Oodles @ 11 Mile 01Aug13

Saw hatches of and used the tricos, caddis, PMDs and nymphs & emergers of same at 11 Mile Canyon on the So Platte today. Went to the last bridge and nymphed effectively till the trico spinner fall then caught some during that. Switched to dry caddistrophic at the sight of caddis and that worked too for a bit. Fish were in the riffles for the emergence and slack water for the fall then in the tail of runs and pools the rest of the time. I caught 10 in the AM since 9am and 8 in the PM till 3pm on a variety of bugs. Nothing big this day but a number of 12-14" fish with half and half browns and 'bows. It was good to catch the browns again out there but I didn't catch the cuts I saw. Some Texan moved within 15 ft of me shadowning the water - I lunched streamside then departed. Dropped in to just above the last tunnel for the last 2 hours and caught some there too - slightly smaller and thinner but still a blast on the Winston 4 wt.. Tried grasshopper but nadda despite streamside aplenty of these. Shown are representative fish - diggin' the football shape of the brown - others were longer but more slender.