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Pond Reports l Related Welcome to the Colorado Division of WildlifeÂs fishing report for the week of June 7
Field Reports Wanted  Holger Jensen, our fishing report coordinator, welcomes field reports from individual anglers and pictures of fish caught. He can be reached by e-mail at or by phone at 303-291-7304. Anglers are also urged to submit their favorite fish recipes on the DOW fishing recipes page HOT SPOTS
COLD-WATER Â With runoff muddying many streams and rivers, this is a good time for flyfishers to take advantage of the profusion of bugs at the Delaney Buttes and Lake John . Submerged weed beds are in full bloom at the North Park lakes , causing callibaetis Mayflies, also known as speckle-wing duns, to hatch en masse. Damselflies are also starting to show and will become even more prolific as the callibaetis hatch winds down.
John LaCaze of North Park Anglers in Walden says calibaetis are coming off in huge numbers on all three Delaney lakes, sending fish into a feeding frenzy. He recommends starting early in the morning with a #16 Calibaetis spinner, then switching to a two-fly rig with #12-14 Copper John in front and #16 Red Brassy or #16-18 Pheasant Tail as a dropper. Damselflies have also started to show up so try a #14 Dark Olive Damsel imitation.
Besides callibaetis dries and brown-hackled Peacock emergers, Scuds are very effective. Fish a #10-12 olive Scud over submerged weeds and you canÂt help but catch fish. Scud activity is best in the very early mornings and again at last light. A slowly retrieved Flashback Callibaetis is also a killer, as is floating a rusty spinner in the surface film late in the day. | |
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