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Date: 7/15/2003

Name: Jason Price
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Comments on this site: water is fairly clear and it looks really good!

Date: August 2, 2003

Name: Gene & Kris Edwards
Email: gedwards@tkdistributors.com

Comments on this site: Kris 13...Geno 10. I thought we'd get that out of the way up front and I'd feel better.I was wrong. The upper part of the creek that has fished very well for us in the past(2 years ago) produced no fish in the first hour. We gave up quickly and went to the lower 1/3 of the property. The few fish I caught and the several Kris caught were all on standard nymphs in size 16. Prince, Green Copper John, BHPT, Lightning Bug and Cream scuds all fooled fish. One 15" Rainbow and about a dozen 11 to 13" Browns. Surprisingly no fish took my Hopper just the dropper and Kris fished a standard nymph rig and as I said caught the most fish. We moved on to the middle parking lot and caught another dozen fish, this section was mostly Rainbows from 12 to 16" and most of these boys opted for my Hopper and kris' #16 Stimulator. The real hoppers on this section were plentiful but very small. Thunder storms chased us home at 5 before we could give the upper section one last try. Lots of silt on the upper part which I suppose has negatively effected the bug and fish life. By the way be careful the silt can be just like quick sand and when you weigh as much as I do you can sink pretty deep!

Date: July 24, 2003

Name: RMAC Member
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Comments on this site: Great Day. Caught all fish on top with hopper and yellow humpy.

Date: September 28, 2003

Name: Gene Edwards
Email: gedwards@tkdistributors.com

Comments on this site: I got a little bummed out when I saw how thin the water was. It had to be a foot lower than last month when I was here. I decided to call Lowell and see if A12 was still available, maybe there is more water down stream. Well I am happy to report my cell phone wouldn't work so I decided to walk down and give it a try. This turned out to be one of my best days ever, considering fish count, size, time fished and most fish were taken on hoppers and small adams and hares ear dry patterns. Every bend still has deep pools, but the flow was moving so slow a traditional nymph rig probably wouldn't work. I coaxed a few up on hoppers and chartreuse copper droppers before a midge hatch started about 11:00. The next two hours produced fish, mostly rainbows in the 16" range, every couple of casts. You do have to practice a lot of stealth and make long accurate casts and watch out for the quick sand like mud. Each bend(pool) would have 2 or 3 risers(sippers) spaced out up the pool and if you were careful and landed the fish downstream you could pick off one right after another. It was a beautiful thing until 2 when the wind chased them down and me home.

Date: June 18, 2004

Name: Gene Edwards
Email: gedwards@tkdistributors.com

Comments on this site: Fished the afternoon only(1:30 to 4:30) and the fishing was suprisingly good. The first hour produced only two nice browns 13 and 14". One on the black copper john dropper and one on a red copper john. No hits on the #18 elk hair caddis. Thunderstorm were building, it was getting very dark and my 52 yo eyes quit working. So I swapped the caddis for a big old "Hopper Dropper". Have you seen these they are very cool, very bouyant and a lime green parachute makes them very visable. Hey, I actually saw a hopper on the bank, it was only one and it was very small, but I don't need much of an opening. In the next hour I landed 13 more fish, all browns between 11 and 16", on the hopper. Hopper fishing in June.....this may be my new favorite property. One quick trip to the lower area produced 2 more 12" browns. Curiously only browns today, not a single rainbow. I had a simular fish count last Fall and caught all rainbows. One tip on the upper end. Don't walk straight to the river, walk downstream a ways before you start back up. The closer you get to the dam the slower the fishing is. Probably has something to do with the resevoir silt washing down.

Date: July 17, 2004

Name: Bob
Email:

Comments on this site: Had a wonderful day-even though it was raining. Caught plenty of fish 8 or so were browns in the 12-14 inch range. The dam is working well.

Date: July 30, 2004

Name: Will Chester
Email: wchester@evcohs.com

Comments on this site: Good day with a friend. Quiet water, probably 90cfs. Mostly sunny but some storms in the afternoon. Used small to medium hoppers most of the day. Tried other patterns, but hoppers most productive. Prolific PMD hatch around noon.

Date: August 15,2004

Name: Michael Brod
Email: mbrod@cwrpda.com

Comments on this site: I got there early and it was a bit cold to start off. It was a bit of a difficult day as the stream flow was down. I only fished the lower stretch of the property. It is a nice property, but I didn't have much luck. Tried just about every dry in my box and had a couple of lookers on my hoppers. Lost a really nice brown on a #16 BWO but lost him as I got him to me. I'm sure the property will fish better with more water! My first time out on a RMAC property. I'm sure I will be back to A-8 when there is more water!

Date: September 4, 2004

Name: Lyn Lampert
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Comments on this site: Cool drizzly day with clear water. Really nice Blue wing Olive hatch (heavy) and did quite well with Parachute Blue Wing Olives s18. Had better fishing on the lower section. Saw fish on the upper section but it was harder to fish to them in the slow water. The fish were in great shape, big fat rainbows and browns. One large rainbow broke me off.

Date: 2/3/05

Name: Jason Price
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Comments on this site: Just wanted to let everyone know that stream improvements have been made on the far upper end of the property in response to all the silt that had been washed down from the dam. The future looks favorable for the property!

Date: May 12, 2005

Name: Wes
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Comments on this site: Upper section was slow in a.m. but lower section was really hot in the afternoon. Best flies were a Red Copper John, a Flashback Pheasant Tail and a tan Wooly Bugger

Date: May 16, 2005

Name: Wally
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Comments on this site: Fished great on streamers. Anything purple seemed to be very productive- like a purple zonker. Also fished well with a green egg sucking leech. All rainbows and biggest as around 20 inches. Only fished the upper section.

Date: June 11, 2005

Name: Gary Ewen
Email: gewen@ccu.edu

Comments on this site: We fished hard all day and were skunked! That’s the first time in many years… The property is gorgeous and the stream looks superb. The top portion of the upper section still has a fair amount of sediment but the stream improvements will make this an incredible fishery over time. The water was pretty high as the spillway for the dam was over-flowing quite hard. The lower section was pretty well flooded with the stream pouring over its banks and through the willows putting much debris (and many fly-catching snags) in the water. Though we fished hard, we did not see many fish at all. The people on the pubblic sections also were not catching (or seeing) any fish. I suspect the fish are holding deep and waiting out the flood. Nonetheless, this is truly a gorgeous stream!

Date: June 19, 2005

Name: Sally Fant
Email: sallyfant@hotmail.com

Comments on this site: The day was perfect, nice breeze and the flow was perfect. The morning and midday was very active with PMD,s, Caddis pupae and caddis dries getting good hits with an equal balance of sub-surface and surface action. It slowed down mid-afternoon and we took a break until 5:00 or so after which we caught more in the last 3 hours than the rest of the day altogether. My fishing buddy caught at least 30+ fish, all over 12" and the average being 14-16" but she caught 4 or 5 18-19 inchers. I landed at least 15 or so, some really, really nice ones, and lost some even bigger ones. We aw some real hogs in a few pools but they were smarter than we were. Great property! We're headed back early July again! Thanks RMAC!

Date: July 4, 2005

Name: Sally
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Comments on this site: Incredible day even if it was very windy. Fish were hitting Hoppers HARD and fast and later in the day, foam bodied caddis! We only fished the section between the first parking spot to and above the cabin and my fishing buddy caught a 22" rainbow (measured it 3 times), a 20" Brown, plus 4 or 5 over 16" as well as numerous 12-14 inchers. I landed 5 over 16", lost more than that as the hits broke off my 6X tippet before I changed over to 5X and countless fish 12-15". The fish were all very, very healthy and strong with the bigger ones making us run up and down the banks frequently. This was my 2nd time fishing this beautiful piece of water & the size and consitency of the fish amaze me. We also saw 2 bald eagles, a coyote on a rock howling, elk, and a water snake (yuk!).

Date: July 9th, 2005

Name: T. Curtis
Email: tscurtis64@comcast.net

Comments on this site: My guests and I fished the whole lease, all 4 miles of it. What a terrific lease for the club. The stream improvements really are great and Jim from Ute Creek River Ranch oversees this property very well and knows the water - good tips! We had about 69 cfs. We fished the upper in the morning (8am - noon) using stimulators, hoppers, madam x, humpies - to very active trout and a bh pt as a dropper also helped. Mainly rainbows caught. Many of the stream improvements are now holding fishing. We fished the lower in the afternoon (1pm - 7pm) using humpies, adams, trudes and nymphing - to very active trout. A mix of rainbows and browns caught. Pocket water was a good bet. The low end of the lease (beaver ponds) we awesome for browns). It was a very good day, with many many rises to drys and many fished hooked and landed. The big fish of the day was a nearly 20" rainbow and an 18" brown. Many other nice fish hooked but not landed. BUGS terrible! no matter what section of the stream you were on. Mosquitoes, horseflys, spiders. Bring quality bug spray and apply it hourly. Perhaps a mesh headnet? Overall a very good day. I recommend this lease for introducing beginners or novice fly fishers into the sport!

Date: August 10, 2005

Name: Dan
Email: dkf23@aol.com

Comments on this site: We got there about 9:30am. Overcast skies with a light breeze. Not too hot. Tricos on the upper section of the property. Stealth a must. Red copper john also produced. Fished stims and trudes on the lower section in the afternoon. Rain around 3pm. I had to get back early so we left. We worked for them. My first time there. Spectacular. And the fishing wasn't bad either.

Date: Augsut 6 2005

Name: Bill Farnum
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Comments on this site: Weather was perfect 70- and sunny. Great fishing about 1/3 of a mile below the upper property boundary to the boundary. I didn't fish the lower part of the proprty but plan to next time as I saw some nice fish down there. I caught 3 Rainbows and 4 browns over 17" all on size 18 green CDC Emergers. All fish were very close to the banks sipping the emergers. Very strong fish great fighters with lots of jumps! They all hit on the 1st cast and disappeared if I missed the strike so be ready...Nothing on hoppers and/or droppers. Will be back in a few weeks.

Date: August 27, 2005

Name: Ted Lenz
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Comments on this site: Arrived at the bottom section around 10:00 am and fished nymphs with good luck, mostly rainbows. Went to the upper section around noon and started sight fishing in the slow water with hoppers. Caught several rainbows and browns in the 12-18 inch range. Fish were aggresive but very wary in the slow water. Had a great time.

Date: April 2 2006

Name: Bill Farnum
Email: bbfarnum@comcast.net

Comments on this site: Started out a very cold and WINDY day on A-8. Fished the lower section of the property in the AM until about 12:30 battling 30 mph winds. Didn't move or see any fish. Moved up to the upper section in the PM and had a great 2 hours once the wind died down and I could put a cast where it needed to be. Red and maroon copper johns trailing a Red San Juan was the ticket. The fish were stacked up in a few holes, but were tough to find. But it was worth it as one hole relinquished 5 fish ranging from a 10" Rainbow to an 18" Brown and a monster 23" 'bow on the worm. Too bad I was by msyelf I really wish I had gotten a picture of this hook jawed rainbow...Well maybe next time...I would definitely concetrate on the upper 1 mile of the stream where the improvements were made a few years ago. Looks like those improvements have really taken hold and big fish are thriving there.

Date: 4/11/06

Name: Leigh Gardner
Email: gardnel@mac.com

Comments on this site: We were on the stream around 9 and the fishing picked up around 10. Little black midges worked very well untill just after noon when we switched over to streamers. We fished mostly buggers with and without beadheads, a conehead in green gave multiple 20+ inchers. Stick to the deeper pools and deep runs and stay away from the banks when walking upstream.

Date: March 30, 2006

Name: John Gabriele
Email: jmgabriele@rmi.net

Comments on this site: There were a ton of fish in the open meadow, the key was figuring out how to sneak up on them with very little cover. Even some dry fly activity in the late morning with the sun out. We had a great day there, my largest was an 18" rainbow, though also had 3 or 4 12-14" on. An excellent first property for a new RMAC member!

Date: July 2, 2006

Name: Daryl Mechem
Email: dmechem@dividendcapital.com

Comments on this site: All expectations met. Fished the upper portion from 9:00am to lunch and had plenty of opportunity but landed few. A hatch was occuring until about 11:00 but neither my friend or myself had the knowledge to identify it. Caught five rainbows in the 14" to 18" range with twice as many lost. Fished the lower section after lunch and caught six smaller browns on the hopper dropper combo but the mesquito's were truely unbelievable and we headed back to the upper section and caught three good size rainbows in an hour or so. Used a hopper/copper john set-up. Beautiful water and will be going back.

Date: July 15, 2006

Name: Jason Price
Email: jaypee23@holly.colostate.edu

Comments on this site: Fished better than I have ever experienced on this property. Mosquitos were present but not bad on the upper section. Rainbows and browns were slamming chernobyl ants, hoppers, and stimmy's. Bigger fish seemed to like the ant the best. Biggest fish was 19 inches and most were 12-15 inches.

Date: July 22, 2006

Name: Sally Fant
Email:

Comments on this site: Another exceptional day on our favorite lease - A-8. This property never fails to deliver consistently healthy and strong rainbows and browns - mostly in the 13-18" category. A combination of Hoppers, Caddis', Copper Johns and Flashbacks worked well all day.

Date: August 11, 2006

Name: David and Tyler Koets
Email: DKOETS@aol.com

Comments on this site: This is our favorite property so far. We had a great day. We caught 34 fish total all on a yellow stimulator with a flashback beadhead pheasant tail dropper. Lots of small stocker fish on the upper portion but we caught 4 10-16" on the lower portion. We will be back next year.

Date: Aug. 30th, 2006

Name: Gene Edwards
Email: gedwards@tkdistributors.com

Comments on this site: It's been a while since I fished this great property. Well it's everything I remember and "MORE". I'm talking about the stream improvments of course. I took a couple of guests who just couldn't believe how lucky we are to have access to property like A8. I agree. Possible future members I'd say. Oh BTW the fishing was great on hopper dropper, stimmies and droppers. We caught probably 40 or so between the three of us, an even mix of browns an rainbows 10 to 18 inches!

Date: October 1, 2006

Name: Joe Springer
Email: jspringer@comcast.net

Comments on this site: I fished the upstream section in the morning and the downstream section in the afternoon. The stream improvements on the upper section provide excellent fish habitat. The water was to low to fish the middle section - I spooked the fish before I could get close enough to cast (breezy). It was very quite until the blue dune hatch occured between 10 and 1. Caught about 6 browns and rainbows (6-10") on the upper section on a #16 blue dune dry fly; two broke my line after several minutes. The fish spook really easily, ususally had to move to the next hole after catching one fish. Caught about 5 browns (6-10") and 1 rainbow (12") on the downstream section in the afternoon. Had only strikes on #18 pheasant tail; eventually tied on a #14 renegade wet fly and started to catch fish. The fish weren't as spooky on the downstream section. Beautiful stretch of water; will return but earlier in the year when the water is deeper.

Date: April 22, 2007

Name: Matt Vineyard
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Comments on this site: Beautiful stream, especially the downstream mile. 3 of us had around 60 hook ups. Largest 20" with numerous 17-18. 11" was the exception with 15" being the rule. Red copper johns, San Juans, Flashback PT, Olive Buggers.

Date: June 30, 2007

Name: Steve Fitzgerald
Email: sfitz88@comcast.net

Comments on this site: In the immortal words of Valley girls everywhere, "Ohmygosh"! Rarely in life does the hype match expectations, but A-8 appears to be the exception. Somewhere around 40 fish to net, many between 16 and 20 inches (browns and bows) in about 7 hours of fishing. Nothing fancy...anything big with rubber legs on top, with a dropper (b. head p.t. or copper john) 2-3 feet below it. Wierdly, the big fish hit the dry, and the smaller ones the dropper. Even better, lots of jumpers, making the trip to the net exciting. The fish are exactly where the textbook says they should be, in the seams and along the banks. I fished the upper section, and found the part to the south of the parking area to be best, followed by the areas with structure north of the area all the way up to the end of the property. To top it off, a golden eagle joined the fishing, and was a sight to behold.

Date: July 24, 2007

Name: Joe-RMAC Member
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Comments on this site: Fished the lower section all day. There were some fish rising to caddis. There were lots of fish, caught on a Para. hopper, some fish over 20".

Date: 08/03/07

Name: Robert
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Comments on this site: The stream was high today due to monsoon rains. Still managed to land 15 fish, both browns and rainbows, from 12"-15". Used hoppers and stimmy's w/prince nymph droppers.

Date: August 9, 2007

Name: Joe
Email:

Comments on this site: An unbelievable hopper day! Caught several rainbows in excess of 20", plus all the other fish were from 14"-18". The Tarryall looked great and the fishing was good on a bright, sunny day.

Date: August 25th 2007

Name: Rik Christiansen
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Comments on this site: Awesome scenery to start the morning with!! Fished the upper part first (below the bridge). Very slow but plenty of swirls around. Finally took one on a bead headed PT below a Stimulator. Trico hatch was amazing but short. Thank God for the Deepwoods Off as the bugs were a plenty! After a mid-morning snack fished the lower part....much better! Tan Parahoppers were the slayers here. Several fish hooked and a few landed. Average 14 ish. Had a few smaller takers on the Stimmy - BeadHead PT tandem (Hit the PT). If I had to do it over again I would have started at the lower section and fished all the property there but for a first time it was as advertised and I will be back!

Date: September 2, 2007

Name: Tom Battaglia
Email: battagliat@gmail.com

Comments on this site: My wife and I fished the upper section exclusively, and it fished about the same as everyone else has described for this time of year. The flow was down significantly when compared to just a month ago. Stalking the fish was very difficult at this flow. There were clouds of tricos from ~9 - 10:30, but they weren't falling to the water while I was watching. Concurrently, there was a thin BWO hatch, and a size 20 CDC pattern brought a few 14-16s up. The rest of the day produced a few fish, mostly on hoppers and ants. We fished droppers too, but more strikes were had on the surface. In the "money-hole" my wife caught three > 16" on a BTS baetis below a red San Juan. Last, it also appeared that the suckers out-numbered the trout 3:1!

Date: 9/14

Name: Bill Farnum
Email: bbfarnum@comcast.net

Comments on this site: Great day on this property. Took a guest and he landed his largets fish ever, a fat 23" rainbow. We only fished the upper 1/2 mile of the property and hit the same holes a few times. Fish seem to be stacked up in a few holes. Weather was perfect and we landed 13-14 fish between us, about half over 16". Mainly on buckskin nymphs under a SJ worm

Date: Sept 17, 2007

Name: Bill J.
Email: billj@wjinterests.com

Comments on this site: Fished in the rain in the AM but got better. Fish were actively feeding from 9am-3pm. #18 Adams and Caddis brought 15+ fish -bows and browns 12-16"-healthy fish all. After 3pm several nice 15"+ Bows on streamers.

Date: Oct. 26th, 2007

Name: Richard Feist
Email: rfeist@grout-tek.com

Comments on this site: There are some submarines in this water! It's almost November and the browns & bows were still hitting hoppers - small hoppers and BWO's on top. Small BHPTs & RS2's below. Great fishing, weather perfect, very nice property. Upper end is nicely improved habitat - stealth is require below structure area. Long slow glides - and the fish can see you 10 yards before you can see them. Wait to see riser forms and then give them a cast, don't walk and look - they will spook and leave their holds. Very good population of large fish. Enjoy!

Date: November 4, 2007

Name: Zach Broyles
Email:

Comments on this site: The water is clear and smooth, which made the trout easily spooked.

Date: October 27, 2007

Name: Harry Briscoe
Email: hjbris@embarqmail.com

Comments on this site: Arrived to a cold fog, fearful the day would be difficult. By the time I made the river bank, the fog had lifted and the sun was peeking through. A great brisk late Fall day. Made the creek near the upstream parking area and saw it low and slow. Immediately began spooking fish in every hole and wondered if there was a solution at all. I worked downstream to the cross-fence (this has a misleading sign on it now causing me, in correctly I think, to turn back upstream. That was a good move. I got into the stream mid-way and waded very, very slowly up. A few very slight rises started by about 11:00. I tried several choices but nothing until I swithched to a BWO emerger (about sz. 18) fished in or just below the film. Ouila!! Things remained fairly steady until about 3:30 pm ... I had I think 14 nice strikes and landed 9 fish.... all on the emerger and 6x, and all requiring extreme stealth (the Hexagraph provided that). Smallest fish was just under 15" and the largest was just at 19" - browns and rainbows both ..... what a great day!

Date: Nov. 9, 2007

Name: Mike Williams
Email: m_t_williams@hotmail.com

Comments on this site: Spring creek-like conditions and cold water kicked our butts on Friday. We only fished the upper half of the property, and the fish were holding in the deeper, winter lies. Started at the lower boundary fence and worked our way up. The water was slow, smooth, and clear, with some ice on the sides of the river from very low overnight temperatures. We saw many large fish, but only landed two all day--one 16" brown on a red and black bugger and one 14" rainbow on a small white and tan hopper. We had a couple of more strikes on the bugger in the morning and missed a few more trout in the late afternoon on green copper john droppers. Most of the fish were hiding in weed beds and channels. We didn't see a riser all day. The only technique that effectively gave us a chance to get the flies in front of the trout was dry-dropper or hopper-dropper, but you end up with your dropper hung up on the weeds more often than not. To say these fish are spooky is an understatement. I have never seen anything like it. I would be walking 10-20 feet back from the bank and see fish moving away from the banks 100 feet ahead of me as I approached cautiously and with a low profile, even if the fish were on the other side of a large water feature, and even if I was not casting, and even if my shadow was not on the water. There is no way they could see me from so far away, while facing upstream, so they must have sensed the slight vibrations as I moved up the creek. The only thing that helped conceal ourselves was moving extremely slowly up the center of the creek, but even then we spooked most of the fish well before we had a chance to cast for them. You better be a brown trout and spring creek pro, or the fish will clean your clock. Beautiful property, beautiful water, and a huge herd of bighorn sheep between the parking area and the water made for a very nice, if somewhat frustrating, day.

Date: April 6th 2008

Name: Gary
Email: gary@evcohs.com

Comments on this site: The stream is open, with only small areas of ice on the edges. It was freezing cold but the fishing was excellent. In 5 hours of fishing, from 12 noon to 5 PM caught over 20 fish in the 10-15 inch range, browns and rainbows. 60/40 ratio on nuclear eggs and any small black midge patterns.

Date: 4/20/2008

Name: JWE
Email: everett802@hotmail.com

Comments on this site: My second trip to a RMAC property and I am very pleased...what a beatiful site! The wind made things very tough but well worth the struggle. We fished the upper section and had fairly consistent luck throughout the day with several nice rainbows averaging ~ 14"-16" and a few browns. Things started slow until we reached the areas where structure had been added to provide holding areas for the fish. Working these would always lead to several takes. Staying low (to not spook fish and avoid getting blown into the river)and presenting well-mended drifts at just the right depth were the ticket. The water was a little cloudy so we used rigs with an attractor nymph up top and found that a flashback hare's ear size 16 to be what they were keying in on. A couple big ones hooked and lost in the deeper pools....don't let them go under the bank!!! The highlight of the day came when a Golden Eagle came swooping in on us as we took a break for lunch on the bank.

Date: April 27th, 2008

Name: Vic Walker
Email: vmwskywalk@yahoo.com

Comments on this site: Had a hard freeze over night. Wind was blowing hard and it was pretty chilly. That was the bad news. Good news is the fish didn't seem to care. It took a little while for the fishing to warm up, but once it did...wow! We caught fish on BH flash back PTs, Woolly Buggers, San Juan worms, and s16 red copper johns. Between two of us we landed about 15 fish each, and hooked many more. For the most part fish ranged from 12 to 16 inches. We landed three that were well outside of that range, 19", 22", and a fat 23" rainbow.

Date: May 4, 2008

Name: Joseph Radecki
Email: joseph.radecki@rbccm.com

Comments on this site: On the water at 8:15 and had landed four nice rainbows by 9AM. The rest of the day followed suit. What a terrific stretch of water! - and I only covered about half of the upper section. The day started sunny, with increasing cloud cover by midday. Flows appeared to be average for this time of year and the water was a bit brownish, limiting visibility to three to four feet . In the AM the fish were hitting red San Juan Worms and red Copper Johns (sz 16). With the afternoon cloud, BH FB PT and RS2s (sz 16 -18) worked well. Mostly rainbows ranging from 16" to 18". Several browns, which were smaller (12 -14”), but each one of them jumped several times. The fish were all in the deep corners and deep holes in areas with structure, although they are very jumpy and would dart out of their holds at the slightest indication of my approach. Stealth was key – it helped to stay low, walk softly and be mindful of where the sun is.

Date: May-8, 2008

Name: vinnie rigatti
Email:

Comments on this site: Got to the upper parking lot by 8AM with 2 guests. The day started off clear and sunny and we fished the lower portion of the upper stretch first and caught some nice fish, mostly on black wooly buggers and san juan worms, but action was generally slow. The weather gradually got worse and we saw rain, snow, sleet, and thunder throughout the day. Not to mention the wind which was ripping out of the north all afternoon. However the fishing was great in the upper stretches where the stream improvements are. The water is very clear and we each caught between 20-30 fish with a mix of rainbows, browns and cutts (which I think are stockers). The best flys were black wooly buggers, blood nymphs and red san juan worms. Caught several rainbows in the 16-20 inch range. There was even a small mayfly hatch late in the day when the wind let up for 20 minutes or so. Also be aware to have your license up to date. We had a DOW ranger ask for ours about midday.

Date: May 10, 2008

Name: Alan Robinson
Email: robin80004@aol.com

Comments on this site: Snow, wind, and temperatures in the high 20's greeted four of us as we arrived at the river around 9:30 am. As the sky appeared to be clearing to the west, we geared up and began fishing the lower section, hoping we would be somewhat sheltered from the wind. Fortunately, the sun broke throught the clouds raising the temerature into the 30's, but the wind did not subside. The four of us managed about 10 fish on the lower section by noon, 10"-14", mostly on black Wooley Buggers. The highlight of the morning was a big rainbow hooked in the fast water just below the beaver dam about 100 yards downstream of the lower parking area on a #16 FB pheasant tail. After fighting the fish for a few minutes and almost getting it in the net, my rod snapped just above the connecton of the 2-piece outfit. While the fish remained hooked initially, it pulled away as we attempted the get it to the net by hand. My dad was there assisting, and we both got several good looks at the fish which we estimate between 16"-18", but who knows. It was a nice fish, but not big enough to break a rod. I'm guessing a weak spot that had developed somehow over time that was looking for a good reason to break. We fished the upper section in the wind in the afternoon; the sun was out sporatically, but the temerature never got out of the high 30's. We again used mostly Wooley Buggers which were easiest to deal with in the wind, and landed another dozen or so fish in the ten to twelve inch range, with two going 16". The wind finally drove us off the water around 5:00 pm. This is great looking water at which our same group has had better success. We are all hoping to come back when it is a little warmer, and the wind a lot calmer. We happened to hit it on the wrong day weather wise, but this is a tremendous stretch of water. We'll be back.

Date: May 31, 2008

Name: Andy Textoris
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Comments on this site: Great weather at A-8. No clouds and the usual wind. Water was high but only slightly off color. Two people fished the upper section and caught 18 fish. Only two fish under 16 inches. Both were browns at 12 inches. Largest fish just topped 18 inches. Al were healthy andstrong.Fish were cayght on wooly buggers, black stone fly nymphs, SJ worms,and egg patterns. A very good day.

Date: June 20, 2008

Name: Harry
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Comments on this site: BANNER DAY! Water still high and tea-colored. It was windy too. Three rods caught over 40 fish. Red CJ and gold ribbed hare's ears worked quite well. Riffles were the best area and 40 percent of the fish were rainbows.

Date: June 29, 2008

Name: Bruce Kautz
Email: blkautz@yahoo.com

Comments on this site: Fished the upper section from 9am to 1 pm. It was so bad that I only caught 3 cuts, 2 browns and 1 rainbow in one pool! Joking aside, the fish were taking size 16 Elk hair caddis, 16 Adams, 16 Royal Wulff, 16 Yellow humpy and I quit counting fish after 20. Closer to noon the fish were hitting a small emerger, so added a 2 1/2 ft dropper with 18 beadhead Prince and caught a lot of cuts on the dropper. Don't forget Mosquito repellent!

Date: July 6, 2008

Name: Gary Godden
Email: goddens2@comcast.net

Comments on this site: Three words...Black Wooley Bugger. That's all I fished all day, & the fish were on it like candy. Big or small, they all wanted it! The water levels are a bit high w/ a slight tea-colored stain, but it made for great streamer fishing. An honest 50 fish day, ranging from 12" to 18" rainbows, cutts & browns, w/ 3-20" rainbows that variously snapped my tippet, threw the hook or snagged me off. Also, no mosquitos! Go figure.

Date: July 3, 2008

Name: Jim Pyeatte
Email: pyeatte@mac.com

Comments on this site: Guest and I began fishing around 9:30 am and did not have much success. We caught a few Browns on Copper Johns (green). About noon we swished to Red bead heads and began to catch more browns and a few rainbows. later we switched to San Juan Worm and the fun began. Large Rainbows 18 & 20 inch came alive and we landed several, until the Grandmother of Rainbows decided to get a bit of a HOT PINK San Juan Worm, what a battle and a catch 24 inches long - caught and released back to catch another day.