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Arkansas River, Cat’s Run.
Flow: 82
Water Temp: 58
Time 6:30AM.
Fishing “INSANE”! Upon arrival the BWO’s were emerging and the water was boiling with fish. A size 14 pheasant tail was magic, fishing it with the ubiquitous red San Juan worm with no weight. The actual hatch occurred at about 7:30AM with size 18 BWO’s in clouds. Just for fun I switched to a Hair Wing Royal Coachman!
What a blast!! As an advisory, the fish were holding in the tailouts of the rock piles. That has been the norm for over a month. Water temperature increased dramatically past 10AM. Use heavy
tippet and do not allow an extended fight. Lactic acid build-up will kill the fish with these high temperatures.Because of the low flows I expect voluntary no fishing on the tail waters very soon. I cant’t tell you how many fish I hooked up on but by 11:30AM with a very sore arm, I retired to the Coyote Grill at the Nature Center for the Sunday Brunch. The picture is Ben, he arrived late to the party, with a nice bow between the rock piles in front of the NatureCenter deck.
Tight Lines
Lou