Lower and Middle Conejos River
We finish the trip off fishing a section of the lower and middle Conejos before we take the long drive back to Denver. We start the day fishing right by our campsite again.
I tie on a version of the green drake the guy at the fly shop said kills it and start casting. I start along the edges and see a fish flash at the fly. I cast upstream of it and it comes up and gets it on the second cast. I hook into a nice 14" brown and have landed my first fish in less than five minutes. I work myself upstream a little and see a couple of fish feeding below some riffles. I cast upstream of them and dead drift the fly until another big brown takes it. After running me downstream a hundred yards I get Derron to help me land a nice fat 16" Brown. I continue to work upstream and pick up a couple smaller browns before we call it and head upstream.
We drive upstream to a section above the South fork of the Conejos and try our luck at one of the pullouts. Mark and Derron both catch a few fish while I get skunked at this section. I had such a good morning I didn't even care.
We call it day around 2pm and head home with a fantastic trip in the South San Juans in the books.
Rod: Unagi 12' 7/3
Line: 14' Hi-Vis Level Line #3
Fly that Worked: Green Drake
I tie on a version of the green drake the guy at the fly shop said kills it and start casting. I start along the edges and see a fish flash at the fly. I cast upstream of it and it comes up and gets it on the second cast. I hook into a nice 14" brown and have landed my first fish in less than five minutes. I work myself upstream a little and see a couple of fish feeding below some riffles. I cast upstream of them and dead drift the fly until another big brown takes it. After running me downstream a hundred yards I get Derron to help me land a nice fat 16" Brown. I continue to work upstream and pick up a couple smaller browns before we call it and head upstream.
We drive upstream to a section above the South fork of the Conejos and try our luck at one of the pullouts. Mark and Derron both catch a few fish while I get skunked at this section. I had such a good morning I didn't even care.
We call it day around 2pm and head home with a fantastic trip in the South San Juans in the books.Rod: Unagi 12' 7/3
Line: 14' Hi-Vis Level Line #3
Fly that Worked: Green Drake
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