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Bear Creek
Bear Creek is a tributary of the South Platte River in central Colorado in the United States. It begins as a small creek up in the Mount Blue Sky Wilderness in Summit Lake and makes its way through Evergreen, CO, Kittredge, CO, Idledale, CO and Morrison, CO before entering Bear Creek Lake Park, managed by the City of Lakewood, Colorado. From Wikipedia
- Flows into
- South Platte River
Flow now
Bear Creek Above Evergreen, CO, 2 mi from the river.
7cfsat build, Nov 12, 12 PM MT
The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 11 cfs to 17 cfs, around 13 cfs.
Also gauged at Turkey Creek Above Bear Creek Lake Near Morrison C: 0 cfs, Nov 12.
Snowpack
0.2 in of water in the snow at Echo Lake and 2 more stations, against a median 1.2 in for the date (17 % of normal).
The snowpack here usually builds from Oct 15, peaks Apr 29 and is gone by May 31; runoff follows the melt.
The season, November
Usually workable this week. Pick your window and fish it well.
- Midgessizes 18 to 22
- Small eggs and worms
- Pheasant tail and zebra midge nymphsunder an indicator
Typical for the week over 10 years: 11 to 17 cfs. Running 7.2 cfs today, below that range. Flows are not forecast; check the gauge the day before.
Brown Trout are spawning (October to December). Stay off clean, light-coloured gravel in riffle tails and pool tailouts, and leave paired fish alone.
Brook Trout are spawning (September to November). Stay off clean, light-coloured gravel in riffle tails and pool tailouts, and leave paired fish alone.
Mountain Whitefish are spawning (October to December). The egg bite behind spawning whitefish is the best winter nymphing of the year: an egg pattern below the riffles.
- Egg patterns in the runs below the spawning gravel, never on it.
Written by the app's rules engine from the calendar, the gauge record and the snowpack, not by hand, so it says only what the data says. The weather for the week comes with the app.
Fly shops on this water
- Golden Fly Shop GoldenWebsiteFishing report, updated Nov 8
- The Blue Quill Angler EvergreenWebsiteFishing report, updated Nov 5
Nearby waters
- North Platte River21 mi
- South Boulder Creek24 mi
- South Platte River24 mi
- Boulder Creek29 mi
- St. Vrain Creek39 mi
- Dillon Reservoir40 mi
- Blue River46 mi
Open Bear Creek in FlyMaster for today's plan, the flies, and your own log here.
Flows from the U.S. Geological Survey, snowpack from the NRCS SNOTEL network, text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Built Nov 12.