I tested the PT again today. Gorgeous fall day on the Front Range; it's one of several fall days we'll have in the Rockies (two days from now the low will be 7° and snowing). Fishing was similar to my last outing, I caught mostly fry like these and saw no sign of the "real" fish despite good BWO and midge hatches. Flows are still right at ~100cfs but turbidity of water is evident from lake turnover. So where are the big boys & girls? My assessment is that they are eating their fill of the fry and ignore all bugs, as that's beneath them right now ~ after all, trout are cold blooded cannibals at the end of the day. The fry included rainbow and both Scottish and German browns ~ I should look up what CO F&G has done here as to stocking (why we still do this is a bit beyond my ichthyology understanding I guess). So, the PT is not ready except for those fishing trout-like streamers, crayfish and leeches - which I will do on my next trip to this area. My sense is the pre-spawn browns on the freestone Ark would be much more fun right now - gotta make the longer trip.
I left very early and blew out the sprinkler system in COS. I stopped at Coaltrain on the way for a load of beers while here on the Front Range. I scored some great DDH hazies from Cerebral; highly recommended. And, "it's back;" the experimental dankness from La Cumbre for autumn 2020, Project Dank is as ever, superb (I didn't even buy them out this season so get some while you can).
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