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Date: June 3 2002
Name: Jason Price
Email:
Comments on this site: Incredible! first fish of the day was a 23 inch rainbow and that pritty much set the pattern for the rest of the day. Big rainbows browns and cutts that would take any standard nymph. The Roaring Fork fished really well as well. Lots of fat browns on caddis nymphs. Got one nice rainbow in the pond but only fished it for a few minutes. Tons of water to fish and tons of un educated trophy fish.
Date: June 14th, 2002
Name: Mike
Email: melyons@lucent.com
Comments on this site: Excellent water. Fished from 8:00 am until 8:30 pm. The pond fished very well at approx. 9:00 am, had a great dry hatch, they were hitting PMD's and small dry midges. The creeks were on most of the day, slowed down a little later in the day. Flies of choice:
Small Red San Juan worm - # 16-18
Beadhead Prince Nymphs - # 16
Mercury (Glass Head) Pheasant Tail - # 18
Copper John - # 18
PMD - # 16
Date: July 17, 2002
Name: Stu Stout
Email: stout@us.ibm.com
Comments on this site: My two boys and I fished this property for the 1st time. It took a while to get our bearings. Fewer fish landed than I expected but their size was nothing short of impressive. There were a few fish rising until mid morning but caught fish on dries on and off all day. Big strong fish both in the spring creeks & pond. All of us had BIG fish break us off. The Roaring Fork fished well too. Few fish rising in the pond but the fish hooked up were big. A great day fishing except for the Horse Flies as bug dope did little to deter them.
Date: August 11, 2002
Name: Fred
Email: fmmmd@aol.com
Comments on this site: Fished the morning of the 11th and had a delightful day. I have fished this creek for years (long before RMAC took over the leasing. It has always fished well and still does. I had great success with grasshoppers and other dries and took many large Rainbows and several nice Browns. I found my 3 weight floating line to be ideal.
Date: Sept. 5th, 2002
Name: Chuck & Pat Kraus
Email: chuckk@colorado.net
Comments on this site: Outstanding fishing !! Although the morning was a little slower than on my previous trip, the afternoon and evening more than made up for it. We caught many fish including a very large cuttbow, and numerous huge rainbows. After lunch we visited Jeff at Alpine Angling, where we bought several "magnificos", a dropper which he created. We killed 'em with that fly throught the rest of the day and evening. You absolutely must get some of these from Jeff, when you fish this property. The biggest fish of the day was hooked with the "magnifico" in the late afternoon, and took me downstream 80 yards,having lept out of the water ,over a foot, three different times...but he broke off at the net,so I guess this will become just another fish story. We also had success with almond colored hoppers and navy blue copper johns. We hope you too can enjoy this beautiful and productive property. Chuck & Pat
Date: May 21, 2003
Name: Robert W. Ensley
Email: RobertNFaye@MSN.com
Comments on this site: I met members Chuck Howard and Dale Darling (Saint Vrain Angling) at about 9am. It was a shirt sleeve day to fish but the water was off color due to run off. In the morning I had only landed one fish in the stream but managed to land about 10 in the pond near the inlets. All fish were 17 to 20 inch rainbows except for one nice brown. All were caught dead driffing a bead head Pheasant Tail Nymph. In the afternoon I went back to the stream and used a large Black Woolly Bugger with some success but when I switched to a large Olive Wooly Bugger I caught a fish in nearly every hole. After about 20 fish I quit at 4:30pm. All the fish I caught in the stream were rainbows and some ran 20" (none were under 16"). It was a great day of fishing and I know the other anglers also did well. They were back at the pond landing fish when I left. Dale can cast better than any angler I have seen. He had a nice bamboo rod to do it with. Bob
Date: July 22, 2003
Name: Matt and Zach Buchenau
Email: mattybuck@comcast.net
Comments on this site: To echo previous comments, this property was one of the most challenging, diverse and productive I've had the pleasure of visiting since becomming a member. My 11-year-old son and I went wire to wire, starting on the nearest fork of the creek as we worked our way down to the Roaring Fork. Although the fish spooked easily if you weren't careful, I landed a healthy 19" Rainbow on a red Copper John trailed off a small PMD. We then waded a portion of "The Fork" where we had terrific action on a rig comprising a Drake emerger with a pinkish scud trailer. We landed three big Bows on the scud and one hefty Brown took the emerger before we broke off for a pre-lunch stint on the ponds. Big fish there too, but a bit finicky. We did manage a good size Rainbow on a standard Dave's Hopper and another on a small flashback PT, but action slowed for awhile. Each of us hooked up using black and olive Buggers on the upper pond, but when we hit the interior fork of the creek, things heated up fast. I landed another 10 to 12 extremely impressive fish on a San Juan Worm/Golden Stone set-up. I'm not kidding when I say that every fish I caught on this property exceeded 16" and about four came in over 24". Most were Rainbows, but I did pull in a beautiful Cutbow. We had a great time. My son even caught a couple snakes as they slithered across the paths in front of us. As I fished throught the last rays of sun, my boy was able to pet one of the friendly horses that roam the property. What a great day.
Date: August 16, 2003
Name: Lawson-RMAC Member
Email:
Comments on this site: It's only 1:30, but I had to call and tell the office that - you were right about the fish in this creek. They are there, and they are Big and they like Hoppers and Droppers and San Juan Worms
Date: August 9, 2004
Name: Charles Garcia
Email:
Comments on this site: What a wonderful day. The creeks were tough due to the tall grass, probably better in spring or after the first few frosts in the fall. The fishing on the ponds was spectacular. My wife landed a rainbow the size of a football using a hopper with a beadhead nymph trailer. The best part was the folks who live there. They stopped by to say hello and ask how we were doing and to provide some suggestions.
Date: September 26, 2004
Name: TJ VanderHeiden
Email: vanderheidentj@comcast.net
Comments on this site: This is a beautiful place with big fish galore. We ran across a picture perfect, chamber of commerce type day for Carbondale -72 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. The snow draped Mt. Sopris was breathtaking.
With as skittish as these fish are in the creeks and as bright as the sun was on Sunday - we did not have as good of fishing as advertised. However, fishing was "decent" and each member of my group was able to catch at least one fat rainbow of 3+ pounds. The large pond fished very well on Woolly Buggers with a flash to them and we also caught a few fish on Hoppers in the streams that were very aggressive on the take. The majority of the fish caught in the streams were on Copper John's (Black), Red Magnifico's or Pheasant Tails. My concern is that this property has been hit so hard by guides and member anglers over the summer that the fish are almost afraid of their own shadow. Many fish were so easily spooked did not have a chance to cast to them. That left me a bit concerned about my 90$ rod fee X 2 guests. For that price perhaps this property should be restricted as to the number of days fished per year? Just a thought.
Was it a good day? Yes. Was it worth the drive from Parker, CO? Yes. Will I be back? Yes - on either a cloudy day or for a half day when I can plan to fish well into the evening. Am I a complainer with a nice picture of a fat fall rainbow? Perhaps. Either that or I just have high expectations from what is a very good fishery.
Toodles.
Date: March 20, 2005
Name: Gene & Kris Edwards
Email: gedwards@tkdistributors.com
Comments on this site: This property is easy to fish and very difficult to fish. If you've been here you know what I mean, if you haven't......get up there. Large Cutbows were the order of the day and just about any well presented nymph produce nice fish all day. Cold and light snow chased us off by about 3:00, but we had about as much fun we could stand by then. The Roaring Fork was suprisingly unproductive(a couple of smallish Browns), but you don't want to spend too much time there when every hole in the creeks hold a couple of large viewable slabs.
Date: May 2, 2005
Name: Bob Gollick
Email: bgollick@comcast.net
Comments on this site: If you have never fished this property talk with the guides at "Alpine Angling" to get a feel for where the creeks are located and what's fishing well. They are VERY knowledable and friendly.
I'm not much on just standing on the bank and fishing a pond but the large pond was incredible. 31 large rainbows in a few hours. It actually became boring. They would hit anything. Flies that I've have had for years and no idea what they are would immediately produce a fish. The creeks were very muddy and loaded with moss. Must check your fly almost every cast. However, several big fish and lots of fun. The Roaring Fork had a caddis hatch going and was also excellent fishing. 12 fish over 2 hours. Much more fun than the ponds.
While the RMAC book states that fishing starts at 8:00am, the guide shop does not open until 8:30. Since you must pick up a "pass" from the shop, avoid waiting in the parking lot for 30 minutes and arrive closer to 8:30.
Date: June 17 2005
Name: Gerry
Email:
Comments on this site: No clouds, 83 degrees, fresh mown grass to wader up. Pretty nice way to spend the day. AM best on the south fork spring with big attractor nymphs (red worm,pink worm) with PT trailing. North Fork didn't fish all day, Roaring fork still pretty much Chocolate milk. PM fun with small stuff. 24 para-adams with 24-28 dropper (7x) cream midges about 7-12" took some big fish on cane rod in smaller pond. Dan Landed a reported 25" bow in big pond in AM on olive mohair leach (west side). Safe drive to and fro made for a terrific day.
Date: August 20, 2005
Name: Bruce Kautz
Email:
Comments on this site: Hot, sunny / partly cloudy beautiful day. Fished the entire North Fork of the Spring Creek with different hoppers from 11:30 to 7 pm. Caught 4 browns over 12", 6 Cuttbows over 17" (biggest was 20") and numerous rainbows and cuttbows over 14". Roaring Fork along the edge produced small Browns on a red copper John dropper. The Main Spring Creek downstream of the parking area produced Browns, rainbows and Cuttbows over 14" on a Hopper. Saw some big fish in the ponds, but didn't fish the ponds since the creeks were producing so well. Great property to fish!
Date: 04-01-06
Name: D C Wilson
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Comments on this site: Unbelievable fishing, lost count of fish between three rods. All waters fished well, used Black midges, red SJW's and gray emergers in the creeks, gold stone fly nymphs trailing a gray emerger in the Roaring Fork, and black BH buggers in the ponds. Caught a 26" rainbow in the pond and a 22" Cutt in the Fork
Date: 5-27
Name: Bill Farnum
Email: bbfarnum@comcast.net
Comments on this site: Beautiful day in Carbondale, 75 degress and just a little breeze. Fished the spring creeks the majority of the day as the Roraing Fork is mud. Took me a while to figure out what to catch them on but once I did, it was a fish about every other cast. Used a #10 Anelid worm with a buckskin dropper. Put the worm about 10incehes from an indicator and the trailing nymph about 6-8 inches from the worm. I didn't realize how shallow these creeks are until I adjusted my indicator to these depths. Ended up landing 8 really strong fish over 16" and lost another 5 or 6. Some other members were there working the ponds with success on nymphs.
Bill
Date: May 29, 2006
Name: Ken Blackburn
Email: Friscoken@yahoo.com
Comments on this site: The water at Gianinetti's was high and slightly off color due to run off. The water was also very cold and limited the bug activity. There were no rising fish all day on the river or in the ponds. I caught 5 fish by lunch time. The best pattern was a size 18 BH Golden Stonelfy. In the afternoon I used a red weighted San Juan worn with the BH Golden Stonefly and the action really picked up. Almost every hole I caught a fish or had several strikes. I landed 16 fish for the day and I lost another 8. 3 fish were over 20" and one was a fat 22'. All the fish were caught in the stream as I did not fish the ponds all day.
Date: July 13, 2006
Name: Sally Fant
Email:
Comments on this site: WOW ! This amazing little ditch of a creek holds some huge fish. When my husband and I arrived with Don Barz, we were skeptical to say the least - until we saw the fish cruising in the pond for starters. Then as the day went on, they kept getting bigger and bigger as we moved our way along the stream. Don was awesone to spend the day with and we learned - among many things - how to tie some new knots. Thanks Don - Dick is still proudly showing everyone his new skill!
Date: Aug 22, 2006
Name: jeff pemberton
Email: jeffp@fortressre.net
Comments on this site: Wow, what a great place to fish. A little bit of a junkyard but the parking area was nice with tables and covered picnic table, fish are eager, fat and strong. The spring creeks were tight but we caught many browns and bows upto 20 inch. The lakes were fun as well but they hit the fly so softly you have to be very cool on the trigger. The Rork was fun, there are plenty of fish in the shallows to keep you busy, no need to go out to the deeper part of the river. Be very careful wading the Fork!
Date: Aug. 30, 2006
Name: Ken Blackburn
Email: friscoken@yahoo.com
Comments on this site: Very good fishing under partly cloudy skies. Hoppers everywhere but the fish in the spring creek were not interested. I fished with a dry and double dropper rig in the creek and had very good success on a BH PT. Lots of weeds in the water right now. The Fork was great! Stimulators with a 20 incher dropper was the ticket. Several Browns and 2, 17" Rainbows along the bank.
Date: April 15, 2007
Name: John Cantlon
Email:
Comments on this site: Fished creek and ponds. Did not fish River. Size ranged from 12 inches to 20 inches while working at catching Browns. Used nymphs and strike indicators as a general rule. Tradional Prince nymph poor with odd, buggy looking bugs working best deep. A few BWOs in the ponds worked OK for rising trout. Fish small creek with small set ups. Pond would take float tube very well.
Date: May 19, 2007
Name: Joe Bo
Email:
Comments on this site: Between 2 of Us we landed approximately 50 fish in the 12 - 20 inch range, including brookies, bows, cutbows,and browns. We fished the main spring creek and the lake. Both with dry droppers. Approximately half the fish took the drys, humptys and simulators. Droppers which were successful were small flashback nymphs size 16 - 20 and SanJuan worms in pink. A couple of large fish were taken in the main creek on midge dry patterns and cinnamon ants.
The spring creek was a bit off-colored but very fishable in the upper stretches and the Fork was unfishable due to run-off. 2 weeks until Green Drakes on the Fork.
Date: Sunday, June 17, 2007
Name: Chuck Kraus
Email: chuckk@colorado.net
Comments on this site: This site never disappoints! It was a wonderful way to spend Father's Day!
I'll be e-mailing a photo of my
22 inch fish which I believe is a variety of cutbow. This was an amazingly beautiful and unusually marked fish. The water was quite a bit higher than when I've fished it before, and this one was caught on a bugger in the main stream. It was a great day!!
Date: June 21, 2007
Name: Joe Springer
Email: jspringer@comcast.net
Comments on this site: I stopped by "Alpine Angling" to get a feel for where the creeks are located and on how to fish the property. They were very knowledgeable and friendly. I fished the creeks using a weighted dark green Woolly Bugger and sometimes I tied on a pink San Juan Worm as a trailing fly. The fish were in the deeper holes and you had to add weight to get to them. I caught most of the fish on the Wooly Bugger. The roaring fork was roaring and I only made a handful of casts. I caught 20+ fish, mostly rainbow and several browns. I fished from 8:00 a.m. till 7:00 p.m.; the fishing was really slow from 3:00 to 7:00. I only fished the large pond for about 10-20 minutes and caught several fish. The fish I caught were in the 10 to 18 inch size. The property has a lot of variety and is a fun place to fish.
Date: 7.06.07
Name: Big John
Email: jtanberg@msn.com
Comments on this site: Unfortunatly, our group of 3 could only fish from 12:30 to 5:00pm. We used a large Almond Hopper and 3 1/2 ft. weighted dropper(Red Magnifico mostly).Caught several on the dropper then just fished with the Hopper. Slowed about 3:30 and we finished the day stripping an Olive Wooley Bugger. Fished the spring creek to the 2nd gate.Did not fish the river or the ponds.Lost count but we caught Browns Rainbows & Cutbows 12" to 18".
We hated to leave as it was a beautiful hot,productive summer day.Remember to bring your bug juice... we forgot and thankfully, Jim (the other member on the lease) provided us with some.
Date: July 21, 2007
Name: Paul
Email:
Comments on this site: Main creek was muddy but the one nearest the Roaring Fork was clear and fished good with zebra midges. Big pond was great with green WB. Caught lots of big fish.
Date: 7-18 and 7-24
Name: Jim Armstrong
Email: petro-site@msn.com
Comments on this site: What a difference a week makes! On the 18th we hammered them in the river and on the ranch creeks, rainbows that were like footballs and full of stone flies, browns, cut-bows, all 18" or better. My son-in-law said, "this was our best trip ever". By the 24th, rain has dis-colored the Fork and only caught 4, all small, ranch creeks were better on dries but fish still small. I guess that's why its called fishing. Met the owner. Overall one of RMA's better properties.
Date: August 11, 2007
Name: Jeff Oxley
Email: jdoxley@swingletree.com
Comments on this site: Great property, but extremely difficult to fish, especially teaching a 6 year old how to fish. We fished in the afternoon and did extremely well in the 2.5 hours we fished. We caught 4 fish, all 20+. We had a hopper as the top fly and then tied on a chartruse copper john as a dropper 3 feet down. These creeks are much depper than I would have ever imagined. We missed a number of fish. 3 took the hopper and 1 drop the dropper. Make sure you have a 4 weight rod, with 4x or 5x tippet. These fish are strong and aggressive. I think the next time I will skip the 6 year old!
Enjoy! +
Date: Sept 16,2007
Name: Ocean Palmer
Email: ocean@piggychurch.com
Comments on this site: Big fish in the pond eating big flies. Twenty-inch rainbow on mouse pattern, another on a hopper. Smarten up quickly.
Roaring Fork required sparkle green patterns under the hoppers (yellow belly). The spring channels are designed to torture middle of the bell curve guys like me and performed their role perfectly. A full day, as always.
Date: May 3, 2008
Name: Ken
Email: Friscoken@yahoo.com
Comments on this site: The spring creeks were slightly off color when I started to fish. I landed 3 nice Rainbows on a bead head Prince nymph. By 11:00 am the spring creeks turned to the color of chocolate milk. I switched to streamers and landed a few more fish. After lunch I fished the Roaring Fork. The river is running high but fairly clear. I caught 10+ Browns and Rainbows on a bead head Prince and San Juan worm rig. Because of the fast current I had on another 10+ fish but I did not get a good hook set with the fast current so the fish were on briefly and than got off. Nice clear day and a great day fishing.
Date: June 16, 2008
Name: David Briscoe
Email: david.briscoe@sbcglobal.net
Comments on this site: Again another great experience, I’ve never been here and gone away disappointed. One the first fish I thought this is different because it may have been the smallest fish I’ve ever caught (12”) here but it only took one more to dispel that. Maybe 20-25 fish during the day and after the first the rest were all over 16. Best about 20”. The water was a little cloudy early but cleared somewhat. In the lagoon just above the road a fish were working the top mid morning and that resulted in some nice action and the largest fish of the day, the fish were not overly selective or spooky. Bead heads and san Juan worms also worked well in the quicker water however I did manage a couple in the pond swimming the worm.
Date: June 28,2008
Name: Randy Nelson
Email:
Comments on this site: Weather perfect, no biting bugs yet ( and very little aquatic bug life either)
Fished North Creek all morning. Water high and very off-color as the water pulled out of the Roaring Fork for ranch fields upstream is so muddy this year that it doesn't have a chance to get filtered. Despite off color water fishing was good- The fish aren't wary- ( you can't see them, they can't see you ) But you do have to hit them on the nose with brightly colored flies. As usual, red SJW did the trick with and occasional take on Flash back PT and Red Flash back Copper John.
Fished the main creek just below the big pond after lunch and had quick easy hook-ups to large Rainbows. Didn't have enough time to go up the main creek but it looked a little bit less off-color than the North Creek.
Caught 20 + fish between the two of us but nothing over 18" ( Used to a couple of the 20"+ but not this trip