Colorado River –
Flow: 4,850 cfs/Glenwood Springs
Conditions: It’s go time!!! The river is still high but with good clarity and the first sightings of green drakes over the past few days. Bring your headlamp and plenty of Dry Shake. The numbers of bugs haven’t peaked quite yet but we’ll be getting there quickly. Besides the drakes, hatches of stoneflies, caddis and PMDs round out the bug scene. Look for the best dry fly action to be midday when the clouds are out and in the evenings when the day is bright and sunny. Make sure to focus on fishing the soft water right now! Shallow to medium depth indicator rigs with a fair amount of weight are favored right now. We’re generally fishing stoneflies and drakes in the riffles and caddis and PMDs in the deeper, softer water. The streamer bite has been slow overall but dedicated junkies are putting a couple of fish in the net on a float.
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Flies
Dries: Caddis Variant, Foam Elk Hairs, Dry Humpers, Stimi’s, Chubby Chernobyls, Adams Comparadun, Roy’s Special Emerger, CDC Comparadun PMD, PMD Flag Dun, Polywing Spinner
Nymphs: Tactical Turd, 20Incher, Rubberlegs, Poxyback Drakes, Winged Drake Emerger, Pearl Jam, Rainbow Warrior, Licorice Gumdrop, Jig FKA Prince, Soft Hackle PT, Electric Caddis, Guides Choice HE, Breadcrusts, San Juan Worm
Streamers: Jig Thin Mint, Mini Dungeons, Sculpzilla, Goldies, Ebonies
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