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I was up at Keystone for a few days so i decided to leave the snowboard alone and hit the Blue for a few hours...
The water was clear but kinda low...i havnt fished this stretch in a long time so i decided to see how it was doing. I didnt see any big fish and the choices of runs was limited due to the lower water levels, but i did manage to find a few holes to fish. I used a few different fly combinations, mostly scuds or san juan worms with a black beauty dropper. I caught a few little rainbows, but thats about it. the snow was kinda deep, so walking the shore was a chore...i was pretty much limited to the paths that were already beaten down along the rivers edge. Overall i wasnt too impressed, it just didnt seem like the same river i used to sight fish over 7lb rainbows 10 years ago. I lost a lot of flies, it just seemed like one of those days where you snag every tree or rock in sight. i got plenty of practice changing tippet and tying on new flies with frozen fingers...
i also talked to some other guys fishing the same stretch...they were having about the same luck. due to its location and crowds its not my favorite place to fish, but it was still a chance to wet a line so i cant complain...
heres two pics from below the dam, about as high as you can go legally. i used to see a lot of bigger fish in this stretch, but none were spotted that day.
upstream to the bridge...
Downstream from the same spot...lots of snow as you can see....
The water was clear but kinda low...i havnt fished this stretch in a long time so i decided to see how it was doing. I didnt see any big fish and the choices of runs was limited due to the lower water levels, but i did manage to find a few holes to fish. I used a few different fly combinations, mostly scuds or san juan worms with a black beauty dropper. I caught a few little rainbows, but thats about it. the snow was kinda deep, so walking the shore was a chore...i was pretty much limited to the paths that were already beaten down along the rivers edge. Overall i wasnt too impressed, it just didnt seem like the same river i used to sight fish over 7lb rainbows 10 years ago. I lost a lot of flies, it just seemed like one of those days where you snag every tree or rock in sight. i got plenty of practice changing tippet and tying on new flies with frozen fingers...
i also talked to some other guys fishing the same stretch...they were having about the same luck. due to its location and crowds its not my favorite place to fish, but it was still a chance to wet a line so i cant complain...
heres two pics from below the dam, about as high as you can go legally. i used to see a lot of bigger fish in this stretch, but none were spotted that day.
upstream to the bridge...

Downstream from the same spot...lots of snow as you can see....
