Trying out a classic
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2022 2:01 pm
I tied up a few Rio Grande Kings, the best I could, and took them up to the Poudre to see if they are as good as their reputation says they are. I wasn't disappointed.
I used a duo rig with the RGK on top with the Gingerbread on bottom. I have to say, that with the success I have had with the Gingerbread, the RGK showed it up. I caught around a dozen fish, give or take, and all but two took the RGK.
I drove up to Big South Trail and started fishing around 7:30am. I fished for about two hours and not a take was to be had. I wondered if they weren't yet rising. I noticed it had rained good there not too much before I got there, so maybe the rain kept the fish down, or I'm just a bad fisherman.
After no bites, except from bugs, I went down the canyon to a spot I have fished regularly the past few years. It was now around 10am and things began to heat up with the fish. The RGK was hit fast with a nice brown tucked behind a rock in the middle of the river. I watched the fish rise up and take the fly without a hesitation. GAME ON!
He put up a nice fight and on my new bamboo rod it felt bigger than what it was; and who doesn't like that feeling?
Later on I caught a really nice rainbow, also on the RGK.
Ok, just one more. This was a surprise. It's the first brookie I ever caught on the Poudre.
I had a great time fishing the RGK and I want to fish more winged wets.
I used a duo rig with the RGK on top with the Gingerbread on bottom. I have to say, that with the success I have had with the Gingerbread, the RGK showed it up. I caught around a dozen fish, give or take, and all but two took the RGK.
I drove up to Big South Trail and started fishing around 7:30am. I fished for about two hours and not a take was to be had. I wondered if they weren't yet rising. I noticed it had rained good there not too much before I got there, so maybe the rain kept the fish down, or I'm just a bad fisherman.
After no bites, except from bugs, I went down the canyon to a spot I have fished regularly the past few years. It was now around 10am and things began to heat up with the fish. The RGK was hit fast with a nice brown tucked behind a rock in the middle of the river. I watched the fish rise up and take the fly without a hesitation. GAME ON!
He put up a nice fight and on my new bamboo rod it felt bigger than what it was; and who doesn't like that feeling?
Later on I caught a really nice rainbow, also on the RGK.
Ok, just one more. This was a surprise. It's the first brookie I ever caught on the Poudre.
I had a great time fishing the RGK and I want to fish more winged wets.