It's Still Winter

I feel a little bit bad about not updating recently, but then I remember...it's winter!   

I got out to the Rio Grande about two weeks ago.  It kicked my butt... no fish this time.  I only had a couple hours on the water in the evening.  I'd like to get out there at midday when the fish might be a bit more active in the "heat" of the day.  But, really, I probably wasn't getting the nymph down far enough, and in the winter especially you really need to place it right in front of the fish.  

If you tight line nymph, I'd say the Rio in the winter is your water!  Show us indicator anglers who's boss.  😂

I've still been getting good reports from Tingley.  The fish don't seem to be as picky as they were in past years.  They weren't hitting very hard when I went there, so I ended up using a dry fly as my indicator.  I'd suggest using a dry-dropper set-up or a yarn indicator.  You'll end of seeing some of the more gentle takes and probably will catch more fish.  Make sure you have at least 3 feet of depth down to the nymph, though.  

I've still been catching some fish in Cimarron State Park, but I'm concerned about stressing the fish out in the low water levels.  The river is frozen over in most of the Park.  Where do all the fish winter over??  

​Time to go tie some flies!