs: Copper johns BH prince, Girdle bug, many options
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Roaring Fork, Frying Pan, Crystal
Alpine Angling & Adventure Travel |
9/8/2009 -
We have finally moved into late summer/early fall fishing. This year that means lots of sun, warm days and cooling nights. Hints of fall color are showing in the oakbrush, and fishing pressure has dropped. Summertime hatches have generally tailed off with terrestials/nymphing taking center stage.
For those who can, fishing during the week has been a mostly solitary experience on our rivers. Even the Frying Pan has places where you can have a hole to yourself. - Bugs: Caddis, Blue-Winged Olives, Midges, Stone nymphs
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Dry Flies: #16 Peacock caddis, Puterbaughs caddis, Parachute caddis, sitmis. #18-#22 Griffith Gnats, Para-Adams and Palm Emerger, #16-18 Para-Quills, Silouette BWO, Vis-A-Dun and Slate-Olive Thorax
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Nymphs: #16 Caddis pupa, Graphic caddis, Micro Muddler lawsons caddis.#16-#20 Midge Larva, #12-#18 Beadheads, Buckskins, Pheasant Tails, Magnymphico, BLM and Hares Ears.
Streamers: Light colored buggers, Zuddlers and Zonkers
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Central - Florida
Mosquito Lagoon
Central Florida Sight Fishing Charters |
3/5/2010 - 
The weather here in central Florida has been mostly cold and unpredictable but the flats fishing has been consistently good. Redfish and black drum have been abundant with most of the fish being found in schools of 25-200 fish. They have been willing to eat a variety of well placed small soft plastics and flies. Both the reds and drum have been feeding in very shallow water and have been extremely spooky. The fish must be approached slowly and quietly with your casts landing at least ten feet away from them.
On trips during the latter part of February, clients had shots at hundreds of redfish and drum per day. The catching usually depended on the number of accurate casts that were made.
Minnesota residents Jamie and Mike fished Mosquito Lagoon on a cold but sunny day last week. They had shots at schools of redfish throughout the day from 5-30 pounds. A three inch DOA CAL in golden bream color on a 1/8 ounce jighead was the most effective bait and was responsible for at least one double hookup.
The following day, the weather took a turn for the worse due to an approaching cold front. Tim and his son Alex decided to give it a try anyway, hoping to beat the worst of the weather. With solid cloud cover, spotting the fish was the biggest challenge and we ran over many of them before we saw them. Eleven year old Alex did catch his first redfish before we elected to get out of the cold and rain.
Monday was the only day of good weather this week. The redfish were still plentiful and the three inch CAL was eaten on the first cast of the day. I got to try several new crab flies I had tied and found the reds happy to eat them as well.
If the forecast holds true, next week will bring temperatures above 70 every day. If the winds cooperate as well, it should be an excellent week of sight fishing the flats. Small baits like the DOA shrimp and CAL along with crab and shrimp flies will continue to work well.
Capt. Chris Myers
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Statewide - Maine
Maine
The Maine Fly Box & Guide Service |
2/5/2010 - 
As of 02/05/2010 Maine is freezing cold. Most rivers and virtually all lakes are ice covered. Fishing season will officially begin April 1st. Call now to book a trip! |
Northwest - Minnesota
Lake of the Woods
Wheelers Point Resort |
2/5/2010 -
Ice fishing going strong. Houses reporting 40 - 70 fish per house per day, a mixed bag of walleye and sauger with a few jumbo perch. 30 - 33 feet, fishing close to the bottom with a gold, glow, or oink jig tipped with a minnow is producing best results. |
Southern - Wisconsin
Clear
Trapper's Guide Service |
12/18/2009 - 
Nice fall pics on website along with pics of improved water for SW Wi Driftess Area Trout |
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