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Report Date: 4/8/2025

Current Conditions: 

Ice off came way early this year and stillwater season is in full swing! Fishing has been great along most shorelines on the mile this week. Fish are cruising pretty tight to the shore all over the lake. This is a great time to fish 11 Mile reservoir because you do not need a boat!

Boats will be allowed starting on April 15th

Hatches:

Early season stillwater (ice off) there are not many bugs active. Midges are active but not on a large scale yet. Its a game of eggs, scuds, leeches, and some chironomids right now.

Tactics:

At ice off, most of the fish will be cruising very tight to the shorelines. You wont need to cast far right now and will likely be fishing pretty shallow. Focus on the edges of the ice.

Tips:

Dodge the wind! Try to focus on the times of the day where there will be less wind. Keep your casts rather close to shore. Think more parallel to the shore. The clarity is off a bit but you still mat be able to see some fish cruising and sight fish them.

Weather:

Short Term-  We are having some very nice weather up this way this week. Temps will be in the 60's through the week. Wednesday will be fairly windy so keep that in mind. As we head into the weekend we will see the warmest temps of the year. High temps will be in the upper 60's. Sunday will be nice but we will see some intense winds return. In all, its absolutely beautiful right now!!

Long Term-  Long range forecasts are not in agreement on anything right now. As we go into next week we will have the possibility of a front moving through the area. Right now it does not look to impact this are a whole lot besides lowering the temps about 10 degrees. Some forecast are pointing at some changes around the 20th, but we will have to wait and see. We have had a pretty warm and dry end of winter/beginning on spring. Luckily things arent warming up too fast yet. Lets hope that remains the case as we roll through April and into May.

In the South Platte basin, we have seen some regular storms at higher elevations over the last couple of weeks. This has kept the overall snowpack fairly stable. As of today, the South Platte basin is looking good at 102% of average snowpack. We still have about 2 weeks until we hit the normal median peak, so lets hope we can keep adding to that in the coming weeks.

NOW BOOKING STILLWATER TRIPS FOR SPRING 2025. WE ARE FILLING UP FAST!

This is an area we offer guided fly fishing  trips. Angler's Covey is home to some of the best and most passionate anglers in the area.  Ice off can be one of the most exciting times of the year to fish stillwater. If you would like to try your hand at  stillwater fly fishing, give us a call! You wont be disappointed.

• Sunny side up eggs, all colors
• Slapshot scud, orange-grey, sizes 14-16
• Flashtail egg, orange, sizes 14-16
• Mini leech jig, black, green, sizes 14-16
• Zebra midge, black, sizes 16-20
• Balanced leech, black/green, sizes 12-14

• N/A

• Dungeon, white/natural, size 4
• Double Gonga, yellow. Size 4
• Meat whistle, white or lighter, sizes 2-8

 NOW BOOKING STILLWATER FLY FISHING TRIPS FOR THE SEASON! BY BOAT, FLOAT TUBE, HOBIE KAYAKS, OR WALK/WADE. WE DO IT ALL!

This is an area we offer guided fly fishing trips. Angler's Covey is home to some of the best and most passionate stillwater experts in the area. If you have never tried Stillwater flyfishing, ice off is one of the best times to do it!