Probably some 12 years or so. The 2000 season was my best ever with over 425 fish hooked and released. With a pop of broken tippet, the fish disappeared into the depths of the pool. I started out by checking the stream flows on the stream flows page at fly-fishing-colorado. Probably I pay more attention to my drifts and to fishing conditions when I wear my Lucky Cap. Mine is old and dirty. The pool had just enough moss in it to offer fish protection and challenging fishing for the fisherman.
I was fishing the bridge pool where CO 67 and a Jeffco Highway come together. After catching and releasing a couple more fat 15 or 16 inch rainbows, I headed upstream toward Deckers, CO; stopping a mile below to fish.Do you have a lucky hat?It was a beautiful warm day in the mid 70’s. Repeating this same drift pattern for the third time, I felt a solid strike and raised my rod to set the hook. Often it will be crowded but today there were only a couple of other fishermen upstream from me. This is one of my favorite areas of the S. Yet when I wear it, I almost always catch fish.It just couldn’t be that cap! Could it?If you don’t have a Lucky Cap or Hat maybe you should.So I headed to the car for my secret weapon.
Then out into the faster currents at the tail of the pool.During the next hour, I caught and released 3 more bows on my #24 baetis out of the bridge pool before the hatch tapered off. "Right!" All I know is that I seldom get skunked when that cap sits on my head. I purchased it in 1990 on a trip to Cancun, Mexico. It is not even a fishing cap.Was that cap responsible? Of course not! Such a thing would be superstitious. It was a baetis hatch getting started.I had worn my "Lucky Cap" a lot that 2000 season. The South Platte below Cheesman Dam was just perfect running 250 CFS. I fished a couple of small pools, while wading toward a main pool farther out. I had fished the S.
That was the last fish of the day. How long it has been my lucky cap, I rightly can’t remember. Letting one land on my hand, I examined it. Platte. Typical of what we get in Colorado during September. The water should be clear and not too much moss yet. Thinking I had won the battle, I put too much pressure on.Nothing this cast. The water was crystal clear.
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I was fishing the bridge pool where CO 67 and a Jeffco Highway come together. After catching and releasing a couple more fat 15 or 16 inch rainbows, I headed upstream toward Deckers, CO; stopping a mile below to fish.Do you have a lucky hat?It was a beautiful warm day in the mid 70’s. Repeating this same drift pattern for the third time, I felt a solid strike and raised my rod to set the hook. Often it will be crowded but today there were only a couple of other fishermen upstream from me. This is one of my favorite areas of the S. Yet when I wear it, I almost always catch fish.It just couldn’t be that cap! Could it?If you don’t have a Lucky Cap or Hat maybe you should.So I headed to the car for my secret weapon.
Then out into the faster currents at the tail of the pool.During the next hour, I caught and released 3 more bows on my #24 baetis out of the bridge pool before the hatch tapered off. "Right!" All I know is that I seldom get skunked when that cap sits on my head. I purchased it in 1990 on a trip to Cancun, Mexico. It is not even a fishing cap.Was that cap responsible? Of course not! Such a thing would be superstitious. It was a baetis hatch getting started.I had worn my "Lucky Cap" a lot that 2000 season. The South Platte below Cheesman Dam was just perfect running 250 CFS. I fished a couple of small pools, while wading toward a main pool farther out. I had fished the S.
That was the last fish of the day. How long it has been my lucky cap, I rightly can’t remember. Letting one land on my hand, I examined it. Platte. Typical of what we get in Colorado during September. The water should be clear and not too much moss yet. Thinking I had won the battle, I put too much pressure on.Nothing this cast. The water was crystal clear.
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