Clear Creek at Georgetown
4:00 - 6:00 PM
Cooler temps means fall is in the air! And as the cooler temps settle in, the browns start staging for their spawning run!
Clear Creek is my go to place to catch fall browns. They move up out of the Georgetown Lake and into Clear Creek and tend to congregate here for spawning activity.
Last year, I made it here much earlier than this year so I was happy to see lots of browns stacked up under the bridge and up in the deep pool behind the apartments. The water is way lower than it was last year, but I don't think that has stopped the browns from making their run up. Numbers look to be about the same as last year, but that's just from eyeballing and I have no empirical data to back that.
It was relatively busy; I saw 3 cars in the parking lot, but this short little stretch can get fished out quickly when you have a fisherman at every bend and run. Luckily, there wasn't anybody at the deep pool when I arrived, but 2 guys were fishing under the bridge and another downstream.
I rigged up with a 4 mm orange bead egg, followed by a hare's ear and red copper john.
I had hits on all three patterns, with most taking either the bead egg or copper john. Weird since the hare's ear was the preferred pattern last year. No need for a lot of weight, just a little to get your rig down if you aren't running tungsten beadheads.
Lots of fish were between the 12-16 in. range with one or 2 pushing 17 and maybe a long and skinny 18 incher.
Be careful of the redds, fish are already starting to stake their spots on the gravel beds in preparation for spawning. Avoid walking through them
Also, be careful and try not to snag the fish. They are stacked in there tight, and they are eating aggressively so watch your indicator carefully and look for true takes and not the slight wiggle from your flies and tippet brushing up against the fish.
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