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TOP TROUTDAWG CARP TIPS FOR COLORADO
-Temps 39’ okay to fish in but not best
-65-85’ optimal water temps
-April-Sept best
-wind/clouds bad
-clear/Sunny best
-they can smell very well
-mask your scent, no touching fly, smoking/dip etc
-put mud on fly to mask odor
-9-10 ft leader preferable or if in jig short range fishing use 6-8ft
-0x during muddy water/2-3X Fluoro clear water fishing
Perfect flows..100-200cfs
anything less good but high spookfactor
Front Range Locations:
-REI Hole best, smaller fish but easier to spot, stalk and walk up on. That and overhead bridges make visibility best. Homeless people make it a negative though
-In Denver/Thorton area off of 74th ave. a little west of broadway (Mickey's Steakhouse),
- Also South Platte near 88th and
-Evergreen lakes
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-80th and
- Chatfield ponds off of C470 and
- Jackson barbour ponds

Good Carp water in Commerce City Secret Troutdawg Carp Hotspot
Top Colorado Flies To Use:
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Terrestrials- hoppers, ants,wolly worms
Hares ear,Olive dragonfly, damsels
halfback, mohair leech, and crawfish imitations.
10 scuds,Yellow CCC #1
Umpqua mudbug a favorite also
Also luck with a
bead chain olive damsel on a #10.
Best Overall Choices Also:
Clouser swimming Nymph
Galloups Trick or Treat
Galloups Mayfly imitation
Carp Candy
Carp Tease Flies


Downtown Denver, You Never Know What You Might Get!