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Hello all!
I am a forum noob and still pretty much a freshwater fishing noob as well... I moved from the gulf coast to Fort Collis almost 2yrs ago and I'm finally starting to get some of my old tackle out.
I've gone out a few times and hit the Poudre from Gateway all the way to mid town FoCo. The only luck I've had (which hasn't been much at all) was up in the canyon on rooster tails. I've snagged a couple dink browns in slow water just after turbulent areas, and a 10" brown that was holed up downstream from a bid rock.
With such limited success in the canyon, I tried my luck today on the river as it flows through town along one of then bike trails. I threw the same rooster tails I've been throwing, along with some of the smaller crankbaits and other hard plastics I brought with me when I moved. Not even a NIBBLE!! I walked along the river for close to 4 hours covering as much water as I could bushwhack to and the only things biting were the mosquitos...
I'm assuming the water is either too warm, or moving too fast to have any luck with trout... Or maybe I'm just hunting the wrong species/wrong water for this time of year?
Can anyone help an avid newbie out?
I am a forum noob and still pretty much a freshwater fishing noob as well... I moved from the gulf coast to Fort Collis almost 2yrs ago and I'm finally starting to get some of my old tackle out.
I've gone out a few times and hit the Poudre from Gateway all the way to mid town FoCo. The only luck I've had (which hasn't been much at all) was up in the canyon on rooster tails. I've snagged a couple dink browns in slow water just after turbulent areas, and a 10" brown that was holed up downstream from a bid rock.
With such limited success in the canyon, I tried my luck today on the river as it flows through town along one of then bike trails. I threw the same rooster tails I've been throwing, along with some of the smaller crankbaits and other hard plastics I brought with me when I moved. Not even a NIBBLE!! I walked along the river for close to 4 hours covering as much water as I could bushwhack to and the only things biting were the mosquitos...
I'm assuming the water is either too warm, or moving too fast to have any luck with trout... Or maybe I'm just hunting the wrong species/wrong water for this time of year?
Can anyone help an avid newbie out?