Late fall on the lower D

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DOLORES RIVER NEAR SLICK ROCK, CO

  • Temperature: 42.8 ° F
  • Streamflow: 24.4 ft³/s
  • Gage height: 1.79 ft
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Late fall on the lower D.  Have small dries such as Baetis (aka BWOs) and Midges.  Small mayfly and midge nymphs too.  Fishing can be pretty darn good if you hit right though.

Make sure to have a few streamers too.

Nymphs: Killer Mayfly 20-24, Pheasant Tails 18-22, Black Flash Midge Pupa 18-22,  Tav’s Big Mac Pupa, RS-2 18-22, Splitback BWO Nymph 18-22, Juan’s Slim Shady 20-24.

Dries: Extended Body BWO 18-22, Smoke Jumper Baetis 18-22, Parachute Adams 18-22, Parachute, Sproat Midge 20-24, Bunny Midge 20-24, Griffith Gnats 18-24.

Streamers: Buggers, Peanut Envy, Sculpzilla.

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Duranglers Reports
for Tuesday, October 29th
San Juan River :  Fishing has remained good in spite of the work being done on the dam
San Juan River: Fall on the Upper SJ can be marked by beautiful views and shots at good fish
Piedra River: Who would have thought we would have so much water on the Piedra in almost November!
Los Pinos River: It’s Fall on the Pine
Dolores River- Above McPhee: Rain is bumping the flows up in the Upper Dolores
Rio Grande: We have seen a pretty good bump in flows this fall
Florida River: Flows are rising with rain above Lemon
San Miguel River: Fishing is slowing down with the recent rains and cooler temps
Gunnison River- Black Canyon: Flows just bumped so fishing bigger nymphs and streamers may be called for with higher flows
Uncompahgre River: Flows just bumped so, the fish may spread out a little more
Duranglers Reports
for Monday, September 30th
San Juan River : San Juan River Fishing Report
San Juan River: Nymphing will be the best way to find fish
Piedra River: Now is a pretty dang good time to fish the Piedra
Los Pinos River: It’s Fall on the Pine
Dolores River- Below McPhee: So the fishing over on the lower D is hit or miss
Dolores River- Above McPhee: Flows and temps are dropping on the upper D
Rio Grande: We have seen a pretty good bump in flows this fall
Florida River:  Flows are dropping above Lemon, but fishing remains good Below Lemon
San Miguel River: Flows are dropping, but not too low
Gunnison River- Black Canyon: Fall fishing on the Gunny has been danged good
Uncompahgre River: Flows are just being dropped to 67cfs or so


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