Lower Fourmile Creek Ranch
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08/31/10
Low Water But Good Fishing
2010 FISHING REPORTS
8/30/10 - Fished Lower Four Mile Creek, a difficult day weather wise. When I first arrived the skies were clear and sunny. Around 11:00 I geared up and hiked into the lower section of the property, cast a stimulator 5-8 times and caught 3 Browns up to 12". After a storm I went back and caught some browns by fishing from my kness to keep from spooking the fish. Caught them on hoppers, parachute adams, stimulators,etc. Tried Nymphing with a drowned hopper, BH Prince, Copper John, etc. Difficult to get a good drift of more than 4-6 feet due to the wind, I had planned on using my 3 Wt., but that was out of the question. Decided to hike out around 2:30 for lunch and then the weather moved back in and I opted not to go back. This is a very narrow piece of water and only moderately deep in places, they have done some recent stream improvements to provide riffles, runs & pools. Small Browns ( 8-12") are abundent and I did see a few nice Rainbows in the deeper pools.
8/20/10 - Thanks for a great day on Lower Fourmile. My 12 year old daughter and I fished it August 20th and had a ball. Caught several 12-16" rainbows on small beadhead nymphs along with some smaller browns on hoppers and yellow quills. She lost one 20+ " bow in one of the deeper pools - was quite a circus watching her fight that fish in tight quarters. The whole booking process couldn't have been easier. We hope to return some day.
8/15/10 - Started out slow in the morning. Went back through a second time with a hopper and a second hopper that sunk to the bottm w/ a split shot. Caught fish on first cast; five rainbows in the 18 inch range; one 20+ inch football size rainbow. Also a handful of browns and rainbows in the 10-13" range. Thanks for a great day at Fourmile Creek Ranch!
8/13/10 - I did pretty well on Fourmile Friday. Most of the action was on top, royal humpies, ant patterns, and royal wulffs. Also caught a few on nymphs; Yellow Sally, barr's emergers. I managed to land a few big 'bows too, and lost a few more. Had to be stealthy. The sun was shining and fishing pretty much died by about 2:00 pm.
7/31/10 - My son and I fished the Lower Fourmile this past Saturday. There ARE some really big fish in this stream! My son and I can attest as he caught two very large rainbows on Copper Johns. Red ants (foam type) seem to work pretty well towards the lower end of the boundary as there are many large ants in this area. The restoration work has improved the flow pattern and structure of the stream and has made for some interesting drifts empting into large pools. If your approach to the stream is stealthy, you will be rewarded. We have always loved this area and now South Park Fly Fishers is another reason to keep coming back. The gentleman handing out the permits and running the shop at Yer Fliers Open was one of the nicest men I have ever run into a fly shop and I’ve been in a number of fly shops in North America. Keep up the good work.
7/28/10 - Thanks for the day at 4 mile. That place is so much fun with those big rainbows. Every deep spot has several rainbows lurking. We caught fish on everything we threw. There was an hour or so that no fish could resist a #16 parachute adams. Once I dropped a #14 red copper john behind a stimulator, things got crazy. 50% of the casts would get a strike, fish from 2" to 18" would swim a long way to get at the copper john. Thanks again.
7/25/10 - Two anglers caught loads of browns and hooked a few lunkers but didn't land any. Hoppers were the fly of the day. They had a great time.
7/24/10 - On Lower Fourmile I caught plenty of the resident small browns, but the gentleman at Yer Flies Open had mentioned that there were some nice big 16"-18" stocked rainbows in that small water. After hooking into several of the small browns, one of those larger bows came up and took my dry and took off. It was a little surprising at first, but turned into a nice fight with a nice fat bow sitting in the net.
7/14/10 - Thank you for a great experience. I fished lower 4-Mile creek today and caught a lot of trout including a 16" cutthroat & 15" Brown. I think the South Park Trout program is well done!
7/11/10 - Arrived late morning and fished until an afternoon storm came through. Lots of small browns and some really nice rainbows on royal Wulff and tan hopper. Several hatches but only a few fish rising to them.
7/10/10 - A habitat improvement project was just completed on Lower Fourmile Creek Ranch and fishing should be better than ever.
7/5/10 - I had a great day at Fourmile Creek Ranch. Big stimulators and pheasant tails. I've started calling that property "The Ego Boost."
6/27/10 - Water conditions are now optimal at Lower Fourmile Creek Ranch.
2009 FISHING REPORTS
8/07/09 - Lost count of the 8-12" browns we caught, along with several rainbows up to 15 inches. Hoppers, Royal Wulff, Adams, Orange Stimulators. Water is low so fish are stacked up in the pools.
8/3/09 - WOW...non-stop action from start to finish on a foam body caddis. They were still taking it when my fly was down to fuzz on a hook. Hatches included march brown mayflies and numerous caddisflies. Lots of browns and rainbows up to 16 inches!
6/29/09 - Very good stream conditions and lots of bugs combined for an excellent morning. Browns and rainbows up to 14" in the pools and deep runs. Dry flies didn't start working until late morning but small nymphs worked well.
6/05/09 - Fourmile Creek Ranch is running high and fast but is fairly clear.
2008 FISHING REPORTS
9/25/08 - Lower Fourmile Creek Ranch is now closed for the 2008 season due to low stream flows.
9/20/08 - Please call (719) 836-4279 to make a reservation on this property for the remainder of 2008.
9/10/08 - Fished Lower Fourmile Creek Ranch on Tuesday September 9. No large fish but caught many, many small browns on Caddis dries, and Royal Wullf w/red copper john dropper. Had a great day with a 6.5 ft. 2 wt. rod! Third year in a row to fish this stream and it's a very enjoyable small stream experience.
8/24/08 - Fished hard all day but only caught a few very small browns. Expected to see other fish darting around but saw very few. Wonder what happened to the larger browns and rainbows on this property. Not worth the money under current conditions.
7/25/08 - Caught a lot of fish, mostly on small royal Wulffs and black ants. Fish were 8-12 inches, all browns. Great weather and a great time.
7/6/08 - Only fished for a couple hours before a storm came through, but what a great couple of hours. Not much on the surface but just about every nymph produced fish. I'll be back.
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