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Welcome to Frying Pan Anglers FISHING REPORT For Fly Fishing on the Frying Pan River, the Roaring Fork River and the Colorado River from Aspen and Basalt for the week ended Spring Hours Thursday - Saturday - 8am - 6pm Sunday - Wednesday - 8am - 6pm ********* Guide School/Fishing camps dates for October 2018. If you just want a fishing camp experience see how here. ********* The weather continues to be warm to hot with a few clouds gathering in the afternoon which amount to naught. We are waiting for the afternoon monsoonal conditions to start. We have not had any rain to speak of for weeks and it is tinder dry. It is possible we may get some rain next weekend. It will be most welcome. Early June and the peak of any runoff has passed with the Fork currently flowing at 831cfs, the flow is not even half the mean for this time of year. Still the conditions on all rivers are excellent now, so enjoy the conditions before it gets too hot and the rivers warm lower down.
The river is clear and the fishing is good. The lower flows don't give the fish much cover so they will remain in the deeper sections until the hatches start in earnest. A few PMD's are already about as well as BWO's and midges. Conditions are excellent. Recommended Flies:Use midges, egg patterns. For mysis at the dam use Mike's Mysis. epoxy mysis, and BDV mysis. The midges will come off during the day, particularly if it is sunny. So try Wilson's Reverse Candy Cane #20, red and black chironocones #20, nick's larva in miracle pink, olive, and purple back, brassies #18 - #22, midge larva patterns #18 - #22, copper johns #18 - #22, rainbow warriors, black polywings #18 - #22 and bling midges # 18 - #22. In addition try dry patterns such as the z-wing real midge, black cdc midge and any similar dry black and gray patterns in sizes from #20 through to #26. The fish are taking generic nymphs such as pheasant tails and caddis larva patterns. The BWO's are coming off as well. Try emerger patterns such as rs2's and WD-50's. For PMD's use emergers and dries. For emergers, use the RS2, the emerger, or the FPA shuck trailer PMD. For dries use the No-hackle, the Comparadun or the parachute. Roaring Fork Current Flow: near Emma - 831cfs (if you want more uptodate figures check out current readings on our "Links" page). The water is clear and the fishing will be good. Try eggs and attractors. Try small baetis such as the FPA Sparkle Baetis, the FPA Thorax Emerger, and black pheasant tails have also worked well. For emergers, the rs2 in black or gray. Also the sparkle wing rs2. For small flies, copper johns, pc phlash, mercury rs2's, pheasant tails, bubble back bwos. Also try streamers.
With the peak having passed there are reports of good fishing on the Colorado with PMD's, BWO's, Yellow Sallies, caddis all making an appearance. Recommended Flies: Generally the way to go is nymphing with small baetis, the FPA sparkle baetis, sparkle rs2's and biot emergers. For stonefly nymphs use the BTB Hot Spot 20 Incher, rubberleg patterns such as Mike's BTB Coffee/Black and the Halloween Speckled Girdle Bug, with midges, worms and small baetis patterns behind the lead fly. Try streamers as well. _________________ Shop Location.
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