The fishing on the South Platte in Deckers has been phenomenal lately. I have seen tons of fish and lots of midge hatches happening everyday. Just a week ago, I had a chance to get up to the river and catch some nice fish. I was the first one on the river and began walking one of my favorite stretches, and low and behold, there were a handful of big fish sitting on the sandbars. A green mayfly nymph in size 20 seemed to be the ticket early in the morning and I took a few fish aroung the 18″ mark.
The early afternoon was suprisingly slow. The river became crowded and the fish knew the fisherman had shown up. Around 2:30 was when the magic started to happen; midges started hatching and the water looked like it was boiling with rises. Along with another random fisherman, we threw size 22 Griffith’s Gnats and caught fish just about every cast. The fish rose to the hatch for about a half an hour and then turned off. About an hour later, the same midge hatch happened, only this time the midges were a little bigger. My new friend and I simply sized up to a size 20 Griffith’s Gnat and “killed” it once again. All in all, the South Platte is at the perfect flow right now. So, GET OUT AND FISH!
