Hi Mike, I too fished Lenore Saturday all day at the north end, I think I
saw you with a fish on. I was wearing a cowboy hat and sunglasses while
hitting the fish on chronos next to the road. I actually thought the fishing
was fast and furious with a few guys hooking up consistently. Sorry the
fishing was slow for ya. Maybe I'll see you next time at Lenice.Good luck.
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Subject: Lenore, Lenice, Rocky Ford report
> Well I made it back from my fishing trip and am sad to say I did a hell of
a
> lot more fishing then catching. Not sure what the problem was but each of
> the above presented me with minimal success. Here is what I know:
>
> Lenore- A good number of fish in the creek and trap area. Almost like
the
> good ol days. Lots of 16-18 inchers and a few 20+ brutes thrown in the
mix.
> About a 25:1 ratio I would guess. The North end had its usual band of
combat
> fisherman but the fish were few and far between there. They were,
however,
> rising like crazy along the rocks on the West side. A few fisherman
hooked
> up with some midge imitations but it was really slow fishing. Only hung
> around for an hour as the daylight was getting low and we still needed a
> hotel room and dinner. Didn't get a bump. I would say next week would be
> the start of the good fishing on the North end.
>
> Rocky Ford- Lots and lots of midges coming off. Saw a few mayflys today.
> (Standard light gray and also a green body with clear wings.) The trout
wer
> en't keying on them yet. Picked up two fish in an hour last night on a
> Renegade. The chironimids guru's were doing fair but not great. Fished
the
> creek again this afternoon on the way home. Tons of midges. Guys in the
> fast water were doing fair on chironimids, scuds etc. No bumps down there
> for me. Lots of fishing feeding on midges though. Went to my favorite
> island by the 2nd fish hatchery and had a large fish break me off on the
hit.
> Tied on a big leach and varied the stripping speeds. A very rapid
retrieve
> rewareded me with a large and colorful hen of over 20 inches. She put up
one
> of the best fights I have ever had at Rocky Ford. Very strong fish. In
fact
> I ended up losing her after a few minutes because she ran back upstream
into
> some brush and I couldn't slow her down before she broke me off.
>
> Early morning saw us at Lenice. Same story. Lots of fish rising to
> chironimid emergers but very few fish caught by the tubes on the lake. I
had
> 3 strikes on a black leach and had one fish on until he straightened the
hook
> on the brassie I was using. Saw only 3 fish caught in the 3 hours. I am
> sure more were landed but it appeared slow going.
>
> Overall, it was a basin trip. I have never been skunked at Lenice before
but
> the company was good and we had a great time.
>
> Mike
>
> PS: Saw two dead rainbows in Rocky Ford today. One out in the middle on
its
> side. Either bleeding out or exhausted. The other fish had been dead a
few
> days. First time I have ever observed this at this creek.
>
