South Platte · Colorado · Est. 2025

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A gold Lid Rig 3.0 magnetic nipper docked on a gold Stash Tray, both clipped to the brim of a white Lid Rig ballcap (photo: Lid Rig)

Gear Review

Lid Rig 3.0 Review: The Hat-Mounted Nipper That Finally Stuck

The Lid Rig 3.0 is a magnetic, hat-mounted nipper — and with the Stash Tray, the tool system that finally stopped me losing nippers. A South Platte gear review.

September 14, 2026 Read the story

A shallow river run photographed from water level, cobble and boulders clearly visible through the current, an angler wading well upstream under a summer sky

Reading the Bottom: Where Your Flies Should Be on a Tight Line

Reading water tells you where trout hold; reading the bottom tells you where your flies will tick. Spotting buckets and shelves, then setting weight and tippet to ride the slot.

September 14, 202615 min read

Arkansas River at Pueblo tailwater at sunset — cottonwood silhouettes and orange sky

Arkansas River — Pueblo Tailwater Hatch Report — September 12, 2026

September 12, 2026 hatch report for Arkansas River — Pueblo Tailwater: current flows, what's hatching, and what's working this week on the water.

September 12, 20264 min read

The South Platte in Cheesman Canyon — the river running dark and broken over a cobble bottom with ponderosa timber standing right down to both banks, the far wall already in shadow and only the tops of the pines still holding light

Cheesman Canyon Hatch Report — September 12, 2026

September 12, 2026 hatch report for Cheesman Canyon: current flows, what's hatching, and what's working this week on the water.

September 12, 20264 min read

The South Platte at Deckers — the river running clear and broken over a shallow cobble bed, granite domes and ponderosa on the far hillside, the canyon road following the bank on the right

Deckers Hatch Report — September 12, 2026

September 12, 2026 hatch report for Deckers: current flows, what's hatching, and what's working this week on the water.

September 12, 20264 min read

The Dream Stream under a hard blue midday sky — thin, low water spread wide over an exposed rock bar, a bald treeless hill rising straight out of the far bank, old homestead cabins on the slope, and no shade anywhere on the river

Dream Stream Hatch Report — September 12, 2026

September 12, 2026 hatch report for Dream Stream: current flows, what's hatching, and what's working this week on the water.

September 12, 20265 min read

Eleven Mile Canyon — the South Platte running clear and blue-green over a rocky bed between steep granite walls, pines climbing the canyon sides, tall summer clouds overhead

Eleven Mile Canyon Hatch Report — September 12, 2026

September 12, 2026 hatch report for Eleven Mile Canyon: current flows, what's hatching, and what's working this week on the water.

September 12, 20265 min read

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