| With fly fishing, sometimes it is all about | | | | passed", came out of my mouth far too many |
| the chase. Here's a day trip that looked | | | | times than I care to recall. |
| unfruitful, but turned out alright in the | | | | |
| end. | | | | About 3 miles into our float, which is |
| | | | exactly what it had become, a sightseeing |
| Colorado Fly Fishing | | | | float, the weather began to change. Here came |
| | | | the clouds, an encouraging sign, of course |
| We put the raft in on a warm morning in Sept. | | | | unless the wind comes with it. Here came the |
| without a cloud in sight. My expectations | | | | wind, and next thing you know, our beautiful |
| were not high, since a warm sunny day tends | | | | sightseeing float turned into a back rowing |
| to put the fish down, at least on this | | | | battle to keep the boat heading downstream. |
| stretch of the Colorado. When the fish aren't | | | | Luckily, this did not last long, but the rain |
| rising, I go straight for tandem streamers; | | | | did begin to fall. |
| there is nothing more exciting than a big | | | | |
| pissed off brown chasing your streamer off | | | | Within a few minuets after the rain subsided, |
| the bank in shallow fast moving water. | | | | the mayflies were swarming and the fish were |
| Dredging the bottom with a nymph just doesn't | | | | rising. Were eddied out in several prime |
| do it for me. If I break out a nymph'n rig, I | | | | spots and began to catch fish in the swirling |
| must have exhausted all other options. | | | | foam. Just about any well-placed cast was |
| | | | rewarded. Time went by unnoticed, until |
| The first quarter mile of water put a bleak | | | | suddenly I realize that we had only traveled |
| outlook on the remaining 9 house of river | | | | half way to our take out and more than half |
| ahead of us, not a single chase through some | | | | of the day was gone. Pushing through the |
| of the higher quality water on this stretch!! | | | | slack water and hammering the moving water |
| My invited guest on board had no experience | | | | with the streamers was now becoming very |
| throwing a heavy awkward tandem streamer rig, | | | | productive. Finally, I could prove to my |
| and was fairly discouraged after nearly | | | | guest how exciting the chase could be. It |
| throwing his shoulder out with only a handful | | | | seems that every other cast produced an |
| of well-placed casts. I always talk of the | | | | aggressive brown, either territorial or just |
| exciting chases, but now; he must think I am | | | | plain hungry. |
| full of it. I now know the frustration that | | | | |
| guides must endure while watching miles of | | | | We landed several nice fish while powering |
| quality water go by without a singe well | | | | through the final stretch, arriving at last |
| placed or completely untouched. "There was | | | | light. A turn in the weather sure can turn on |
| probably a nice fish it that pocket we just | | | | the fish and bring on the chase. |