Wake and Take

Tom and Rick paid a post-Phantom visit to the Ford.  No other fisherman were around when we arrived, and we stopped at the second parking lot and fished the little stretch of running water there.  Tom started with the scud and micromayfly that had been successful for him the previous week, while Rick began stripping bugs.  After Rick had six wakes, a couple flies broken off on fish, and one to hand, Tom was stripping and we had a lot of fish for the next while, black and olive bunny leaches in mid to large size (as were the wakes).  When that slowed down, Tom went back to his original setup and consistently nailed a bunch more.  Rick continued mostly stripping, and found more from time to time.  A very good day at the Ford.



Tom and a nice Rocky Ford rainbow

A nicer Ford rainbow