Hatches and Catches Small Gold Stones, Caddis, BWO's, and a few Green Drakes are fluttering in the early autumn air at Boxwood Gulch. The Grasshoppers are trying to find a place to relocate with the hay baling, and are finding that the river is NOT the best place to land. Bows and Browns are searching the banks for these juicy morsels, and crush them as soon as they hit the water. Attractors like Wulffs, Humpy's, and Stimulators are great afternoon patterns, while the really BIG BOYS are still preferring a more natural offering like Caddis and Baetis. The streamer fishing is starting to heat up in the evening as the sun begins it's decent on Shawnee Ridge. Sept 3rd.- Marisa Peede took a 24" 6lb. Bow on a Zonker in Cleofus' hole as soon as the evening shade dimmed the light on this famed trophy water. The battle ensued for almost 10 minutes as this MONSTER Bow tried every way to keep from being photographed. Photos will be on the next report. Marisa's father , Dr. Butch Peede, tried to top his daughters trout by skating a mouse pattern at dusk. Butch rolled a dozen fish in about 30 minutes but none that could rival his daughters Bow. With the river running at 85 C.F.S. dry fly fishing from morning until dusk has been the norm with anglers averaging 25 fish each. September and October promise to produce even greater catches as the water temp. drops and the trout start beefing up for winter. I hope to see you in the deer camp for a campfire breakfast. See you soon! Boxwood Gulch Riverkeeper Barry Conyers River Ranch Outfitters (senior guide)

Update from 11/30/2009 Our last trip for 2009 was on 11-27-09 at Long Meadow. After that date we had to cancel some trips due to low water and ice. The good news is that the fish will get a much deserved rest and be bigger and battle ready this coming Spring. So feel free to book a spring trip at any time. Your outfitter/guide will keep you up to date on current conditions. November fishing was quite good even though we did have some poor weather and low water conditions. Anglers landed a lot of Brown Trout. Some times as many as 50% of the fish landed were Browns up to 28+ inches. Now that\'s a big Brown. Of course plenty of the others were in the 22-24 inch range. Rainbows and Cuts were plenty active as well with numerous 5-8 lb fish landed on each trip and even some monsters in the 9-11 lb range. Our rates are lower from November though March so its a great way to fish Boxwood or Long Meadow and find out for yourself what a rewarding experience winter fishing can be.

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