Fryingpan River
South Fork
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Nov 14
Taylor Creek Fly Shop - Aspen
LOWER FRYINGPAN (Basalt upstream to Mile Marker 4)
WATER CONDITIONS: Clear
FOOD SOURCES PRESENT: Blue Winged Olives, Midges, Sculpins
OVERALL RATING: 5 out of 10
THE LOWDOWN: This is a good time of year to fish the lower Fryingpan with the number of fish that run up out of the Fork for the winter. That said, be aware of spawning beds -- they look like patches of brighter, polished riverbed, usually in slower sections -- and please, do not fish them. Not only is it bad practice, but it impacts the viability of the species we all love.
Like the upper stretches, any hatches down here will be tiny bugs, whether BWO or Midge. It's not super common to see fish rising on this lower stretch these days, but a gentle presentation with a light nymph rig may just do the trick.
HATCHES: Blue Winged Olives 20-22, Midges 20-26
APPROPRIATE PATTERNS:
DRIES: TC Custom Collette's BWO Adult 18-20, Parachute Purple Haze Adams 18-20, Traditional Adams 18-22, Morgans Midge 18-22, Hatching Midge 20-22, Sprout Midge 22-24, HOH CDC Spent Midge 22-24, Mole Fly Baetis 20-22, Harrop's CDC Biot Dun BWO 20-22, CDC Comparadun BWO 20-22
NYMPHS: Jerome Baetis 20-22, Ultra Bling RS2 Gray 18-20, Stott's Good Carl 20, Murder She Wrote Rust 20-22, Bling Midge 20-24
STREAMERS: Home Invader, Carlton Banks, Skully Bugger, Dali-Lama
HINTS: Fish in the lower river tend to ramble and migrate around, so keep searching if you're not feeling the love.
WATER CONDITIONS: Clear
FOOD SOURCES PRESENT: Blue Winged Olives, Midges, Sculpins
OVERALL RATING: 5 out of 10
THE LOWDOWN: This is a good time of year to fish the lower Fryingpan with the number of fish that run up out of the Fork for the winter. That said, be aware of spawning beds -- they look like patches of brighter, polished riverbed, usually in slower sections -- and please, do not fish them. Not only is it bad practice, but it impacts the viability of the species we all love.
Like the upper stretches, any hatches down here will be tiny bugs, whether BWO or Midge. It's not super common to see fish rising on this lower stretch these days, but a gentle presentation with a light nymph rig may just do the trick.
HATCHES: Blue Winged Olives 20-22, Midges 20-26
APPROPRIATE PATTERNS:
DRIES: TC Custom Collette's BWO Adult 18-20, Parachute Purple Haze Adams 18-20, Traditional Adams 18-22, Morgans Midge 18-22, Hatching Midge 20-22, Sprout Midge 22-24, HOH CDC Spent Midge 22-24, Mole Fly Baetis 20-22, Harrop's CDC Biot Dun BWO 20-22, CDC Comparadun BWO 20-22
NYMPHS: Jerome Baetis 20-22, Ultra Bling RS2 Gray 18-20, Stott's Good Carl 20, Murder She Wrote Rust 20-22, Bling Midge 20-24
STREAMERS: Home Invader, Carlton Banks, Skully Bugger, Dali-Lama
HINTS: Fish in the lower river tend to ramble and migrate around, so keep searching if you're not feeling the love.