Odd Day On The Arkansas River @ The PT 26Oct22

I hit the PT again today; I arrived at ~10:15am at Nature Center with flows good at ~200cfs but viz just modest at ~1ft and milky green, from the lake overturning. So, I couldn't readily see except a few nicer fish, which I targeted, and which sometimes worked. Fishermen traffic was moderate with a guy right below me and a guy right above me when I dropped in at the hook weir. The young "below guy" stayed there; he wasn't in waders and fished the big weir and just above it all day. The older "above guy" moved ahead to the carp hole and then gave up so upstream opened up. That said, there were tons of mayflies hatching ~ I think I saw red quills, tricos, BWOs and even a PMD in the morning on this nice 55° day. I was pretty successful but strangely just caught odd sized fish: 13", 15", 17" and 19", all cutbows, along with some smalls. I didn't use drowned tricos as I've not retied them yet. I caught most but lost a couple on the Rodfather Diamond Blaze. A lighter 4wt for this river here but fine for the expected and actual catch. During the mayfly hatches the MHFBPT and cobalt glass head Destiny's Child were the producers, after that subsided at 1pm or so, the mercury midge in #24 & #22 was money, but Jimi's Axe enticed one too. My Hero cam hanged mid-morn so some of the bigger fish were photographed fairly obliquely on the snapshot cam. Cottonwood colors along the river are in full regalia ~ a nice bonus to a pleasant and decent day on the river. About 1:30pm I moved up to Valco/St Pk for lunch and to fish there - I caught some more but not as easily - nor were they as large.

The browns spawn under the cover of nighttime so I didn't see live action. I saw the beginnings of brown trout redds but expect on this section the time is still early. Here in CO the river temps are perfect for their spawn from the time the leaves start to change until they are almost gone ~ prime time is soon to occur on the PT and probably has already started upstream.