Rita is back from Spain and we fished on 7/20..Water was a bit off-color from recent rains and 60* at 10am. It got up to 68* mid-afternoon and fishing fell off for a while. It got cloudy later and water cooled a couple of degrees and fishing picked up..Rita got some nice fish. D&D.
Month: July 2002
Rio Costilla Fly Fishing Report 07/25/2002
Long term drought has drasticly reduced water levels in Costilla Resevoir. Flows in July never got above 30cfs but water was clear and fishing fair thru the month on dry flies {Stimulator-Caddis -PMDs}.Lots of fishing pressure and low flows made for tough fishing.
Cimarron River Fly Fishing Report 07/25/2002
Flows were between 10-20cfs most of the month and I was on the Cita a lot. We got welcome clouds on most days but the temps still crept over 70* a few times. The best fishing was in the morning and up to 2pm and again after 6pm til dark.Caddis was the dry fly this month and as the water temp got over 65* we added a dropper.
Cimarron River Fly Fishing Report 07/25/2002
Flows increased and stayed between 20-40cfs as the downstream farmers neede their irrigation water.. Fishing was greater than I expected this month as maybe the Brown trout are acclimating to the higher temps. Last year when it got up to 68* it was time to quit but this year fishing was fair to 70* with droppers. The fish on the Cita really earned their keep this year as fishing elsewhere was poor.
Conejos River Fly Fishing Report 07/25/2002
Flows dropped to 2cfs in early July and the tributaries weren’t adding much flow to the river. No one had seen flows this low and fishing was very poor for those with nowhere else to fish. Flows stayed between 2 and 40cfs all month.