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Private Waters

There are many advantages to fly fishing private waters over public waters. The most notable advantage is the lack of other anglers. This feeling of privacy while fly fishing, is worth a great deal to anglers who have had to put up with the elbow to elbow fly fishing experience at their favorite stream or lake. Private water can also be a very pleasant introduction to beginners who have never experienced solitude while fly fishing on a secluded stream or lake. While solitude is often found when fly fishing at any one of the Boulder Mountain‘s remote lakes or streams, it is never guaranteed on public waters. There is much more control over the number of anglers and solitude is easier to find on private waters.

The possibility of hooking a real trophy size wild brown trout or rainbow trout is quite good when you fish at this beautiful private lake, located in Boulder. These fish are not stocked in this lake. They are all wild trout that have been born in this lake and subsist there naturally. There is no supplemental feeding program here. We cast barb-less flies to these wild trout and as always, all fish that are hooked and landed are gently released.

The wild rainbow trout above was born in the stream that flows into this small but deep lake. This fish has the vivid coloration typical of wild rainbows. There is an obvious contrast between this wild trout and the stocked rainbow trout that most anglers are used to catching where they normally fish. The difference is also apparent in the way these fish will fight compared to their domestic cousins. Wild rainbow trout are known for their leaping when hooked on the fly. It is common for one of these large trout to leap many times, often shaking the hook on the last leap! While it is always very gratifying to bring a huge wild trout to the net, losing one in such a dramatic way is just as rewarding.

There are very large wild brown and brook trout inhabiting this small lake as well. When you are making long casts with a sink tip line or just a weighted fly and making a slow retrieve, you never know what is going to grab your fly. Your next fish could be a wild brown trout so big that even if you are able to bring him to the net, he may not fit, like the large brown in the image above.

Many of the wild rainbow in this lake will exhibit some cutthroat characteristics due to the fact that there are cutthroat trout in the higher reaches of the small wild trout stream that supplies the water and the brood stock for this lake. Anglers occasionally catch very large natural hybrid “cuttbows” like the fish above. There is an obvious orange slash under the jaw as well as orange spots on the underside. The fins on some cuttbows are also pale orange with little or no spotting.

Another advantage to private waters is the close proximity to local lodging facilities. This small lake and the adjoining stream are just minutes away from your hotel room in Boulder.

Using a float tube or a pontoon boat is a very effective method for catching the large trout in a small but deep lake like this. Anglers in float tubes and pontoon boats are able to employ sink tip lines and leech patterns to reach big trout that lurk near the bottom structure. It is not uncommon for float tube anglers to feel that the trout is pulling them around as they fight the fish! A float tube or pontoon boat will also allow an angler to drift along, a short distance from these reed banks casting to rising trout with a dryfly, damselfly nymph, or even trolling a leech pattern.

We also enjoy private access to several miles of a secluded wild trout stream. This stream is in pristine condition and the trout there are all wild, born in the stream, browns and rainbows. With private access, you can drive right up to the stream and begin fishing, or hike farther up the stream. A short hike on the trail will take you to a wild and scenic area, with no other anglers. The opportunity to fly fish on this beautiful stream begins in mid-April and lasts until mid-November.

If you would like to book a guided trip to fly fish for large wild browns and rainbows on our local private waters this season, keep in mind that space is definitely limited and plan on booking early.

Contact Us soon to make your reservation for the 2012 season.

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