{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Estes Park, CO

If you fish stillwater, don't forget griffith's gnats and renegades in medium to small sizes. Deadly on Rocky Mtn stillwater. Also get some chironmid imitations for the stillwater.

On Thursday, June 27, 2013 6:38:48 AM UTC-7, Dalton Terrell wrote:

Drew,

Trent Jones and I fished out there last year in July (report here). We mostly backpacked in RMNP to fish the alpine lakes, but also hit the Big Thompson inside the park and a little stream running through a campground right down the road from the YMCA. On the Big Thompson, we fished large ants, caddis, and mayflies, which all worked pretty well for the 8-12" browns, brookies and cutbows (as well as a 16-18" brown that broke me off in a bush). The other little creek in the campground was loaded up with brookies, and I would bet those creeks around the YMCA are as well. I would also walk out to the lake at the YMCA in the evening, hang out for a few minutes and see if you spot any rising fish, if so, throw some ants or other little dry flies to them.

If you have time to spend a few days in the park, I would recommend buying Steve Schweitzer's A Fly Fishing Guide to Rocky Mountain National Park, which lists every body of water in the park and the species (or complete lack) of trout contained in them, which we found extremely helpful while planning our trip.

Have a great trip and report back if you can.

Dalton

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