DM Ranch Near Fairplay Fishing Conditions

South Park Fly Fishers

26 Inch Brown at the DM Ranch
DM Ranch Near Fairplay
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04/12/10

DM Ranch Should Open Soon

4/12/10 - The ice is now breaking up at the DM Ranch and we should be opening this property within the next two weeks.

03/31/10 - The river is still frozen solid and it may be several weeks before it opens up enough to fish.

10/07/09 - The DM Ranch is now closed for the season due to low flows and cold temperatures.

9/22/09 - Stream flows have come back up at the DM Ranch. The most recent fishing report (9/13) indicates that fishing is slow but conditions are good.

8/12/09 - Best dry action was on beetles and smaller lime trudes. Water is getting bony and warm. 58 degrees before lunch. Small prince droppers brought the most activity including a 17" brown at two pools above the bridge. The rest were 9-10" and several 12"s.

8/09/09 - The stream seemed low and it took a while for the hatches to get started. There was an abundant brown mayfly hatch about 1:00 PM and a few caddis and gray drakes were also on the water. We had the most action using a hares ear and prince nymph combo, mostly in the deep pools. Otherwise, we got an occassional fish to come up for an adams. Nothing big but several browns were about 12 inches.

7/11/09 - Flows were good. Water was a bit off color rom the recent rains. The downstream part of the property and the pools in the upper middle part were best. The very uppermost portion seems a bit too brushy to fish without combat gear. Caught around 30 browns 6-16 inches and 1 cutt which was around 16". Dry fly success with size 16 March brown; Adams size 18; caddis size 16-18. Skittering caddis in faster water was good. Nymphing with olive size 20-22 RS2 was successful. Another great South Park Flyfisher property!

07/05/09 - The river is still a little high and off color but orange stimulators worked well all day along the edges. Two of us released about 50 fish up to 16 inches.

07/02/09 - There are now multiple hatches throughout the day. Optimal fishing conditions should occur within the next two weeks.

5/17/09 - Arrived in the afternoon and tried several flies before putting on a large stonefly pattern, after which we had non-stop action for two hours (30 fish total). Fish are holding along the edges to escape the fast current. Visibility is poor due to runoff so you have to place the fly close to the fish.

5/13/09 - Water was high and muddy. Caught about 20 browns and lost many others on large streamers. Several of the fish we lost were huge. There are a lot of deep holes and people should be careful wading if they can't see the bottom.

5/03/09 - 35 nice browns during the afternoon of May 3, 2009, two of which were around 20 inches. Anglers should start at the lower property boundary and work upstream to the bridge (livestock barns).

Additional data available from the Colorado Division of Water Resources.