Posted By: Robert Hunter
Break neck run to Colorado! - 08/11/19 05:20 PM
Well I had forgot my password and got logged out. I finally got it reset at least. Well couldn’t see my son like I had hoped,and I had a friend in Colorado. I hadn’t had a day all the way off in a few weeks. I found a last min flight for ridiculous cheap. Only needed a carry on as I could use my friends gear there. Caught some Beautiful cutthroat alongside breathtaking scenery on one of my high Alpine Lakes! Day 2 hit the rio my buddy that guides up in south fork Kirby was hoping he would have a cancellation so we could fish out of the boat. Sadly didn’t happen till the next day and I had to head out. So I ventured out on the still a little high big water. Pheasant tails trailed with a green cooper John was working well early in the morning. By 3 o’clock the bugs started coming off. Big bugs stone flys everywhere. I switched over to a yellow stimulator at this point. I had already caught several fish noticed a lot of them or having to hop a couple of times along the water before they could take flight. So I started casting almost directly across the stream with some weird hybrid water haul t snap snap cast. The brush was thick behind me but I was able to cover the entire river that way. I started skating the flies three or four skips and then would stop them on a dead drift and they were getting crushed immediately after stopping. I was watching fish charge from over 10 feet away to hit the fly. After about an hour of consistent catching I finally saw a big dark submarine and knew immediately it was a true Rio grande brown. I Chase to this fish down river 50 to 75 yards it got hung up under a cut bank. I get it free from that without breaking the tippit when I had it going my way the hook just pulled out but that’s Fishing. For just having two days I guess it was as much as I’ve worked recently but it felt like I was there a week it was an amazing trip caught a lot of fish along the way. Looking forward to you getting up there in September for a longer trip when the streamer bites starts full strength.I will post pics shortly