Upper Allen Creek Ranch
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2010 FISHING REPORTS:
09/05/10 Outstanding!!! This is the best time of year to fish Upper Allen. I lost count of the smaller brown trout. Landed a 21" rainbow and a 15", a 17" & a 19" brown. Slow in the morning...but, the afternoon...WOW!!! #14 - #16 stimulator w/ a BHPT #18 & #20.
09/04/10 Great day. Spent early part of the day on the lower half and did okay in spite of gusty winds and low, clear water. Took a break for lunch and returned to fish the restoration area just below the bridge. Intended to make a couple of casts and call it a day. As luck would have it, I hooked the biggest trout of my fishing life although it broke off before I could bring it in! Just had to keep fishing after that and managed to catch several nice fish in that area. What a terrific property. I'm already planning a return visit next summer! Thanks!
08/28/10 A few big browns on hoppers & droppers (yellow flash); Lots of small browns on red quill spinners; A couple of 14"-17" rainbows on hoppers; Lost a few very big rainbows on large yellow stonefly nymphs.
07/18/10 Thank you very much! You have some huge trout on this property. This is one of the best kept secrets for monster trout that fight hard.
7/16/10 - We had a really good day fishing on Friday. We caught about 20 fish in 4 hours. I lost 2 others as they broke my 5x tippet. The river was active with bugs and the small trout were voracious eaters. The fishing slowed after 1pm. A #16 tan caddis and #16 green caddis pupa/beadhead worked the best. Tell people fishing to get there early due to warm temperatures.
07/03/10 Great time. All runs to ourselves. Doesn't get any better than that. Caught several fish each, all quality fish.
JUNE 17, 2010: The flows are steadily decreasing on the Tarryall Creek and the water is clearing beautifully. Conditions are good and should continue to improve over the next several days.
05/13/10 Snow! Snow!! Snow!!! Fishing was slow. Caddis larvae, egg pattern flies. Angler #2: caught 4 browns. Snowing. Caddis worked. Hit one on dry fly.
4/18/10 - Beautiful day. 3 fish: 2 browns 11" & 13"; one rainbow (female, heavy with roe) 15+". Water slightly off color. All fish taken in pools. All fish taken on green streamer size 12.
2009 FISHING REPORTS:
Great fall day. Morning was slow but the afternoon was really good. #14 - #12 Charlie Boy hopper with a wire prince or copper/red copper john dropper. 14 fish total, mostly browns. One rainbow, 17". 09/26/09
Fishing was fair to good. All action on was on top. Mostly browns in the 12-15" range on Joe's Hoppers and Yellow Stimulators. BWO hatch from around 12-1 pm, but trout were very, VERY selective. We couldn't land any of them during this hatch! Fish would make a move towards the fly but then bail out at the last second. Water was very low, so most fish were held up in the deep pools and runs, and along the banks. We had the best luck in the middle third of the section, below the bridge. Crystal clear water, so sight-fishing was fun! 09/05/09
(The following report is from two buddies -- one recently diagnosed with a serious illness. They took their time and fished slowly, all the while savoring a warm summer day on a crystal clear river tempting trout with just the right flies. When the action slowed mid afternoon, the anglers, also, took a break, relaxing in their lawn chairs, eating lunch and enjoying the quiet solitude of a picturesque mountain valley.) Fun day, low water. Caught some nice larger bows on caddis & hoppers -- one was 20". Smaller browns and bows on the same. 08/23/09
Seven rainbows, 16 - 20". Tried hoppers - nothing. Saw no hatches. Tried Adams. Tried nymphs. Hot in afternoon. Saw many and missed them all. They were by banks and in pools. 08/22/09
16 total. 4 between 17"-19". Hopper prince dropper; streamers. Slow furing 12:00 - 3:00 p.m. 08/21/09
Joe's Hopper x 3. Hare's Ear, Green - 19" rainbow. Prince Nymph x 3. Orange stimi x 1. Caddis pupa x 4. Red/Black Ant x 1. 3 bows 15-19". The rest were browns. Thanks very much. 08/13/09
Two 20" rainbows on Joe's Hopper; one 18" rainbow on Chernobyl ant; one 12" & one 14" on foam caddis; one strike on hare's ear; numerous strikes on hoppers; nothing else on nymphs. 07/19/09
Three of us fished a full day and caught plenty of fish. Sizes ranged from 10"-21", with all but the larger fish (18"+) being rainbows and the smaller ones were mostly browns. Caught a lot of fish on copper johns, pheasant tails, prince nymphs and the larger fish were caught on large dry's like hoppers and caddis. We highly recommend giving this stretch of water a try! 07/10/09
Tough day. Willows make fishing this stretch challenging. One 18" rainbow, one small brook, one 24" rainbow got cut off near the shore. 07/09/09
AM above bridge, zero fish. PM below bridge, 12 browns -- 9"-13" -- on dry caddis flies. 07/08/09
07/05/09 - Two anglers, lots of fish, one big rainbow that broke a 5-weight fly rod, and one giant pike that tried to swallow a small brown on the end of a dry fly...incredible!
Tough day. High strong flows made it challenging. 06/21/09
Two 13" browns on red copper john; one 12" brown on rows ribbed san juan worm; one 18" rainbow on rows ribbed san juan worm; one 18" rainbow on red copper john. 05/14/09
Caught about 10 fish; mix of browns to 14" and 1 rainbow that measured 22". Caddis pupa worked best, also copper john & PBBHPT. Fun day. 05/08/09
4/26/09: The stream was beautiful, slightly colored. We caught four 19-20� rainbows and eight 10-12� browns on san juan worms, pheasant tails and green wooly buggers. We also had several other trout on and off including several big rainbows. It was a wonderful day! Thanks!
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2008 FISHING REPORTS
09/23/08 22 fish total (3 anglers). 2 - 20" rainbows; 6 - 15"-16" browns; 1 - 1" rainbow; 1 - 13" rainbow; 12 - 12" and below. All on nymphs.
09/21/08 20" brown on flashback pheasant tail. 14" brown on caddis pupa. 12" rainbow on prince. Several browns on prince and dry caddis. Lunker broke off brown wooly bugger.
09/17/08 Caught 6. Great day. Caddis/adams fly with pheasant tail & copper john dropper. One really ice rainbow.
09/13/08 Slow day, 9 fish total. One 20" rainbow. Beadhead flashback PT & Hare's Ear.
09/08/07 Had a great day. Caught 50 fish among guys (this party reserved BOTH Upper & Lower Allen Creek for the day). Two rainbows over 20", all the other fish were browns. Caught fish on 14-16 flashback PT, copper johns, PMD emergers. Most were caught on pheasant tails. THANKS. Caught more fish on Lower Allen, caught bigger fish on Upper Allen.
09/06/08 Landed 5 rainbows = 14", a 19" and a 21". 9 browns 9"-14". Earlier in the day a hopper w/ bubble back PMD nymph; later in day hopper w/ black rubber leg copper john #16.
08/30/08 20 inch rainbow; 18 inch rainbow; numerous feisty browns. Rainbows on #16 hot-wire prince; browns on #18 copper john.
08/28/08 Slow in the AM. 2 small browns & 1 northern. Several big rainbows in the PM all on streamers.
08/24/08 Great day, but the fish won. Black wooly buggers were the only effective fly.
08/21/08 Lots of bugs. Plenty of rainbows and brownies. No surface action til about 3 PM. Used a chernobyl and and caught several larger rainbows (about 20") & browns.
08/19/08 Slow fishing in the AM; good fishing in the PM. Caught a nice, big brown and several smaller fish. Grasshopper #10, yellow stimulators, red San Juan worms.
It poured rain all day, still 2 anglers caught fish. 4 fish were in the 8"-12" range and one was 14". Copper johns and yellow stoneflies worked best.
08/15/08 One angler. Good day, nice water, even with rain all day. Great pools and habitat where Trees for Trout work was done.
08/14/08 2 anglers, no report.
08/10/08 Good day. Went for big fish. Some dry flies for small browns when sun came out. Caught 4 big rainbows.
08/06/08 Good day! 20+ fish between two of us. Browns 12" - 16". Rainbow 22". Flies: elk hair caddis, stimulator, hopper, hares ear nymph, copper johns. We'll be back!
08/03/08 Fishing was a little slower than past experiences due to warmer water. SJ worms & BH prince nymphs down in the deep holes and next to willows in the shade. Many rainbows 20"+ and several smaller browns. 40 or so fish between 3 anglers. Lots of bugs but not much surface action. Good early and slow in afternoon, caught a lot during the light rainstorm we got after 2:00 PM. Still unable to land "THE MONSTER" that dwells west of the bridge. Another great day of fishing. Thanks again.
08/05/08 Angler 1: Yellow stimulator, BH prince, BH pheasant tail, Black Copper John, BH Blue stonefly. 8:30 AM-1:30 PM fished lower section and caught 15 fish ranging in size from 10" -24". 3:30 - 5:00 PM fished upper section and caught 6 fish, 10"-19".
Angler 2: Had a great day, but did not leave a written report.
08/02/08 4 fish 18"-20". 17 fish total. Best action before noon & after 4:00. Hopper dropper w/prince.
07/31/08 Fishing slow with water warm. Need to fish with caution so as not to overly stress the fish. Several 12" fish on caddis. Best fishing after 4:00 p.m.
07/28/08 Caught many large rainbows up to 22". Big fish mainly caught nymphing; a few rises. Fish caught on the banks caught on caddis. Two fly rig nymphing with pheasant tail on the dropper was the ticket.
07/26/08 Fishing fairly poor. Better down lower. Best luck on Joe's hoppers. 4 pounder caught.
07/23/08 Caught 6 fish; small browns, 2 rainbow 14". Nymphs; copper johns & zug bugs work best. Many strikes on chernobyl ant w/ lots of yellow! Good water, great day!
07/20/08 Water clarity was good. Weather couldn't have been better. Fishing pink san juan worm trailing w/ BH prince nymph. Large rainbows (16"-25") on san juan worms and small browns on the BH. Fish were down deep & up against cut banks. Caught fish all day, morning 8AM - 11AM was hot. No surface action. Thanks again.
07/19/08 Okay day. Caught a few rainbows. San Juan worms.
07/10/08 Great day, beautiful country. Too hot and sunny to turn the fish on. Caught 4 but had to work at it. Cone headed wooly bugger with dropper. Will be back again.
07/09/08 Lots of caddis, mayfly and yellow stonefly hatches but water is still a little high. Twenty fish between us after 5 hours of fishing. A few large rainbows but mostly 10-15" browns. Bring yellow stimulators and lots of bug dope!
04/15/08 Windy, windy, windy. 1st fisherman - 2 brown, 2 rainbow 12"-14". 2nd fisherman - 3 brown 12"-14", 1 rainbow 20", 1 sucker. Variety of small nymphs.
04/19/08 Tough day. 5 fish. 3 on caddis larvae, 2 on brown WB.
04/21/08 Slow day. 2 fish caught. Windy! Prince nymph.
04/27/08 Three small fish (browns) in the morning. None in the afternoon.
05/08/08 Wind, hail, rain all day; but, caught a 26" rainbow on a blue winged olive emerger with 6X tippet!!!!
05/16/08 Tough run off conditions. Water clear on edges; off color middle. 6 fish, both browns & rainbows. Olive, black & brown wooly buggers. Ton of caddis in the air.
05/25/08 3 browns; caddis, San Juan worm.
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2007 Fishing reports follow here:
Both of us had an awesome day! Conehead stones, weighted wooley buggers, gold ribbed hair ear trailer and large prince nymphs. Only slowed down late in the afternoon (April 7, 2007).
Prince nymph, Hare's Ear, Red worm. Good day, lots of browns. 4/21/07
Nymphs, streamers, San Juan worms; several mid-sized rainbows. 4/22/07
Good day. Found fish on deeper runs with nymphs & streamers. 12-15 fish allin the 10"-18" range. Healthy rainbows. Enjoyed Upper Allen Creek the most. Lower section fished well. 04/22/07 (*NOTE: This group of anglers reserved and fished both Upper & Lower Allen Creek.)
Enjoyable experience. Mixture of rainbows & browns. Most action in the morning. Browns on yellow stone flies, rainbows on adams, prince nymphs. Some river restoration work going on 1/2 way down; water cloudy below. 4/28/07
Caught few fish! Lots o' water. Slow fishin'. 05-19-2007
Slow day. 7 total 8"-12"; 1 brown, 7 bows. All caught on wooly bugger. River was very fast, murky. 06-09-2007
Lot of strikes. 6 in a wet net (browns), water running fast, clarity murky. 06/10/07
Few browns on nymphs. Struggles otherwise. We'll be back! 06/16/07
Good day! Nice sized fish (20") caught on black bunny leech. Mosquitoes are out and hungry! 06/23/07
Black Wooly Buggers, hare's ears. Caught a couple of 16-18". Late afternoon mosquitoes made fishing difficult. Nice property & water. We'll be back and will tell others about the program. 06/24/07
Great water! Caught 1 on Adams #16. Had a couple of rises to hopper. 07/03/07
Tough conditions, water high & very murky. Not much fishable water. Fish tight against banks. A few 13"-14" browns in upper 10% of lease; elk hair caddis. 07/04/07
Fished slow in AM. Rain & hail stopped most bug activity, clouded the water. Late afternoon water cleared, bugs started coming and fish took #22 mayflies on surface. 07/05/07
Browns & rainbows. Beadhead stimmy. Cloudy water. Lower section of lease: too many willows. 07/06/07
Incredible day! Had 25 fish on, landed 15, one around 5 lbs. Pink San Juan worm with prince nymph trailing. No action on top except some strikes on strike indicator. Thanks again! 07/07/07
BH prince & BH pheasant tail were very successful in the lower section. Don't forget your BUG SPRAY!! Skeeters thicker than in a swamp! 07/08/07
One 10" brown on brown hopper. One large rainbow on a conehead wooly bugger. Water high, fishing slow. Two bites on a gold ribbed hare's ear. Thanks. 07/10/07
Fished 5 hrs. Dry/Dropper. Stimulator or elk hair caddis on top. Dropper -- bead head, flashback pheasant tail or prince nymph. 25-30 fish, mostly browns with a few bows. -7/14/07
Nice browns on elk hair caddis, bead head prince, brown hackle peacock, bead head pheasant tail (#18). 07/16/07
Slow day. Two small rainbows caught. Water off-color. 07/20/07
Landed: 3 browns, 1 brook trout, 1 sucker (19'). One rainbow 20". Lost 2 rainbows over 20". Most fish caught on flashback PTs and prince nymphs. A good day. Big rainbow knocked my buddy over, but he still landed the fish. 07/22/07
Thanks. Size 14 yellow sally nymphs in morning, deep runs. Size 8 hoppers in afternoon, 6" off shaded bank w/ willows. Fish were 6"-16". 07/24/07
Landed 7. Consistent action on Hare's Ear (#16). Spotty action on dries (wulff & stimi). 07/26/07
Very slow. Caught one small brown. Tried many patterns. Maybe next time. 07/29/07
3 rods; 0 fish. Flow way too much & the water is way too muddy. Debris in the flow from gully washer upstream. Next time. 08/03/07
Really great day! had several large trout break off. Caught 20-25 browns & rainbows. Use prince, hare's ear & hoppers. 08/04/07
The little browns love the pink san juan worms...not sure wha the big ones are after! 08/05/07
A lot of water from the rain. Fish were hunkered down. A dozen browns/rainbows with some 20 inchers on the line. 08/05/07
Murky water. Low visibility. Beadheads w/san juan worms in the morning. Hoppers & ants in the afternoon. Fish of the day was a 21" rainbow. 08/06/07
Lovely day for fishing. Water dark and fairly high. Each caught one brown. 08/09/07
Caught 2 10" rainbows; saw 3 more, then rain. Nothing int he later afternoon. Muddy water below the bridge. 08/14/07
Great day! Caught fish in many spots and had a real good time. Even some luck on dries & terestrials. Thank you. 08/19/07
Excellent! 3 fish over 19", rainbows. 1-19"; 1-20.5"; 1-21" --ruler measured. All on weighted streamers. No rises or surface activity. Lots of small fish as well. 08/22/07
Fished Upper & Lower Allen 8/23 & 8/25: Caught 60+ fish among 3 anglers over 3 days. Biggest fish: 1 - 23"; 1 - 20"; 1 - 19"; 1 - 16". Hoppers w/ droppers. #18 beadheads, shiny w/color. Stimulators w/ droppers. Deep pools were tough. Needs 18" + dropper #16. Caught 25% on dries. 08/25/07
24 fish. Hoppers & caddis all day. Biggest fish 18", caught by dad. 8/26/07
Worked for our fish today. Fair amount of surface action on #14 yellow stimis. 10"-14" mix of browns & bows. A couple of 20" bows on black zonker & buggers. 08/31/07
30+ fish caught, at least that many missed. 1/2 browns, 1/2 rainbows. Tough early until clouds moved in. Mayfly hatch...yellow stimulator. one 21" rainbow; 2-3 in the 14" range; the rest 12"<. 09/01/07
Dry flies were the ticket. Had a 15" rainbow on the line when a 30+" pike came out of the water after it! 09/05/07
Lots of browns & rainbows in the 8"-14" range. Landed 21 fish. Good day on dry hopper & nymphing! Yellow stimi, Schroders Hopper, Bead head prince, red san juan worm.
18 fish. @ over 20". Rainbows & browns. Hoppers, flashback PT, Prince nymphs. 09/11/07
Better than work. Couple fish, one 20"+. Zebra midge, prince nymph. 09/25/07
Six fish, all on nymphs. Browns & rainbows. 09/26/07
Slow day. Do not start much before 11:00 AM because it's too cold and the fish are not interested. 09/27/07
ANGLER #1: Slow in the morning below the bridge with nymphs in the AM. Picked up in the mid-afternoon above the bridge. Caught 4 in quick succession with elk hair caddis, then it quit! 09/28/07
ANGLERS #2&3: Had a great time. This is our 4th trip here and it is always fun. Averaged 15 fish apiece and caught 4 over 20". Most fish were caught on prince nymph, copper john and bitch creek nymphs. No surface action. 09/28/07
Really fun day on Upper and Lower Allen Creek Ranch! About 35 fish were released between the four of us, including a 20" brown and several rainbows over 20". Most fish were taken on streamers and large weighted nymph patterns. Otherwise there was very little action (09/29/07).
Picture perfect day! Fished hopper/dropper for three hours in the morning: 7-8 fish; half on top, half on bottom; one 15" brown. Fished hopper only in the afternoon: 6 fish; one 21" rainbow. Observed one red tailed hawk, two coyotes and two deer (10/10/07).
Landed 3 browns (10"-12") in the afternoon. Lost and 18" rainbow on black wooly bugger in the AM. (10/12/07) Additional data available from the Colorado Division of Water Resources.