I was at Rocky Ford for a couple hours on Monday with my brother and girlfriend, we spent Sunday night in the car at Lenice without getting much sleep and we decided we would end up falling asleep in our float tubes, so we went up to the ford. I think I ended up with 7 or so, girlfriend 1, brother 1. Anything presented well was producing for me. Brother got his on a olive leech thingy I tie up, girlfriend got hers on a black leech thingy. I think I got two on a black leech thing, couple on a hares ear dead drifted. Some on a hook with some hares dubbing with a silver rib. This was a very simple pattern that I tied up there after losing my hares ear to a fish that I got to hand (I grabbed the tippet and he had a head shake, I hate it when that happens). Hares ear was working best for me, and most people I told. Just dead drift it down in front of them. They will suck it up and WHAM, fish on. Another good producers were an orange scud presented in the same manner, pink scud also was working for a guy I talked to. Leeches were the most fun to fish I would say. What was working best for me was medium/slow strips until a fish turns and looks at it, then do some fast strips, which normally would draw a strike. Just makes sure it sinks to the bottle before you start your retrieve, other wise I ended up too high in the water column. The leeches weren’t producing as well as the scuds, and hares ear, but you actually got to do something besides drift your fly threw the current. I had a couple fish just chase my leech down, on the medium/slow strips, and then speed it up a little and you can watch then hammer it, it was pretty cool. That is how my brother and girlfriend caught theirs too (medium/slow until a look, then fast). I had one that I couldn’t see because of glare on the water, but I could see her wake behind where I thought my fly was, so I did a couple fast strips and she hit it hard. I also hooked up on one that went air born, that was fun to see a 18 inch fish get all the way out of the water. He was a really nice looking fish.
On a side note, Patrick, when were you there? Where were you fishing and what were you wearing?
Sly