For the 2010 season, Aurelio is going into the guide business with Jim Jarelle of Cottonwood Meadow Ranch. We will be offering reduced guiding fees for clients who lodge with us.
5/20/10
I fished the Upper Costilla yesterday afternoon and it is fishing exhalent with a dry dropper close to the bank in the slower water. Some of the fish took the dry.
6/1/10
Fished the Upper Costilla over the Memorial weekend and the fishing was excellent with a dry dropper.
6/12/10
I fished Latir Creek today and it is fishing excellent. I used a size 16 stimulator with a size 18 emerger.
6/25/10
I fished the Conejos yesterday with my buddy, Bruce. It was fishing pretty good using big dries and 1 or 2 droppers. Late in the day they start hitting dries only. There is a stone fly hatch and a big caddis hatch going on. We caught some 16"ers and Bruce caught the largest at 17".
6/27/10
I fished the Upper Costilla this evening and it was fishing fantastic. Should make for a great opener.
7/1/10
I fished LaJara Creek in southern Colorado the other day with my buddy, Manuel. The fishing was fantastic for browns. You need a good 4 wheel drive and some bug spray. This was one of the most beautiful small streams I have fished since moving to northern New Mexico. We had the whole river to ourselves.
Valle Vidal is now officially open for fishing.
7/8/10
I fished the Costilla last night and it was fishing excellent. I fished the Comanche tonight and had to wait for the wind to die down. I caught one on a caddis and 12 on a 22 midge parachute. I stayed away from the slick, glassy water because the fish were too spooky..mainly fished the ripples.
7/27/10
I fished the Costilla last evening from 4-6. The yellow sallies were out. Any yellow stimulator will do just fine. I caught over 20 fish with a 16' cutbow as the largest. The Ponil and Commanche Creeks are both fishing excellent with the Ponil getting very little pressure.
08/09/2010
With lower flow the last 3 days, the fishing on the Lower Costilla is starting to pick up. I released almost 30 fish yesterday on a size 16 elk hair caddis.
8/24/10
The lower Costilla is starting to fish well with the lower flows. The upper Costilla is still fishing excellent. Use a gray or green dropper during the day and in the evening they are hitting on brown and yellow caddis.
With fall soon approaching, the Red will be fishing good for spawning browna and the Rio Grande for pike. For these two areas, Ed Adams is the guide to call. Call 575-586-1512.
8/28/2010
Guest reporters: Ken and Jay
Yesterday we fished for 4 hours in the Valle Vidal. We used EZC fly pattern (Mayfly) and did not do well. We switched to an elk hair caddis and started catching them. Jay got a pure cutthroat in the 12-13" range. We caught between 25-30 between us.
Today we fished by the logs (where Aurelio sent us) and used Prince nymphs. Ken caught a big brown, a good sized cutthroat, and a decent cutbow. We went back to the Valle and caught them on the elk hair caddis, parachute Adams, and a green Boyd (custom tie by Ken's friend). We were being teased by a 14" and 16" cutthroat in the same hole.
Late afternoon we fished the Costilla at Costilla Creek and caught 10 using a parachute Adams and one cutbow that went 14".
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