Yes...I know, I've been fishing there a lot, but why not! The fish are biting and it's a relatively quick drive.
I started up at the inlet since the browns have been stacking really heavily. The spawn is on, but there are plenty of fish ready to eat and plenty of bows around there too.
I started the day with a standard rig for the area, an egg pattern with hare's ear dropped behind it. Thingamabobber about 4 ft. up. I immediately got hits on both the egg and the hare's ear, with some really nice browns and an occasional bow.
Right around 11:00, the water started getting cloudy, looks like they were doing stream improvements upstream around Silver Plume. The bite turned off quickly so I decided to hoof it down stream and fish below the dam. Turns out it was a great way to get back on the fish and explore the water downstream a little more. If you've never fished down here, give it shot when the inlet is busy or if you are looking for a change of scenery.
Although fish are smaller than the big spawning browns, it's pretty consistent with plenty of pools to fish and if you're agile, rock hopping and dropping your nymphs inbetween the rock pools will produce plenty of fish. Just be careful down there, the rocks are slick and everytime I fish down there, I haven't seen another person.
I finished the day at around 3:00, after moving back upstream to check if the water had cleared up. Luckily it had so I nymphed a little more with a hare's ear and lightning bug. Again, both produced, but it seemed like the browns like the hare's ear and the bows like the lightning bug.
After a while, I saw lots of fish rising, so I threw on a small elk hare caddis picking up some small bows and a bonus that completed my day!
Even though it was small, this brookie made it a Clear Creek grand slam for me.
I finally left at around 4:00 when the river was getting muddy again. I'm not sure when the work that is muddying up the creek is gonna end, but the fishing is good between the muddy runs and you can always head down stream until it clears up. Although it looks like winter has set in with all this snow over the weekend, there's still plenty of fishing and willing fish at Georgetown. Get out there before it all starts icing up and the ice fisherman and ice racers take over the lake!
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