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Reporter: Ray Kyle
Report Date: April 25, 2018
Current Conditions: Beautiful day to get out to the Gore and fish. Much warmer and sunnier today with temperatures in the 50s. The Gore is your best chance in the area to catch a Grand Slam (Brown, Rainbow, Brook, and Cutthroat) in one day, on one creek. There are a lot of spawning rainbows in the creek right now. Identify the redds and stay away from the spawners, they are the future of our waters. Use a small midge or baetis nymph (size 20-22) below a New Zealand Strike Indicator or very small Airlock. Target spots in front and behind boulders and rocks in the creek. If nymphing is not working, try throwing small sculpin streamer patterns or wooly buggers to entice the angry, aggressive brown trout. Please practice catch and release to assure we have larger fish in the future! DON'T TREAD ON THE REDDS!!!
Guide Tip: Use small light strike indictors this time of year and change your depth before changing your flies.
Hatches: Baetis, Midges, and San Juan Worms
Recommended Files:
NYMPHS: Barr Emerger BWO 18-20, Flashback PT 18-20, Soft hackle PT 16-18, RS2 20-22, Magic Fly 20-22, Zebra Midge 18-22, Top Secret Midge 20-22, Poison Tung Blue 18-20, Tung Magic Fly 18-22, San Juan Worm
DRIES: Foam Parachute Adams 18-22, Parawulff 18-22, Hackle Stacker 20-22, BWO Sprout 18-20, Griffth Gnat 18-20
STREAMERS: Thin Mint, Baby Gonga, Sparkle Minnow, Baby Sculpzilla
Gore Creek flows from high in the Gore Range to the east of Vail. It originates at Gore Lake and flows to the confluence with the Eagle River at Dowd Junction just to the West of Vail. This is a small freestone stream with excellent sight fishing. Fishing is best from the golf course in East Vail down to the Gold Medal stretch in West Vail and the confluence with the Eagle River. However, fish can be caught along the entire length all the way up to the lake. There are some beautiful fishing areas along the upper river as you approach the lake above the "Grave Site" turn off. Gore Creek offers fly fishermen a legitimate shot at landing a Grand Slam of brookies, cutthroat, rainbows and brown trout and some surprisingly large fish reside in this fine trout stream.
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Other Information
The fishing on Gore Creek is good every month of the year. Winter provides some of the best fishing of the year and a few powder runs on Vail Mountain followed by a couple hours of sight fishing is a popular activity. An angler on Gore Creek has the chance to land all four species of trout found in Colorado. We provide Guide Fishing Trips,even throughout the winter. Let us show you some tips to catching the trout that inhabit Gore Creek by hiring a guide for the day.