Rocky Mountain National Park: Fishing Report

Fishing Report

Big Thompson below Olympus Dam to Drake:

Water level is currently at about 233 CFS as of Friday, October 16th 2009. Fishing is great. Best using Tungsten Micro Mayfly #12, Tungsten Flash Prince Nymph #14, Psycho Prince #14 or a Tungsten Pheasant Tails #14, trailed with Electric Caddis #18, Candy Caddis #16, Mike's PHD green #20, Sow Bugs #20 in tan, Blue Poison Tung #20, Rainbow Warriors #20, Wilcox's Lint Bug #20, WD50 #20, purple Jujubaetis #20 or a RS2 dun #20. Dry flies to use are an extended body BWO #20, Parachute BWO #20, CDC Cluster Midge #18, or a Midge Black #20.

Big Thompson below Drake:

Fishing is great using Rubber-legged Copper Johns #16, CDC Tungsten Pheasant Tails #14, Tungsten Prince of Darkness #14, Tungsten Golden Stone #14, and Tungsten Flash Prince #14. Trail these with Electric Caddis #18, Caswell's Redneck #18, Hamilton's Icebreaker #18, BH Deep 6 Pupa #18, Brassies #20, Top Secret Midge #20, WD50's #20 and an RS2 dun #20. Dries to use a Royal Wulf #18, High Vis Griffiths gnat #20 and High Vis BWO #20.

Rocky Mountain National Park:

Glacier Creek:

Fishing great. Try using a Parachute Adams #20, Stonefly Stimmie #16, Deer Hair Ant #16, Parachute Ant #18 or a Parawulff Adam #18, trailed with a Copper BH Pheasant Tail #20, copper-beaded Micro Mayfly #20, transparant #16 or a Mighty Mite #20.

Big T in Moraine Park:

Fishing good. Try nymphing it deep, with bead-headed flies, such as a Copper-beaded Pheasant Tail #20, Tungsten Micro Mayfly #18, Hairs Ear #18 or a rubber-legged Copper John #18. San Juan worms in pink or red have also been working great, suspended above a weight or weighted fly. Also, Parachute Adams #20, BDE Ext. Body Callibaetis #16, Griffith's Gnats #20, CDC Black Midge #20, or a Sprout's Baetis #20 will all work great.

Big T above Fern Lake TH:

Fishing good. Use a Royal Wulff #18, BWOs #20, Yaegars Neversink Gnat #20, trailed with a CB Flashback Pheasant Tail #20, Two-Bit Hooker #20, , or a Tungsten WD40 olive #20.

Fall River:

Fishing good. Lead with a Tungsten Queen Prince #14, Tungsten Prince Nymph #14, or a Tungsten Hare's Ear #14, trailed with a mighty mite #20, tungsten red midge#18, or a green gidget #20. BWOs #18 or #20, Griffith's Gnat #18 or Black Midge #20, trailed with a Queen Prince #18, Jujubee #20, Psycho Prince blue #20, or a cystal hunchback baetis #20.

Roaring River:

Fishing good. Use an Extended Body BWO #20, BDE Ext. Body Callibaetis, trailed with a copper BH Pheasant Tail #22, transparant #16, copper-beaded micro mayfly #18, Brown Gidget #20 or a Quasimodo Pheasant Tail #20.

St Vrain in Wild Basin:

Fishing good. Use a Ripcord Caddis tan #16, Puterbaugh Caddis #16, Kaufmann's Cyrstal Stimmie #16, Cow Killer Ant #14, Butt munch Beetle, or a PMX #16, trailed with a Mighty Mite #18, Green Gidget #18, Lint Bug #18 or a Heng's Little beaded Mayfly #20, Wilcox's Little Green Machine #20.

High Mountain Lakes:

Lily Lake - Fishing good in late morning and early evening. Use a suspended scud pattern in tan, callibaetis, damsel nymph or dry, or small black midge on the surface.
Sprague Lake - Fishing very good at the inlet. Use small surface midges, such as a #22 or #24 Griffith's Gnat, Neversink Gnat or CDC Cluster Midge. Also sink a #20 pheasant tail, copper-beaded Micro Mayfly or green Gidget under a Pearl Elk hair Caddis #18 or ParaWulff Adam #18.
Dream Lake - Fishing great. Try a small black midge on the surface, such as the Neversink Gnat #20, dropped with a jujubee #18.
Lake Haiyaha - Fishing good. Try similar flies to Dream, plus an Orange Asher #18.
Fern/Odessa Lakes - Fishing great. Use a Parachute Adam #18, ParaWulff Adam #18 or Deer Hair Ant #16 on top, trailed with a copper-beaded Micro Mayfly #20, flashback Pheasant Tail #20, Crystal Hunchback Baetis #20 or a Mighy Mite #20.
Spruce/Loomis Lakes - Fishing great. Use small black, surface midges. Griffiths Gnats #22, Neversink Gnats #22, CDC Cluster Midges #24 are best bets. You can also sink a small pheasant tail #20, copper-beaded Micro Mayfly #18, or a Crystal Hunchbak Baetis #22 beneath a Parachute Adam #20, Parawulff Adam #18 or a Flying Loco Beetle #14.
Mills Lake - Fishing great. Use either small midges on the surface, such as an orange asher #16, Yager's Neversink Gnat #22, or Sprout's Baetis #24, or us a Pearl Elkhair Caddis #18, Trigger Caddis black #18, or a black Ripcord Caddis #16, trailed with a Might May Sloan Baetis #20, Jujubaetis #20 char, Transparant #16 or a copper-beaded Micro Mayfly #18.
Loch Vale Lake - Fish good, using small black midges. Use CDC cluster midge #22, Yager's Neversink Gnat #20, Griffith's Gnat #20, or an Orange Asher #16. The inlet is fishing great using a Parachute Ant #18, Parawulff Adam #18, Deer Hair Ant #16, or a black Ripcord Caddis #16, trailed with a Crystal Hunchback Baetis #22, Mighty Mite #20, brown Gidget #20, transparant #16 or a copper-beaded mirco mayfly #18.
Mary's Lake - For fly fishing, strip a Prince Nymph slowly or try a orange asher on the surface. For spin fishing, use orange power bait, night crawlers or an cast master lure.
Lake Estes - For fly fishing, fish the inlet use a micro mayfly #14, dropped with Mike's PHD green #20. Orange ashers will great on the lake. For spin fishing use chartreuse power bait or night crawlers.

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