The first week of August always opens my eyes to how fast
the summer has gone by. It is hard to
believe that summer has only a few precious weeks left of long days and warm
evenings.
This summer started out quite nice. The fishing was great
with low waters. However, that soon became a scary thought with the lack of
moisture from the past six months. The July rains could not have come at a
better time.
Not only did the rains help put out the devastating Colorado
wild-fires they also added very needed cold waters in our streams at just the
right time. We had all been worried that we would have to stop fishing on many
of our streams to help the fish survive.
These rains have persisted in the past weeks helping us get
through some of the “Dog Days” of summer. But, to be honest, I am getting quite
tired of afternoon showers. Of course
there will soon be a change again, and I am sure all of us will welcome in the
new weather.
This weather change means the entrance of fall weather
patterns. Usually this means blue-sky days, cooler evening temperatures and the
chance of snow on the high peaks.
This also means the water temps will be cooling and reviving
the streams with more hatches from Pale Morning Duns, Stones, Caddis, Blue Wing
Olives and more. The fishing gets hot with all the bug activity. And if you
were to ask many of our guides or local fisherman- what their favorite season
to fish is-, I am sure many would tell you it’s the fall season from the middle
of August through early November.
This short season offers superb fishing, including, very
little fishing pressure, beautiful fall colors and scenery, and quite mountain
town experiences. If you have not
visited the mountains in the fall season, you have been missing out!
There are also many other great deals in our mountain
communities in the fall from discounted lodging to 2 for 1 dinners, at many
local restaurants. Come visit and fish!
We would like to see you this fall! To entice you to
schedule your fall fly fishing trip, we are offering 15% OFF all guided trips
booked through our on-line portal for dates from 9-4-2012 to 10-31-2012. Just enter Code- FALL12 to get the
deal!
