South Platte River - Dream Stream

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Latest Fishing Report

Report Date

Oct. 26, 2009

Flow

80 cfs

Reporter

Tucker Ladd

Overview

Things are starting to slow down on the Dream. Although some lake run fish are still in the river, I think the brutes have retreated back to 11-Mile Reservoir.

Current Conditions

We arrived at the parking lot around 8:30am, and to our suprise there were few fish in the lower lot. Hoping to find some large Rainbows, we started the day fishing below the bridge. Although many nice sized fish were spotted, they were all very spooky and tough to get a drift to. We were able to hook into a few, but a majority of fish to hand were of a much smaller size. Kokanee were spotted in numerous pools, and were easy to catch using anything bright and flashy. We ventured up river in the afternoon, and were able to get into a lot of small fish, and a few hooks ups with some larger resident and lake run browns. We didn't really start to find good number of fish until we got to the upper 1/4 of the river, where one brown of 24" was taken on a buckskin egg (sorry no picture of this one). All in all, a great day on the dream with light crowds, good weather and plenty of fish to hand.

Hatches

Midges, BWO's, Baetis, Worms, Eggs

Recommended Flies

Dries:

Griffiths Gnat, Parachute Adams 18-24, Adams 18-24, Adult Midge 20-24, Brooks Sprout Midge 20-26, BWO 20-22, Parachute Extended Body BWO 20-22, Hackle Stacker BWO 20-22, Tailwater Humpy 20-22

Nymphs:

McFly Foam Eggs, Unreal Eggs, Micro Eggs, Buckskin Worm 16 (red, brown), Micro Flash Worm 18 (brown, tan, yellow), Ultra Scud 16 (grey, tan, olive), Hunchback Scud 16-18 (grey, tan, rainbow, olive), Perfect Scud 14-16 (olive, tan), Barrs Emerger BWO 18-22, Zebra Midges 18-20 (black, red, two tone), Miracle Nymphs 20-22, Mercury Black Beauty 20-22, *NEW* STD Baetis 20-22, Not Much 20-24 (bronze, black), Juju Midges 18-22 (red, olive, black), *NEW* Little Lucy Midge 18-20, *NEW* Pheasant Tail Slim 18-22, Pheasant Tail 18-22 (natural, black, olive)

Streamers:

Sculpzilla, Egg Sucking Leaches, Marabou Leaches, Crystal Buggers, Jaw Breaker Jig