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Rocky Ford is always worth the drive...except on the weekends!
I prefer R.Ford to the Yakima just because the fish are bigger
and unlike the Yak it doesnt matter where you stand on the water.
I have caught fish on almost every inch of shoreline there.
Its funny though...seems like everyone wants to fish the narrow rocky throat area. I dont even like that spot! I like the bigger areas that you actually need a little casting skill to fish well. Not only that I believe the real hawgs hang in those areas. I have not caught one fish under 20" at R.Ford in the last 3 years. I had one fish hit and run so hard last may. The fish hit my fly about 25 yds from the shore I was on (one of the widest places on the creek) and swam like a bat outta hell directly for the opposite shore. I could do nothing to stop him and it was like he literally crashed into the far-shore and shook the fly. My fly was then snagged in the weeds about 2 feet off that shore. Unbelievable!! There are no stronger trout and they compare to many steelhead I've caught, both in size & fight.
Do yourself a favor and drive over on a weekday. Bring a good sating ros with a WF floater (best is the wulff triangle taper) as the good place to fish require you to keep your back-cast above the cattails and to make a nice forward cast. Most the fish I catch there are middle channel & beyond. Now and then I'll lure one from farther out, and the fish will take it 10-15 yds from shore...but he came from out farther. I dont even bother with the fish that I see swimming at my feet up-and down the shore. And i've only caught one of those in all the times I've fished there. And really, I much preferr to hook a fish farther away. good luck!
I prefer R.Ford to the Yakima just because the fish are bigger
and unlike the Yak it doesnt matter where you stand on the water.
I have caught fish on almost every inch of shoreline there.
Its funny though...seems like everyone wants to fish the narrow rocky throat area. I dont even like that spot! I like the bigger areas that you actually need a little casting skill to fish well. Not only that I believe the real hawgs hang in those areas. I have not caught one fish under 20" at R.Ford in the last 3 years. I had one fish hit and run so hard last may. The fish hit my fly about 25 yds from the shore I was on (one of the widest places on the creek) and swam like a bat outta hell directly for the opposite shore. I could do nothing to stop him and it was like he literally crashed into the far-shore and shook the fly. My fly was then snagged in the weeds about 2 feet off that shore. Unbelievable!! There are no stronger trout and they compare to many steelhead I've caught, both in size & fight.
Do yourself a favor and drive over on a weekday. Bring a good sating ros with a WF floater (best is the wulff triangle taper) as the good place to fish require you to keep your back-cast above the cattails and to make a nice forward cast. Most the fish I catch there are middle channel & beyond. Now and then I'll lure one from farther out, and the fish will take it 10-15 yds from shore...but he came from out farther. I dont even bother with the fish that I see swimming at my feet up-and down the shore. And i've only caught one of those in all the times I've fished there. And really, I much preferr to hook a fish farther away. good luck!
