Blue River, CO
Outing Information
- Date
- Start/End Time
- 3:33 PM to 5:38 PM
- Best Fishing Time
- -
- Rating
- Fair
- Classification
- Public
- Water Temp
- 42.5°F
- Water Clarity
- Clear - 5'+ visibility
- Water Level
- 60cfs
- User
- Jason Hansen
Pictures
Fish Caught
Brown Trout
| Caught | Avg Size | Pattern | Optional Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8" | #18 Olive Quilldigon |
Time Caught: 03:43 PM |
| 1 | 8" |
Weather
| Skies | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny | X | ||
| Mostly Sunny | X | ||
| Mostly Cloudy | X | X | |
| Cloudy | X | ||
| Precipitation | |||
| None | X | X | X |
| Rain - Light | X | ||
| Wind | |||
| Very Light - <5 knots | X | X | X |
| Light - 5 to 10 knots | X |
- Air Temp High/Low
- 72.8°F / 44.0°F
- Wind Direction
- S
- Weather Front
- -
- Barometer
- 29.95in
- Moon Phase
- 34% Full (Waxing crescent)
Other Patterns Tried
No other pattern information for this outing.
Hatches
No hatch information for this outing.
Insect Seining
No seining information for this outing.
Fishing Partners
No fishing partners were saved with this outing.
Waypoints
No waypoints were saved with this outing.
Notes
I caught a small brown just 10 minutes in, but that ended up being the only fish to hand. I had a follow from a big brown a little later, as I was lifting my flies up to cast again.
I found a little deeper, bouldery stretch downstream of where I parked and ended up sight fishing to several rainbows. I hooked none of them but I do think I missed some subtle takes. I cycled through lots of small and medium sized flies.
Just before I stopped fishing, I walked downstream to the next riffle and found a nice rainbow sitting in shallow water next to the riffle. I changed flies back to a #20 olive quilldigon and cut off the dropper, so very lightly weighted. On about the fifth cast I hooked the fish and played it for about a minute before it got off. At least I finally hooked a nice fish.
I saw some small caddis flying about. I'm not sure if they were actively hatching though.