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| Antelope Creek flows right through the middle of the ranch and offers approximately 1 1/2 miles of meadow fishing for rainbows and browns. The creek is a typical meadow stream with many undercut banks, flats, pools and tailouts. It flows in two different braids through a park-like area at the top of the property before joining near a grove of aspen downstream of the barn area. There are willows along many of its banks, which offer quite a lot of cover, as well as stretches that flow through aspen groves and open meadow. It twists and turns its way all through the rest of the ranch. The fish are not huge, but when a two pound brown or rainbow shoots out from under a deep bank to nail your dry fly, you'll be most pleased. Hopper fishing during the summer can be excellent and should be attempted.
The fish in the creek are very good at hiding from the eye of the angler, but they are in there and able to be caught. The cut-banks are very deep and you'll need to put the fly as close to those as possible to have success on this creek. Stealth is a key to success on this part of the ranch. The ability to roll cast is a must to succeed on the creek. Many of the best holes don't have a lot of room for a backcast and the rollcast would be a much better way to present your fly to the Rainbows and Browns. The fishing here can be difficult compared to some fisheries, but hooking into that first fish will remind you of why you are there. There is no better feeling than putting that dry fly in the perfect spot and having a large fish rise to the surface for a take.
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