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Fishing Reports
San Juan River - May 7th, 2013
- Recorded:
- 65 ° F
- Fishing: Great
Pretty standard sitch, annelid and something in the morning switching to grey or chocolate foam wing and something in the early afternoon. For your something, try experimenting with various midge pupae and larvae with triggers - a glint of krystal flash, a tuft of CDC - or with the audacious - a cricket pattern, huge streamer (or a real skinny Clouser), or some other crazy idea. That's when big fish happen, when you're fooling around.
Cimarron River - May 7th, 2013
- Recorded:
- 54 ° F
- Fishing: Excellent
Water levels are ideal, and it's just warm enough for dries to be relevant. Scuds and worms will do the lion's share though, but spring is the time on the Cimarron, when the fish are just up for porking out.
Try Eagle Nest south shore for big wind and rainbows. Yellow streamers.
Try Eagle Nest south shore for big wind and rainbows. Yellow streamers.
Conejos River - May 7th, 2013
- Recorded:
- 57 ° F
- Fishing: Good
A little runoffy below the bigger tribs, so it's stones and green drake nymphs on the bottom. In rougher stretches remember that fish gravitate to the banks where fighting the current isn't so tough. Turds, jackals, black and brown buggers, your favorite small mayfly nymph, and of course worms and annelids should do the job all the way up.
Pecos River - May 7th, 2013
- Recorded:
- 62 ° F
- Fishing: Good
Stonefly nymphs are getting a little more active, and small nymphs will be productive in the fast shallow slots. Caddis poops, micromays, princes or anything peacock. On warm days you'll see some action on top, all the way to Cowles.
Rio Grande - May 7th, 2013
- Recorded:
- 65 ° F
- Fishing: Excellent
Still great from County Line to Colorado. Fish are fat and still hungry, and the silver lining to the pinche runoff is that the water hasn't come up much or gotten too off color. Medium sized nymphs are bread and butter, and fish are in the bankside nooks predominantly. Expect hatches of small mays in the PM and just a general willingness in fish to rise when the shadows lengthen.
Pilar bonus, aggressive smallmouths in the smooth froggy water.
Pilar bonus, aggressive smallmouths in the smooth froggy water.
Conejos River - April 23rd, 2013
- Recorded:
- 50 ° F
- Fishing: Excellent
Down low can be slow, but you might strike it rich with wire bodied stones, leather worms, or bead eggs. Late in the day, look for concentrated baetis feeding, especially up in the meadows. Thin flossy worms are working well, and jackals.
