Colorado River Monsters (fishing)

11 Mile tailwaters?

 

Checked out a couple high altitude lakes (I don't call 'em alpine lakes unless they're above treeline, right or wrong) this weekend. Fishing was 'meh' so I spent a little time on the nearby small creek with the cutthroats.

 

I had to step out of the CO state lines for this one. Pulled a 24.5 bully last week

 

Very nice, does MT have rule that they must immediately be returned to water like Canada (think they actually don't even want them to leave water)?

 

https://fwp.mt.gov/binaries/content/assets/fwp/fish/bull-trout/2021-bull-trout-regulations.pdf

 

There is a special permit you have to get if you're targeting bull trout . You can keep 2 a year of you're harvesting at the right time of year, otherwise they must be returned to the water immediately. I got this guy on a size 14 frenchie nymph...definitely wasn't targeting bullies, but hey, he was only out of the water for about 10 seconds.

 

Yep, bottom of last page has info similar to Canada's.

 

Have an 8 day fishing trip starting Saturday. Will be based out of Glenwood for 4 days, then Montrose for 4 days. I'm so excited for this trip, but nervous about it as well. I don't feel like I've tied enough flies and we're kind of flying by the seat of our pants for the Montrose side of it. Can't wait to get on the road though!

 

Fish behind the Montrose target before heading towards ridgeway

 

We'll give it a shot!

 

Hungry fish in the alpine

 

Checked out a tiny pond to see if it had fish... and pulled a half dozen of these out. It was a mucky, yucky spot turning my bright fly line into brown line.

 

Returned to a creek, I first checked out earlier this year, to explore further into the gulch. It did not disappoint.

 

anyone fly fish and want/need a roof rod box?

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Bought in March 2021

great box just wanting to switch things up

 

Also, i am stoked to see this thread is still active!!

here is a beautiful brown picked from a hole on a trico emerger during a hatch at deckers



Edit: thats a big ass picture haha mobile didnt make it seem that large.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/f...town-reservoir-by-nov-1/ar-AAPfA06?li=BBnbfcL
Johnstown Reservoir in northern Colorado

They need all the fish removed by Nov. 1. So until then, there are no restrictions on fish size, species or limit on how many you can catch.

 

I don’t know how many casts this fish took, but I finally hooked up with one of the old wise ones.

 

That is Awesome! Taylor River?

 

Popped into G-town over the weekend and got to see what a spawn looks like. It's quite the sight. I couldn't get over how many were hanging out just inside the lake just below the inlet. What was crazy was I found two different styles of egg flies on the ground, and caught browns on each one of them. I need to buy or make a few for the box. Nabbed a couple of stocker rainbows on a nymph, but didn't bother taking pics of those. There were several folks fishing the creek just up from the inlet but most weren't catching... I saw only one out of a half dozen land a fish.

 

The Platte above cheesman is getting colder. Yesterday morning water temp was 36. The fish are hiding in holes again.