June 2008. It has been a long time since my last post, so I thought I'd fill the readers in.
During March and early April I was able to get out to fish my local waters on the Patuxent River. I prefer the delayed harvest area as it is close to home and is not heavily fished. The water levels were perfect and quite cold. Each outing I was able to hook and land at least one fish--two rainbows and a brown. This year I even fished further down and discovered a hole full of good sized fish. I hooked a big one on a Woolly Bugger, but lost it.
My spring was occupied by many things this year, including business, kids sports and the acquisition of a new Harley Davidson Motorcycle. A beautiful machine, I envision myself riding to my favorite hole.
On Memorial Day weekend, my brother and I traveled to the family vacation home in Fraser, Colorado. Due to the long winter and cool spring, runoff had been quite delayed. As a result, we tried some new waters and different parts of familiar waters. We fished the South Platte near Deckers where I managed a rainbow on a chartreuse copper john. On Saturday, we fished the Fraser River where I landed a beautiful rainbow and then several browns later in the day. We tried the Arapaho with no luck, however, it's solitude and beauty paid dividends. On Sunday, we fished the Fraser some more where I caught a few more browns and Chuck caught a healthy brown (see photo). From there, we traveled to Hot Sulphur Springs to try the Colorado--too high! So off we went to the Colorado way up in Rocky Mountain National Park. Although I managed a brown and none other, the scenery more than made up for the lack of fishing prospects. All-in-all, a great weekend of fishing, smoking cigars, and some great camaraderie with my brother. Of course, looking back, it went by way too fast.
That's about it for now. I'll start fishing the local tailwaters soon now that most of the spring activities have come to an end. Next big trip is back to Colorado later this summer for a week and a half.
Tight lines!
During March and early April I was able to get out to fish my local waters on the Patuxent River. I prefer the delayed harvest area as it is close to home and is not heavily fished. The water levels were perfect and quite cold. Each outing I was able to hook and land at least one fish--two rainbows and a brown. This year I even fished further down and discovered a hole full of good sized fish. I hooked a big one on a Woolly Bugger, but lost it.
My spring was occupied by many things this year, including business, kids sports and the acquisition of a new Harley Davidson Motorcycle. A beautiful machine, I envision myself riding to my favorite hole.
On Memorial Day weekend, my brother and I traveled to the family vacation home in Fraser, Colorado. Due to the long winter and cool spring, runoff had been quite delayed. As a result, we tried some new waters and different parts of familiar waters. We fished the South Platte near Deckers where I managed a rainbow on a chartreuse copper john. On Saturday, we fished the Fraser River where I landed a beautiful rainbow and then several browns later in the day. We tried the Arapaho with no luck, however, it's solitude and beauty paid dividends. On Sunday, we fished the Fraser some more where I caught a few more browns and Chuck caught a healthy brown (see photo). From there, we traveled to Hot Sulphur Springs to try the Colorado--too high! So off we went to the Colorado way up in Rocky Mountain National Park. Although I managed a brown and none other, the scenery more than made up for the lack of fishing prospects. All-in-all, a great weekend of fishing, smoking cigars, and some great camaraderie with my brother. Of course, looking back, it went by way too fast.
That's about it for now. I'll start fishing the local tailwaters soon now that most of the spring activities have come to an end. Next big trip is back to Colorado later this summer for a week and a half.
Tight lines!
