Pecos River – 06/24/2007

Time: 9:00AM – 12:30PM

Location: Windy Bridge area

Pecos River 06/24/2007 Photo Album

I planned to fish on the Pecos River on Sunday morning on the way back from visiting Amy in Santa Fe, and Jane planned to read while I fished from 9AM – 1PM. The plan coalesced, and we parked at the picnic area just before Windy Bridge along the Pecos River. To start my day of fishing I hiked upstream above the bridge and the masses of campers. Initially I tied on a yellow Letort hopper with a beadhead hares ear, but I was not having much luck. Fairly early I switched to a beadhead pheasant tail, and that seemed to perform better. The river was ideal and crystal clear and somewhat higher than what I experienced the previous year. I prospected all the likely places and picked up trout with decent regularity. 75% of the trout were rainbows, and the browns were caught mostly along the stream bank.

Typical Stretch of Pecos Water

Typical Stretch of Pecos Water

 

At around noon Jane biked by, and I told her I would quit once I caught four more to reach 25. Shortly after this encounter I hit a nice pod of fish in a beautiful deep run and started catching rainbows on nearly every cast. I quit when I hit 30, and then I hiked back to the car by 12:30, where I shed my waders and packed all my gear. We began the return trip to Denver from the Windy Bridge parking area.

Pecos River Rainbow

Pecos River Rainbow

Fish Landed: 30

Nice Run Along the Rock Wall

Nice Run Along the Rock Wall