Kirks Fly Shop Fishing Report

Big Thompson below Olympus Dam to Drake:

The water level is at about 65 CFS, Thursday, September 2nd, 2010. Fishing is good, using Tungsten Micro Mayfly #14, Tungsten Prince Nymph #14, Tungsten Flash Prince #14, or a Psycho Prince #14, trailed with  Mike's PHD orange #16, Blue Poison Tung #18, Rainbow Warriors #18, copper-beaded Flash back Pheasant Tail #18, Soft-hackle Sow Bug #18, Copper-Ribbed RS2 #20 or a Candy Caddis #16. Stoneflies and caddis are hatching, so use Stonefly Stimmie #16, Spotlight Caddis #16 or a Pearl Elkhair Caddis #16. Red Quills #18 and hopper patterns will also produce great results. 

Big Thompson below Drake:

Fishing good, using Copper John red #14, Idlewilde's Holo Prince #14, Girdle Bugs, or a Tung. Flash Prince #14 trailed with a blue Poison Tung. #18, Soft hackle Sowbug #18, copper-beaded Flashback Pheasant tail #18, Tung. Queen Prince #16. For dry flies try a Pearl Elkhair Caddis #16 or a Royal Wulff #16.

Rocky Mountain National Park: 

Big T in Moraine Park:

Fishing very good, using Pearl Elkhair Caddis #18, Kaufmann's Stonefly Stimulator #16, or a Baby Boy Hopper #16,  trailed with gidgets or transparants.  

Big T above Fern Lake TH:

Fishing great.  Use a Deer Hair Ant #16, Royal Wulff #16, or a Yellow Sally #16, trailed with a copper-beaded Micro Mayfly #18, Queen Prince #18 or a Chrystal Hunchback Baetis #18.  

Glacier Creek:

Fishing great. Use a ParaWulff Adam #16, Elkhair Caddis #16, PMX orange #14 or a Royal Wulff #16, trailed with a Gidget #18 or a Pheasant Tail #18.

Fall River:

Fishing good. Use a Elk Hair Caddis #14, AC Caddis #18, Schroeder's Hopper #16 or a Yellow Sally #16, trailed with a Tungsten Red Midge #18, Psycho Prince blue #18 or a Little Green Machine #20. 

Roaring River:

Fishing great. Use a Deer Hair Ant #16, Cyrstal Stimulator #16, or a Chernobal Ant #8, trailed with a Cyrstal Hunchback Baetis #18, Mighty Mite #20, or a Transparant #16.

St Vrain in Wild Basin:

Fishing good.  Use a Stonefly Stimmie #16 orange, Elkhair Caddis #18 or a Royal Wulff #18, trailed with a red Copper John #18 or a Tungsten WD40 olive #20.

High Mountain Lakes:

    * Lily Lake - Fishing very slow.
    * Sprague Lake - Fishing great. Use Parachute Adams #20 or a Renegade #16, trailed with an RS2 emerger #20 or a Jujubaetis #20. Also try suspended nymphs, such as a copper-beaded Micro Mayfly #18 or a Pheasant Tail #20.
    * Dream Lake - Fishing great. Use a Ripcord Caddis tan #16 or a Parachute Adam, trailed with a black Transparant #16 or a Flashback Pheasant Tail #20. Also try a Yaeger's Neversink Gnat #20, trailed with a Jujubaetis #18. 
    * Lake Haiyaha - Fishing good using Orange Ashers #16, Wilcox's Low Rider #18 or Griffith's Gnat #20, trailed with a Lint Bug #20, Pheasant Tail #20 or a red/black Transparant #16. 
    * Fern/Odessa Lakes -  Fern is fishing great using a Red Quill #18 or a Parachute Adam #20 #18, trailed with a Tungsten-beaded pink San Juan worm or a Mighty Mite tan #20.  Odessa is fishing fair using a Trailing Schuck Midge #20, trailed with Mike's PHD green #18. 
    * Spruce/Loomis Lakes - Fishing great. Use a Parawulff Adam #20 or a Deer Hair Ant #16, trailed with a Two Bit Hooker red #18. Loomis and Primrose are both fishing good. Use a CDC Cluster Midge #22, trailed with a purple Jujubaetis #20.
    * Mills Lake - Fishing great with a dry/dropper combination. Try a Parawulff Adam #18 or a Parachute Adam #20, trailed with a Mighty Mite #20 or a Crystal Hunchback Baetis #20.
    * Loch Vale Lake - Fishing great, using a Bright-winged Griffith's Gnat #20 or an Orange Asher #16, trailed with a Lint Bug #20 or a copper-beaded Pheasant Tail #20. Beetle patterns will also work very good...try a Butt Munch Beetle or a Flying Loco Beetle.
*Ypsilon Lake- Fishing very good, using an Orange Asher #16, Parachute Ant #16 or an Elkhair Caddis olive #18, trailed with a black Transparant #16, Mighty Mite #20 or a Cyrstal Hunchback Baetis #20.
    * Mary's Lake - Fishing good, using rainbow power bait and salmon eggs. For flies, use Prince Nymphs and Hornbergs.
    * Lake Estes -  Fishing very good with salmon eggs, worms  or orange power bait. For flies, use a Prince Nymph #12, stripping it slowly in, trailed with a Renegade #14. Pink San Juan worms are also working very good at the inlet.

Fly of the Week:   Parachute Yellow Sally #16    
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    Ben and Brandon with their great catch at Sylvandale!! 

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