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Rob Allen
Life of the Party
Yup, it fished just like the Deschutes only smaller, but also fishes bigger because between Canon City and Salida almost no one fishes it. Around 50 miles I fished from around 9 to noon. There was a PMD hatch but the fish only wanted the hopper. Even when they were rising to the PMD which I had on as a dropper for a while.
Tying on a second fly is a great way to make destroy dry fly fishing.
swimmy
An honest tune with a lingering lead
Never really been a fan of the double dry.
Always enjoyed the Arkansas. My first introduction to it was as a boy tagging along with my uncle that gave me the WW nickname. He was a volunteer safety guy for the kayak races. We would go from spot to spot and count them as they went buy to make sure everybody made it. Later, as an adult I fished it a few times. There was some nice fish in there back then.
Salida - gateway to some pretty cool places. That's where the Little League tournaments were that I played in when I lived south of there down the "Gun Barrel" a ways in Alamosa.
Salida - gateway to some pretty cool places. That's where the Little League tournaments were that I played in when I lived south of there down the "Gun Barrel" a ways in Alamosa.
Rob Allen
Life of the Party
if you have a clue what's going on you never need to fish more than one fly. every one in a while i fall victim to the "when in Rome" thinking and i always regret it.. nymphs or dries one fly and some knowledge is better than a sting of flies of any number.
Rob Allen
Life of the Party
I went up there again today.. only fished one stretch of water an hour maybe a little more got one nice fish maybe 16, hooked another one that might have been 20plus and saw another one cruising in a shallow riffle that was much bigger.. streamer box was in the truck..
Oh boy, that’s a killer for lake fishing sometimes. A dun up top and then and emerger, why not double your chances? Gadzooks yes!
DoesItFloat
Life of the Party
This reminds me of a hazy-headed and humorous discussion that a buddy and I had last winter - what's up with the treble hook? Why stop at 3 hook points? Why not 4? Why not even more?
I know folks who fish the South Holston in Tennessee and people there fish 3 little nymphs under an indicator with regularity. Sometimes with tiny split shot too, I think. Sounds miserable.
But has nobody else ever been fishing the evening hatch and they’re taking something small and you can’t see your fly anymore so you tie on a bigger dry as essentially an indicator for the small dry?
swimmy
An honest tune with a lingering lead
I will use this technique on slow moving tailwaters. The Caddis hatch on the Lower Madison is a great example. I'll drop an emerger off the back of my elk hair. 4 out of 5 eats come on the emerger.
But when I'm fishing moving water where I'm target specific spots (think cut banks,) I'm not a fan of the dropper.
Yeah you can’t cast nearly as tight to the bank.