South Platte River fishing

Yup, go to Deckers, lots of spots to fish get there early there are usually lot of folks around. The fly shop guys can and will help you. Good luck

If you park in the parking lot behind the "flies and lies" fly shop you can go up river or down river with miles of good water. Lots of fish and lots of people.

The area around Deckers is flies and lures only and other rules, check the regulations before you go. The river below Scraggiy View picnic grounds, allows bait to be used.
Lots of people fish around Deckers so be prepared to share the water if you go up there.

I fished the upper canyon for years. It’s beautiful and the walk/hike weens out most people. If you’re in good shape!! Take the dirt road to the parking lot at Cheeseman reservoir. It’s the dirt road just past the Gill trail parking lot on cr126. There is a trail going up the mountain. This will put you on the river in the middle of the canyon. Lots of fish and they typically are bigger. It’s the So Platte everyone should see at least once.

Flies are small #20s-24s beatis and midges. #10 Pat’s rubber leg works too. The Yellow sally stones come out in July #16s. Caddis #16 olive black head #16 caddis or emerger hook. Sow bugs,scuds and SJs round out the menu most days…

I2

Good on you i2fly for helping this guy out , way cool !

There is also the Wigwam club there if you like to fish.

I met a guy coming from New York to fish the Platte. We Coloradans are so lucky!

or the person from NY is just a sucker

probably a mix of both

New York, doesn't it have the fly fishing capital of the world title?

Guys like Pat Dorsey have made the SP pretty famous. More in the fly tying community, but people like a challenge and to say they’ve fished all the famous trout streams. People knock the Deckers area because it’s crowded and the Trout are picky, but it’s a really good place to hone your craft. I2 is spot on with his fly selections. Keep it simple. Also when all else fails break out the spinning rod with some HD trouts.

Who doesn’t travel to fish if at all possible? Why wouldn’t you? I’d go any where, anytime!

I’ll be fishing the Driftless area in Wisconsin for trout and the Glacial Lakes area of SDAK for warm water species in a month, can’t wait.