On 7/4 we had a great day on the Hamilton Lease at 140cfs. Wading was tough but we got some nice fish as the Drake hatch started about 10am and seemed to go on all day. We didn’t use a dropper all day and the fish were real busy on top to those big dries […]
Archive | July, 2003
Cimarron River Fly Fishing Report 07/25/2003
I didn’t fish here in the first half of the month as flows were low {10cfs} and temps high {high 60*s}. In the last week of July flows were up to 35cfs and fishing improved on Caddis patterns with a cased Caddis dropper. We started using a longer dropper {24″} and that seemed to work […]
Rio Costilla Fly Fishing Report 07/25/2003
Flows were a little better than last year {30-60cfs} but with the fishing pressure this stream gets the fish got real spooky in a hurry. We caught a lot of fish but they were mostly small {6-10″} and even in the faster water fishing was slow. New Mexico Fly Fishing Guide Ed Adams
Red River Fly Fishing Report 07/25/2003
Rita is back from Spain and the fish were glad to see her. We fished on 7/12 and flow was 21/51 and tems 64-66*….She had about 75 hookups, Browns 10-12″ and a few to 14″..Moth-Caddis…D*D. New Mexico Fly Fishing Guide Ed Adams
Conejos River Fly Fishing Report 07/21/2003
Fished Conejos area 7/18-7/21/03. Day 1: Conejos river below menkhaven & @ south fork, caught several small browns and 1 cutthroat on EHC, stimulators, and prince nymphs. Fishing slow, water temps getting pretty high, better near south fork than down low. Day 2: Elk Creek (1st and 2nd Meadows). Fishing was tough due to low, […]
Conejos River Fly Fishing Report 07/16/2003
First day with clear water after the spring runoff first of July Arrived in the early morning below Hwy 17 and the bridge over Conejos 8 am. I say early because the sun does not hit the water till 9am due to the mountains overhead. On first inspection of the water there were no rises […]
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