Archive for Fishing Report

Evening Trip 6/15

Friday, June 16th, 2006

The river is on fire and the fish are hungry.  Fished with Steve yesterday afternoon from 4-8 and had a fantastic trip.  The fish were feeding aggressively on soft hackle pheasant tails and tungsten flash bugs size #14’s and #16’s bugs down deep.  We used three big cannon balls to keep the flies in the […]

Tailwaters 6/27/06

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

The tailwaters at Stagecoach are fishing well with lots of baetis and midge hatches going on throughout the day.  Fishing with small beadhead and soft hackle patterns will work well.  Fish have also been feeding on the surface, using small BWO dries and emergers will work.  Scuds are also prevalent through this section of water, so […]

Lakes and Reservoirs 6/13/06

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

Ice is off!!  The trout and grayling are hungry cruising the banks and depths of all lakes in our region.  A plethora of leaches, midges, callibaetis, damsels and chronomids are the main diets for these fish.  Come into to Straightline and speak to our professional staff. 

Yampa River Report 6/13/06

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

As of noon today, the river has dipped below the 1500 cfs mark and is now down to 1380 cfs.  Conditions are ideal for throwing streamers and large sculpin and baitfish colored streamers like Coffee’s sparkle minnow and Beldar’s rubber bugger did the trick this morning.  Two guide trips yeilded numerous large  browns and some […]