07-28-2006, 01:13 AM
I spent the last couple of days fishing small mountain streams at 8,000+ feet near Granby Colorado. It was in the 40's at night and the low 80's in the middle of the day.
Saw a few deer, a few marmots, a cayote, a weasel, A bald eagle watching me fish, rabbit, squirrels, and one very big moose patiently waiting for us to get the heck out of his way.
On the way back to the Denver area we passed a stream that Jim had been wanting to check out for a long time. He did not know if there were any fish in there. We pulled off the road to take a look. I jumped out with our rods and jumped in the water in shorts and sandals right next to the road. My toes were immediately FROZEN. First drift and a small Cutbow greedly jumped twice before inhaling my gray wulff. 5 drifts later and 5 other small trout slashed at it. They did not want anything to do with the renegade trailing along behind it. Then we were on our way again to a spot I fished a week before that hot with Snake River Cutthroat.
That was the first time I have ever gotten into a high mountain stream with shorts and sandals. I will not be doing that again.
A half hour earlier we had also passed the Fraser River in the Fraser Valley but when we called the local fly shop near Winter Park the guy said that the afternoon temps of the water was above 75 degrees and thus they recommended that we fish it only in the early morning. We kept on driving.
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Saw a few deer, a few marmots, a cayote, a weasel, A bald eagle watching me fish, rabbit, squirrels, and one very big moose patiently waiting for us to get the heck out of his way.
On the way back to the Denver area we passed a stream that Jim had been wanting to check out for a long time. He did not know if there were any fish in there. We pulled off the road to take a look. I jumped out with our rods and jumped in the water in shorts and sandals right next to the road. My toes were immediately FROZEN. First drift and a small Cutbow greedly jumped twice before inhaling my gray wulff. 5 drifts later and 5 other small trout slashed at it. They did not want anything to do with the renegade trailing along behind it. Then we were on our way again to a spot I fished a week before that hot with Snake River Cutthroat.
That was the first time I have ever gotten into a high mountain stream with shorts and sandals. I will not be doing that again.
A half hour earlier we had also passed the Fraser River in the Fraser Valley but when we called the local fly shop near Winter Park the guy said that the afternoon temps of the water was above 75 degrees and thus they recommended that we fish it only in the early morning. We kept on driving.
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