Re: Big Thompson River, Colorado
I've only had one oppurtunity to fish the Big T., a year ago in May. It was beautiful there below the lake. Prior to fishing it, the only real trout river fishing I had done, was a month before, on the Ark during the caddis hatch,(mother's day hatch). I spent four or five hours on the Big T. that day, trying to figure out how to catch the trout there. I suffered many refusals to my dries and nymphs alike, until hour three had come and gone, and I hooked up with the one and only fish that day. Finally, that fish ate a #18 Micro Mayfly,(Mercer's). It took out toward the current, and I would never see it again. Looked to be a decent fish, 12-14" maybe. Now that I have learned much more about fishing Colorado's rivers, i.e., Arkansas and Conejos anyway, I feel I need to go back in the spring or summer to the Big Thompson and redeem myself! Glad to hear that you did well!
"A fly must first please the user before the fish."
Trey Combs: Steelhead Fly Fishing and Flies