Sunday, October 14, 2007


October 14, 2007. I was unable to post from Colorado so I'll pick up here from the trip.

On Wednesday, the 26th, we fished our popular spots on the Colorado near Hot Sulphur Springs. Again, despite our best efforts, we were denied the excitement of a tight line. We gave up early and headed to Rocky Mountain National Park where we completed the entire circuit. It was a beautiful day and we took advantage of the warm weather and awesome scenery.

On Thursday, the 27th, we headed to the Basalt area where we fished the incredibly scenic Fryingpan River. Al had great success and even Jerry caught a few. Me--skunked again! We enjoyed great company and tips from Fryingpan Anglers and ended the day with a fantastic dinner at the Rivers Edge Grill.

My luck changed on Friday, the 28th, when we headed over to the Roaring Fork River just near Carbondale. Before that, however, we had a great breakfast in the town of Redstone, Colorado. We even took some time to drive over to McClure Pass where we took a lot of pictures of the Aspens in various stages of fall colors. After that, we headed to the 'Fork.' Apparently, the Roaring Fork is often overlooked and as result doesn't get nearly the pressure of the Fryingpan. This played to our favor and I finally met success. I caught and landed my first ever Whitefish on a snow cone fly, size 22. It was about 15 - 17 inches and weighed approximately 4 pounds. In addition, I hooked and landed a few Browns as well. I ended the day with a large Rainbow on a Stonefly. However, it succeeded on freeing itself before I could land it. All in all, not a bad day, especially given the poor performance in the earlier part of the week.

We ended our trip to Colorado on Saturday, the 29th, and headed back East on Sunday, the 30th. Another great year with good friends!
(Pictured: Fishing buddies, Jerry and Al, at the North Platte River)