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September 02, 2009
In Search of "Cinderella" Rivers...
Do you have a favorite "Cinderella" trout river?
By Cinderella, I mean the overlooked, often under-appreciated, stepsister that's overshadowed by the nearby famous river. While most anglers heap their appreciation on the main attraction, I've often found that the Cinderella rivers, as in the fairy tale, turn out the be the belles of the ball.
For me, Cinderella number one has to be the Animas River in southwestern Colorado. You can stack in with the other anglers on the San Juan below Navajo Dam in New Mexico (and don't get me wrong, I love fishing the Juan...), but I'd just as soon pop in the Animas behind the shopping center in downtown Durango and throw ants and beetles at fat, wild brown trout.
There are several others that come to mind...
Everyone is goo-goo about the West Branch of the Delaware. I dig the East Branch too.
Sandwiched between the famous Madison and Yellowstone Rivers in southwestern Montana is another favorite--the Gallatin.
People come from all over to fish Colorado's Roaring Fork, and forget about the Crystal. Same is true with the Colorado and the less-heralded Eagle.
Silver Creek in Idaho is special, but the Big Wood is also.
Sometimes, the "Cinderella" water isn't a different river, but a different section of the same water, usually downstream: Below 13-mile on the Bighorn... the "C" Section of the Green... and my favorite Colorado River floats are downstream from Glenwood, toward Silt.
I know, I know... I'm spilling the beans. So what? I think the more people spread out and explore new water, the better the experience becomes. Maybe the "superstar" rivers could realize a little relief if the stepsisters got more of the glory. Just a thought...
What say you? Do you have a Cinderella story to share?
Deeter
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Comments (20)
A wonderful stream in West Virginia that was locally known, had HUGE (for West Virginia) trout in it, was featured in such a manner as the streams mentined in your blog...Now that stream has been pounded by meat hunter and poachers and is not even near what it used to be. I would jump to shout out the names of overshadowed gem streams. I know of a "Cinderella" Muskie Stream that is overshadowed by much more fameous streams and rivers...I am not complaining though...in the past 8 years i have caught over 225 legal muskies, many over 40 inches.
sorry forgot a word in that sentense........ "I would NOT jump to shout out the names of overshadowed gem streams"
Seems a lot of folks from Colorado 'round here, I know of and fish a few, but unless your in present company, I'm not naming names.
Oh yeah. I have a lot of Cinderella spots in the east. A few recent discoveries in PA, but mostly in NY. The ones in VT and NH aren't exactly Cinderella because they aren't near famed waters in the first place. Let's just say the ones in NY are a dream come true for people that wish they could fish the famous Catskill waters before they got famous. It's just like that. Only I and a dead guy know of them.
It seems impossible, but I've fished a few spots in the Yellowstone area that are seemingly untouched. I've fished them multiple times, I have more brookies on than I can even handle every time, and I've never seen anyone fishing there, other than a coyote 15 yards away, nervously pawing them right out of the stream.
I have this stream I love to fish just south of the Canadian border in the lower 48. It runs through some woods and it has riffles and pools. Loaded with fish.
I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I do. I'm glad to help out.
I have a great stream of mine Deeter, but I'm not saying any names. Until you get out my way, you will just have to wait...
AP
I've got a few. The Bighorn in Fort Smith, often overlooked but has great fish numbers. The Frying Pan in Colorado. Cheesman Canyon. There's a stream in Utah, I think it's called the Green. That fishes pretty good. Beyond that, I'm drawing a blank.
As I've told you before... The only places worth fishing around Missoula are Rock Creek and the main fork of the Bitterroot!!!
Based on the contents of Field and Stream, American Angler, etc., I'd say most streams east of the Rockies are "cinderella streams."
yrs-
Evan!
What a sneaky way to find out "my secret" place. If I told you than everyone would know. Geeezzz!
Cagey, cagey. So that's the deal, eh? I tell you mine, you don't tell me yours... I understand. But I'll get back at y'all somehow.
"...I think the more people spread out and explore new water, the better the experience becomes."
Naw, the more people stay at home and play their x-boxes, Tweet their imagined admirers, and watch early-morning fishing shows on their HDTV's, the better my experience becomes. Taken far enough, even the Mean Stepmother streams could someday fit into glass slippers.
OK, OK - I'll submit to the 1st step: "I'm Woodstock, and I'm a fishing misanthrope..."
Hotspot on a public forum? - not a chance.
I currently fish a tiny creek that gives up nice king salmon early in the fall season, followed by monster browns and steelhead to clean up the eggs, and good luck getting the location from me and any other of the locals. I only found this stream because I spent a little time on the backroads (which is half the fun in fishing). In my opinion if people want to find their own little gems, they need to do it on their own without any help because once you do find that spot, you don't want to give away all your hard earned hours on the water for nothing
Yes, how truly Cinderalla are the Gallatin and the Big Horn. I live in the state and have hardly heard of these waters. Good sluething there, Greenie.
I fished some water near the famous silver creek.Iwas amazed at the browns!It was like reeling in a lit stick of TNT.
In the heart of Utah state the provo river is an overlooked trout river I think is the cinderella ri-
ver in the Colorado,Idaho,Nevada and Utah corridor
NOt that I get to fish it alot but the Carp river in northern MIchigian is not bad, I have only caught some small browns in it but close to the lake there are some monsters, I've seen them. The carp gets overshadowed (maybe rightly) by the Au Sable a few hours south and and the Fox and Two Hearted a few hours north. It is alos surrounded by some great grouse cover!!!
found a few non stocked streams in PA i won't show my best friends, i've taken 20in.+ browns every time i go
Nothing like a body of water that is untouched by human civilization that no one tends to fish. Those always tend to be the best.
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A wonderful stream in West Virginia that was locally known, had HUGE (for West Virginia) trout in it, was featured in such a manner as the streams mentined in your blog...Now that stream has been pounded by meat hunter and poachers and is not even near what it used to be. I would jump to shout out the names of overshadowed gem streams. I know of a "Cinderella" Muskie Stream that is overshadowed by much more fameous streams and rivers...I am not complaining though...in the past 8 years i have caught over 225 legal muskies, many over 40 inches.
I currently fish a tiny creek that gives up nice king salmon early in the fall season, followed by monster browns and steelhead to clean up the eggs, and good luck getting the location from me and any other of the locals. I only found this stream because I spent a little time on the backroads (which is half the fun in fishing). In my opinion if people want to find their own little gems, they need to do it on their own without any help because once you do find that spot, you don't want to give away all your hard earned hours on the water for nothing
sorry forgot a word in that sentense........ "I would NOT jump to shout out the names of overshadowed gem streams"
Seems a lot of folks from Colorado 'round here, I know of and fish a few, but unless your in present company, I'm not naming names.
Oh yeah. I have a lot of Cinderella spots in the east. A few recent discoveries in PA, but mostly in NY. The ones in VT and NH aren't exactly Cinderella because they aren't near famed waters in the first place. Let's just say the ones in NY are a dream come true for people that wish they could fish the famous Catskill waters before they got famous. It's just like that. Only I and a dead guy know of them.
It seems impossible, but I've fished a few spots in the Yellowstone area that are seemingly untouched. I've fished them multiple times, I have more brookies on than I can even handle every time, and I've never seen anyone fishing there, other than a coyote 15 yards away, nervously pawing them right out of the stream.
I have this stream I love to fish just south of the Canadian border in the lower 48. It runs through some woods and it has riffles and pools. Loaded with fish.
I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I do. I'm glad to help out.
I have a great stream of mine Deeter, but I'm not saying any names. Until you get out my way, you will just have to wait...
AP
I've got a few. The Bighorn in Fort Smith, often overlooked but has great fish numbers. The Frying Pan in Colorado. Cheesman Canyon. There's a stream in Utah, I think it's called the Green. That fishes pretty good. Beyond that, I'm drawing a blank.
As I've told you before... The only places worth fishing around Missoula are Rock Creek and the main fork of the Bitterroot!!!
Based on the contents of Field and Stream, American Angler, etc., I'd say most streams east of the Rockies are "cinderella streams."
yrs-
Evan!
What a sneaky way to find out "my secret" place. If I told you than everyone would know. Geeezzz!
Cagey, cagey. So that's the deal, eh? I tell you mine, you don't tell me yours... I understand. But I'll get back at y'all somehow.
"...I think the more people spread out and explore new water, the better the experience becomes."
Naw, the more people stay at home and play their x-boxes, Tweet their imagined admirers, and watch early-morning fishing shows on their HDTV's, the better my experience becomes. Taken far enough, even the Mean Stepmother streams could someday fit into glass slippers.
OK, OK - I'll submit to the 1st step: "I'm Woodstock, and I'm a fishing misanthrope..."
Hotspot on a public forum? - not a chance.
Yes, how truly Cinderalla are the Gallatin and the Big Horn. I live in the state and have hardly heard of these waters. Good sluething there, Greenie.
I fished some water near the famous silver creek.Iwas amazed at the browns!It was like reeling in a lit stick of TNT.
In the heart of Utah state the provo river is an overlooked trout river I think is the cinderella ri-
ver in the Colorado,Idaho,Nevada and Utah corridor
NOt that I get to fish it alot but the Carp river in northern MIchigian is not bad, I have only caught some small browns in it but close to the lake there are some monsters, I've seen them. The carp gets overshadowed (maybe rightly) by the Au Sable a few hours south and and the Fox and Two Hearted a few hours north. It is alos surrounded by some great grouse cover!!!
found a few non stocked streams in PA i won't show my best friends, i've taken 20in.+ browns every time i go
Nothing like a body of water that is untouched by human civilization that no one tends to fish. Those always tend to be the best.
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