So, I never knew that South Boulder Creek could hold so many monsters. I’ve always just went up below Gross reservoir so I could get some easy dry-fly action. Well, Tucker Ladd at Trout’s Fly Fishing in Denver proved me wrong. He was gracious enough to take me up to a private club near Pinecliff, and we immediately started pulling pigs left and right. Not even sure how many fish we caught that day (yeah, it was that many), but the majority were 20+ inches.

The morning was rich with both Browns and Rainbows taking egg patterns. It was cold and rainy, but when the sun came out and the water started to heat up, every fish in the river moved into the faster currents and started feeding. They all went from egg patterns to olive midges in a blink of an eye. Of course, Tucker was pulling them in on almost every cast, so I had to hike up river to see what he was using. Sure enough, he set me up with a double dropper that produced several fish in a matter of minutes. Plus, I caught the video below of one rainbow that pulled Tucker 50 yards down river (sorry for the shakes, but you try and wade through a river taking a video).