I had another fun weekend of fly fishing. In order to prepare for the Tenkara
tournament next week at Walden Ponds, I decided to try that area out this
weekend to investigate what flies and tactics
would work best for the fish in that area.
What you will see here mostly are bass and sunfish. As expected, they all responded well to
various poppers and foam spiders. The
more action you could simulate, the more likely a larger fish would take
interest and inspect your presentation.
Brighter colors seemed to produce better results than darker and a
longer cast often resulted in a larger hookup avoiding some of the smaller guys
near the shore’s edge.
Matt, Connor and I also drove up to the Big Thompson to fish
the same area that produced so well just a week earlier. This trip was not nearly as productive. It was clear that the water was higher, cloudier;
and most importantly, was nearly 10 degrees cooler. Runoff is starting. I feel that this, in combination with the
rain that we witnessed, really did a lot to put the fish off. There were a few caught, but a lot of work
was required to get those fish to respond at all.
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