Denver fishing?

On Mar 29, 9:02*am, Halfordian Golfer wrote:
On Mar 29, 7:14*am, jeff miller wrote:

Halfordian Golfer wrote:
Either way the
golden stone is very effective year round.

makela is one of the beat golden stone nymph flyfishers i've
encountered. *if you get the chance, it's worth a day watching him
prospecting for trout.

jeff

I wonder if a decent strategy would be to plan on driving upstream on
the Ark until the conditions, and maybe even the head of the hatch,
were found. You can drive all the way to Leadville at over 10,000
feet. Shouldn't be too much runoff that high, and I imagine an eagle
eye would spot fishable water even in the worst of it. There'd also be
other options in the area and the scenery would be fantastic. If the
loop included returning via I70 at Copper Mountain there might be a
rise at the ponds at Dowd Junction, or even the ponds just north in
Frisco, Ten Mile Creek or the inlet of Dillon. The downside would be
that Mike would be tired on monday!

Your pal,

Halfordian Golfer

One thing probably worth noting is that you can buy a Colorado license
online this year for the first time. Get that ready to go to save
time.

http://wildlife.state.co.us/ShopDOW/AppsAndLicenses/

Your pal,

Halfordian Golfer

On Mar 29, 9:02*am, Halfordian Golfer wrote:
On Mar 29, 7:14*am, jeff miller wrote:

Halfordian Golfer wrote:
Either way the
golden stone is very effective year round.

makela is one of the beat golden stone nymph flyfishers i've
encountered. *if you get the chance, it's worth a day watching him
prospecting for trout.

jeff

I wonder if a decent strategy would be to plan on driving upstream on
the Ark until the conditions, and maybe even the head of the hatch,
were found. You can drive all the way to Leadville at over 10,000
feet. Shouldn't be too much runoff that high, and I imagine an eagle
eye would spot fishable water even in the worst of it. There'd also be
other options in the area and the scenery would be fantastic. If the
loop included returning via I70 at Copper Mountain there might be a
rise at the ponds at Dowd Junction, or even the ponds just north in
Frisco, Ten Mile Creek or the inlet of Dillon. The downside would be
that Mike would be tired on monday!

Your pal,

Halfordian Golfer

Correction, it's Wheeler Junction not Dowd, which is further west on
the Eagle river.

Good link about the area...
http://www.coloradofishing.net/ft_tenmile.htm

Your pal,

Halfordian Golfer

On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:32:23 -0700 (PDT), Halfordian Golfer
wrote:

http://www.coloradofishing.net/ft_tenmile.htm


"Plunge pools and nice structure make wading a fun experience"

"Plunge pools?" Frank must have fished there.

d;o)

I will be in Denver April 15 and 16
IMO
The city has growm so much that it takes a good 1 -3 htrs to get to any nice
places
But I do admit I could be wrong as I do not know the Town so well anymore
I once stayyeded in the Brown Palace Hotel or sometghing like that for
300-$500 per night

Fred

On Mar 29, 12:03*pm, Dave LaCourse wrote:
On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:32:23 -0700 (PDT), Halfordian Golfer

wrote:
http://www.coloradofishing.net/ft_tenmile.htm

"Plunge pools and nice structure make wading a fun experience"

"Plunge pools?" * Frank must have fished there. *

d;o)

LOL! How was Patagonia?

"Halfordian Golfer" wrote in message
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On Mar 29, 7:14 am, jeff miller wrote:
I wonder if a decent strategy would be to plan on driving upstream on
the Ark until the conditions, and maybe even the head of the hatch,
were found. You can drive all the way to Leadville at over 10,000
feet. Shouldn't be too much runoff that high, and I imagine an eagle
eye would spot fishable water even in the worst of it. There'd also be
other options in the area and the scenery would be fantastic. If the
loop included returning via I70 at Copper Mountain there might be a
rise at the ponds at Dowd Junction, or even the ponds just north in
Frisco, Ten Mile Creek or the inlet of Dillon. The downside would be
that Mike would be tired on monday!

Your pal,

Halfordian Golfer

I'm in to wandering, may even try to get out their Saturday night so I have
the whole day on Sunday. Scenery along the way is a must so sounds like a
good plan.

Thanks again for all of the information. I will be there that weekend
unless the brainiacs at Quest Diagnostics change the plan yet again.

I'll keep in touch and hope you find a few hours to sling a few flies,

Mike

"Dave LaCourse" wrote in message
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On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:32:23 -0700 (PDT), Halfordian Golfer
wrote:

http://www.coloradofishing.net/ft_tenmile.htm


"Plunge pools and nice structure make wading a fun experience"

"Plunge pools?" Frank must have fished there.

d;o)




Plunge pools..so does that mean you're coming out to Colorado for a few
casts?

The Finn

"Halfordian Golfer" wrote in message
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On Mar 28, 6:02 pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
"Halfordian Golfer" wrote in message

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On Mar 27, 11:21 pm, "Mike Makela" ten.tsacmoc@alekamm wrote:
"Calif Bill" wrote in message

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Used to be some ponds off Cherry Creek and there is Cherry Creek Res.
Been 20 years since I fished them.

Where about is the Cherry Creek area?

Cherry creek res is a city reservoir very popular with water skiers,
swimmers etc. There's very good carp fishing. The creek below runs
through downtown denver along speer avenue. If you walked down the
bike path you would get the odiferous waft of urine from the homeless
people. Be careful wading such that a discarded hypodermic needle
doesn't puncture your simms. Upstream cherry creek flows through the
high prairie of the front range. I've never heard of anyone fishing
it.

Chatfield reservoir, OTOH has the South Platte running through it. It
is on the SW side of things, up against the foothills.
It is a good fishing reservoir especially for trolling when the
boating activity is down. On the inlet side it can be interesting to
belly boat in the trees, flooded cottonwoods and the heron rookery,
for a potpourri of fish, crappies, etc. There are some really good
ponds on the inlet side that can be walked and fished for large bass,
bluegill, crappie. Then you have Waterton canyon, just upstream.
Beautiful place, but heavy hiking/biking/fishing traffic. Great place
if you have a bicycle to ride up below Strontia Springs.
http://www.denverwater.org/recreation/strontia.html

Above that you get into the Deckers area which is accessed by car in
about an hour and change from Denver via highway 85 south to Sedalia,
then west. This is a superb flyfishing environment, if you can find a
place to actually stand in the water without rubbing waders with the
next guy. Is very pretty and clear and cold and nice, though. Just
upstream from Deckers is the very private Wigwam club and above that
the famous Cheesman canyon hike in stretch. One of (if not the very)
first pure C&R waters in the country. Beautiful canyon, huge waters,
tons of highly contrary fish and, again, an embargo of flyfishermen.

Your pal,

Halfordian Golfer

There were some ponds near Cherry Creek, but 16 years ago, was not
anywhere
near the homeless or the building in Denver.

I totally believe you Calif Bill. I think this whole front range must
have been awesome at one point. I moved here in 1960. I'd really like
to know where these ponds are, maybe you could find them on Google
maps. Let me go Look. Be right back. Looks like a couple near that
golf course at Arapahoe road, do you know if they were up towards or
past Parker? I remember fishing below Cherry Creek reservoir many
times as well, though I don't recall doing any good. When Quincy
reservoir was opened we hit that hard for excellent 4# plus bows. Not
sure how that has been fishing. I hear Aurora res is good too. Also,
when I say there are carp, I am not being derogatory in the least.
These are grass carp and are highly difficult fish to catch. Very fun
to wade around the cattails stalking these fish. In the evening, with
the sun setting in the distance on a warm may night wading in your
lightweight waders wouldn't be awful. Now there are some ponds on
private property near the all girls St. Mary's Academy, two favorite
haunts as a kid, that had huge, I mean huge, trout. That story must be
told in private, however.

Another place that I hear is coming on is the tail water of pueblo
reservoir. The Arkansas might be a good bet as well. Pretty good drive
but access and fishing all the way up from Canon City. I think the
Goldens are earlier than may but I'm not positive. Either way the
golden stone is very effective year round.

Your pal,

Halfordian Golfer

I will look. But having Sometimers now, that I have turned 65, may not find
them. Mostly were bass and panfish. About the only time I get back there
now is for a cousins reunion. My parents are from the Scottsbluff / Gering
region and still have family back there. But not close enough to really go
visit. Was back there in June in Arvada as a couple of cousins live there.
No fishing, as was only there for a couple day trip. I am thinking of
towing the boat up to Flaming Gorge and on to Yellowstone maybe next year.
Then up to Canada and run a couple rivers there on my way back to Vancouver
and down the coast. Aluminum river jetboat. 21'.

On Mar 29, 5:07*pm, wrote:
I will be in Denver April 15 and 16
IMO
The city has growm so much that it takes a good 1 -3 htrs to get to any nice
places
But I do admit I could be wrong as I do not know the Town so well anymore
I once stayyeded in the Brown Palace Hotel *or sometghing like that for
300-$500 per night

Fred

You are right Fred in saying it takes 1-3 hours to get to nice places.
But there are places not to far from downtown Denver that can be fun
and have nice fish. Many are resevoirs but then there is Clear Creek,
Bear Creek, Bear Creek Res, South Platte below Chatfield and if you
can be satisfied with bass there are even more options.

Take care

graphicjak