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Taos New Mexico Fly Fishing Guide
May 23, 2010
SUMMER CONDITIONS ARE HERE. MONSOON AFTERNOON RAINS ARE GATHERING SO BE PREPARED FOR AFTERNOON RAINS WHICH WILL BE WIDELY SCATTERED AND HEAVY AT TIMES.
CIMARRON: 35cfs from the dam and 33cfs on the lower end. Nice flow and should be kept here for a while. July is Caddis time with Godards on top and larva below. Water temps could be a problem on cloudless days.
RED RIVER: 90cfs in the canyon. Getting better and we were down there on 7/7 and had a good day although this is still a lot of water in places where the gradient is steep and the water white. Hit any clear water and side pockets with stones and caddis. Caddis droppers are all you need below. Droppers a bit longer than usual [20" ] The lower river near the confluence has the best gradient.
RIO GRANDE: 150cfs in Cerro and 420cfs in Pilar. Good flow but water temps are the issue. Mid day sucks on sunny days. Rita was down there for a few days before the 4th and trout fishing was fair at best. Carp fishing was better and she got a few pushing 10lbs.
COSTILLA: 75cfs from the dam and 90cfs in Amalia. They are still hitting those big dries in the faster water but are more selective in the deep slow banks and bends. Try a PMD, Caddis dry about 24" below your Hopper-Stone for fussier fish. From 4pm til dark its Caddis time. For more current info call Aurelio at 575-586-2496.
RIO PUEBLO: 33cfs Nice flow but temps get out of whack mid-day.
EMBUDO: 16cfs. Too low.
CONEJOS: 176cfs from Platoro and 280cfs in Mogote. Anywhere but the Pinnacles should be fine with dry and dropper rigs. Stones or Green drakes on top and stonefly nymphs below. Conejos River Anglers 719-376-5660.
Los Pinos: 38cfs. Long casts for spooky fish.
CULEBRA: 110cfs. A lot of water and we have had to go deep with Mutt&Jeff rigs and have had success nymphing with Cranefly Larva and caddis emerger patterns. The fish have almost all been 18+" but it isn't easy. The fish have moved out of the bends where they spent the low water months and prime spots are above and below the bends and pockets.-> Click here <- to view New Mexico flow reports
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