Graham has given you great advice. I will get you to some places where
there a big trout to be caught and keep you out of the "secret" places we
Coloradans like to keep to ourselves. Agreat compromise.
"Graham Knight" wrote in message
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Robert Brinson wrote:
I have been considering Colorado, as that would
be a fairly easy drive and my wife and I have friends in the Colorado
Springs area.
Near Colorado Springs there are some very nice stretches of the Platte
River. Eleven Mile Canyon is a great stretch of water with lots of large
fish. The closer you are to the dam the better. Upriver a bit is the
"Dream Stream" - the section of river in between Spinney and Eleven Mile
Reserviours. That stretch hasn't been fishing quite as well lately, but
is usually good for a number of fish and at least one or two really nice
sized ones. Downstream is Cheeseman Canyon and the Deckers area.
Cheeseman was one of the finest places around, but the fires really
clogged it up. Hoping for a rebound next year. You need to take a pretty
good hike to get into Cheeseman Canyon too - which adds to the quality
of the fishing.
I don't use guides, so have no real recommendations in that department,
but if you check the fishing report at the Blue Quill angler
http://www.bluequillangler.com/stream.html you will find pattern
recomendations that are *usually* pretty spot-on.
If you bring one fly to the area make it a size 24 or 26 gray RS-2.
Trail that with a size 24 or 26 gray RS-2 and you'll usually do pretty
well - if you get my drift. ;-)
Not sure what time of year you were planning, but the trico hatch in
eleven mile canyon is a fly-fisherman's dream come true. Bring plenty of
trico patterns and some PMD's if your fly is dry.
If you were going to pay for play I'd consider boxwood gulch.
http://www.boxwoodgulch.com/
Graham
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