Roaring Fork River
Upper (Above Carbondale)
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Aug 23
Taylor Creek Fly Shop - Aspen
UPPER ROARING FORK - ASPEN DOWNSTREAM TO BASALT
FLOW: 25-50 CFS below Maroon Creek (Much more water is flowing below Basalt now)
WATER CLARITY: Clear
OVERALL RATING: 7 out of 10
FOOD SOURCES PRESENT: Caddis, Pale Morning Duns, Blue Winged Olives, Golden Stoneflies, Midges
THE LOWDOWN:
We have two wader and boot cleaning stations here at Taylor Creek! Clean Your Gear | Colorado Parks and Wildlife
With above-average flows on the Fryingpan right now the upper Roaring Fork can be a great alternative for smaller water and easier wading. Hatches are not usually as thick here as they are on the Pan, but mornings and evenings still offer up opportunities to fish BWO and Caddis patterns to rising fish. Sub-surface, think "tiny and shiny" nymphs fished in the deeper, cooler water.
Small doses of high country rain and cloudier afternoons should keep water temperatures where we want them, but this water is low and slow, so keeping a thermometer handy is never a bad idea.
HATCHES: Pale Morning Duns 14-18, Golden Stones 6-10, Caddis 16-18, Blue Winged Olives 18-22, Midges 18-24
APPROPRIATE PATTERNS:
DRIES: Chubby Chernobyl 6-10, Cloud 9 Golden Stone 6-8, Stimulator 12-18, Elk Hair Caddis 12-18, Missing Link Caddis 16-18, Missing Link Caddis 16-18, Puterbaugh's Foam Caddis 16-18, High Captive Dun PMD 16-18, TC Sparkledun PMD 16-18. Melon Quill PMD 16-18, Harrop's CDC Biot Dun BWO 20-22, TC Sparkledun BWO 18-22, Rat-faced McDougal 16-18, Barr's Vis-a-Dun BWO 20-22, Dorsey's Midge Emerger 22, Antonio's Hi-Vis Quill Midge 20, Solitude Hatching Midge Black 22, Bill Fitzsimmons Trailing Shuck Midge 22-26
NYMPHS: Cat Poop Stone 8-12, Prince Nymph 14-18, Griffin's Twenty Incher 12-14, Stott's Raisinette 20, Tungsten Two Bead Nymph 18-20, Jigged Hot Orange Bead CDC Pheasant Tail 18-20, Tungsten Rainbow Warrior 20-22, BTS Baetis 20-22, Sparklewing RS2 20-22, Beadwing Midge Emerger Grey 20-22, Pulsating Midge Emerger 20, Freestone Emerger Olive 22, Tailwater Tiny Midge Red 20-22
STREAMERS: Craven's Swim Coach, Barr's Slump Buster, Carlton Banks, Craven's Baby Gonga, Tim Heng's Autumn Splendor
HINTS: Fish tend to be down in the fastest, most oxygenated water they can find right now.
FLOW: 25-50 CFS below Maroon Creek (Much more water is flowing below Basalt now)
WATER CLARITY: Clear
OVERALL RATING: 7 out of 10
FOOD SOURCES PRESENT: Caddis, Pale Morning Duns, Blue Winged Olives, Golden Stoneflies, Midges
THE LOWDOWN:
We have two wader and boot cleaning stations here at Taylor Creek! Clean Your Gear | Colorado Parks and Wildlife
With above-average flows on the Fryingpan right now the upper Roaring Fork can be a great alternative for smaller water and easier wading. Hatches are not usually as thick here as they are on the Pan, but mornings and evenings still offer up opportunities to fish BWO and Caddis patterns to rising fish. Sub-surface, think "tiny and shiny" nymphs fished in the deeper, cooler water.
Small doses of high country rain and cloudier afternoons should keep water temperatures where we want them, but this water is low and slow, so keeping a thermometer handy is never a bad idea.
HATCHES: Pale Morning Duns 14-18, Golden Stones 6-10, Caddis 16-18, Blue Winged Olives 18-22, Midges 18-24
APPROPRIATE PATTERNS:
DRIES: Chubby Chernobyl 6-10, Cloud 9 Golden Stone 6-8, Stimulator 12-18, Elk Hair Caddis 12-18, Missing Link Caddis 16-18, Missing Link Caddis 16-18, Puterbaugh's Foam Caddis 16-18, High Captive Dun PMD 16-18, TC Sparkledun PMD 16-18. Melon Quill PMD 16-18, Harrop's CDC Biot Dun BWO 20-22, TC Sparkledun BWO 18-22, Rat-faced McDougal 16-18, Barr's Vis-a-Dun BWO 20-22, Dorsey's Midge Emerger 22, Antonio's Hi-Vis Quill Midge 20, Solitude Hatching Midge Black 22, Bill Fitzsimmons Trailing Shuck Midge 22-26
NYMPHS: Cat Poop Stone 8-12, Prince Nymph 14-18, Griffin's Twenty Incher 12-14, Stott's Raisinette 20, Tungsten Two Bead Nymph 18-20, Jigged Hot Orange Bead CDC Pheasant Tail 18-20, Tungsten Rainbow Warrior 20-22, BTS Baetis 20-22, Sparklewing RS2 20-22, Beadwing Midge Emerger Grey 20-22, Pulsating Midge Emerger 20, Freestone Emerger Olive 22, Tailwater Tiny Midge Red 20-22
STREAMERS: Craven's Swim Coach, Barr's Slump Buster, Carlton Banks, Craven's Baby Gonga, Tim Heng's Autumn Splendor
HINTS: Fish tend to be down in the fastest, most oxygenated water they can find right now.