Colorado River Report 7-17-17
Posted on 17 July 2017
COLORADO RIVER REPORT
July 17, 2017
FLOW: 5080 cfs
WATER CONDITIONS: Really shaping up nicely, and we are seeing an explosion of bugs in the evenings. There has been a bit of mud after rain here and there.
OVERALL RATING: 8 out of 10. This big river is usually not quite on the menu this early, but it is already fishing very well.
FOOD SOURCES PRESENT: Golden stoneflies, caddis, midges, Blue Winged Olives, PMDs, green drakes, sculpins, juvenille rainbows, cranefly larva
THE LOW DOWN: The Colorado has really been improving visibility-wise and fishing-wise. We are seeing hatches of drakes, caddis, sallies and PMDs.
HATCHES: Green drakes 10-12, caddis 16-18, BWOs 18-20, midges 18-24, yellow sallies 14-16, PMDs 14-18, golden stones 6-10
Appropriate Patterns
NYMPHS: Prince 16-18, BLMs 18-20, Tung Bead Baetis 18-20, Biot Baetis 18-20, RS2s 20, Polywing Emerger 18-20, Imposters 20-22, Assassins 20-22, Freestone Emerger 20, Biot Midge 20-22, San Juan Worm 10, Cat Poop Stone 4-12, Prince Nymph 10-18
DRIES: H and L Variant 10-12, Royal Wulff 10-12, Pearl and Elk Caddis 16-18, Lawson's EZ Caddis 16-18, Biot Wing Midge 20, Hatching Midge 20, CDC Transitional Midge 20, Colletts Para-BWO 18-20, Improved Sparkledun BWO 18-20
STREAMERS: Carlton Banks, Meat Gazers, Circus Peanuts, Sculpzillas, Willy White Shoes, Weir's Sculpin, Splendors
HINTS: If you are on foot, move a bunch to fish this big water effectively.
Link to the USGS Real Time Flow Chart for the Colorado River
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