Arkansas Below Pueblo
Flows 41
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
I got up at 4:00 AM and started my drive down to Pueblo from Vail. I thought I might stop at the Dream Stream, but with the snow and rain, I figured it would be a better idea to make it to Pueblo before I stopped and fished. I had a wedding Saturday afternoon and even if the weather did make me late...it wouldn't be an excuse my wife would accept!
So on down to Pueblo and my 1st stop was Valco. I was surprised to see a lot of cars in the parking lot, and even more surprised to see this many fisherman on the water! I guess the nice weather down south drew some Denverites to make the drive down south instead of west to fish.
I know the picture is a bit dark, but there were 4 guys fishing the gauging hole run and 2 guys standing in the middle of seams where fish lie!
So I made my way upstream and fished a red san juan, a two bit hooker, and midge. I managed a few fish, but nothing of size. I was pretty dissapointed with the low fish count and size so after catching a few, I hoofed it over to the Water Treatment Plant.
At the Water Treatment Plant, I didn't have much luck either. I did run into the Steel City Angler guys and the local TU chapter who were doing a river clean up. They managed to haul out 6 bags of trash and it still looked like they didn't do anything...glad they are out doing stuff like this, but it's hard when what they do only has a minimal impact. Crazy how much punishment this river can take and it still produces good fishing.
I managed a few fish at the pools upstream but again, nothing too big so I decided to call it a day and focus on getting a good start tomorrow.
Fish were taking mostly the san juan and midge. I had a few take the two bit hooker, and a few took a price nymph when I changed out the two bit hooker, but overall the fishing was slow. The flows at 40 made the water really skinny and the fish super spooky. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day!
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