Days 1&2

Yesterday I went to Wolcott to try the Eagle. The weather was cold and windy and after 2 hours I called it quits and went for a drive up to State bridge to see how the Colorado River looked. the water was high and fast and very muddy. Not so good for fishing. I decided to follow the river downstream through Bond, McCoy, Burns, and Dotsero. It was a nice drive. I found some good spots to try later in the summer when the runoff ends, some good campsites too.

Today I drove up to Basalt and up to Ruedi Reservoir. This is a pic of  Bud-E and I at the Frying Pan River below the dam. Today was a cold day up there. it was also very crowded and the fishing was slow.

I moved down river from the crowds and tryed a variety of bugs with no success. I tied on a Woolly Bugger and on the first cast I felt a strike, but I missed it. I casted back to the same spot, another strike. Again I casted to the same spot, BAM, FISH ON!!!.  After a short fight I reeled in a beautiful Brown Trout

I caught 2 more in the same area. all were around 10-12 inches long. After a Couple of hours I decided to move down river to the middle section of the river.
The middle section of the Frying Pan was also crowded so I decided to go get lunch and go home