Inlet at Green Mountain
2:00 - 3:00 PM
Before heading to Vail, I noticed that nobody was fishing the inlet at GM, so I pulled over and made the hike down to the inlet. The water was stained and rising, and it didn't look promising...
I decided not to change up my rig from fishing below GM and lazily made a cast into a seam behind some rocks. Immediately after my indicator made a swirl in a whirlpool, it dove under water and shot upstream! Fish on!
What a surprise! A nice little chunk of a rainbow. Not too long, but it had plenty of fight. Another cast into the same spot and a little longer drift yielded another, and another!
The fishing was hot! Even though the water was dirty, the fish are stacked at the inlet and feeding heavily.
No monsters, but consistent action with hard fighting rainbows is always fun! I did have to change up my flies as there are quite a few snags in this section, but fish were eating everything. Large beadhead flies as a lead, and drop an egg, san juan, or a smaller attractor nymph and all flies would catch fish. An orange bead egg was also an extremely effective pattern.
All fish were rainbows, and all gave a great fight. If you can get a long cast out, you can systematically fish the seams and bubble lines without standing in the water, but with the way the water is moving, getting a good drift is a little tough. Luckily these fish were very forgiving to poor presentations!
Since GM is filling slowly, access at the inlet will remain good for a couple more weeks, but as the water warms up, these fish are going to make their way into deeper water and the wade ability of this stretch will diminish greatly, so get out there while it's good!
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