admin | August 11, 2009
For the third summer in a row I had the opportunity to spend a week backpacking the Weminuche Wilderness (WW) of southern Colorado. This we focused on the Pine (Los Pinos) River headwaters and had a BALL – great weather (well, except for one day spent cowering in our tents as hail and lightning lashed [...]
admin | August 11, 2009
Sorry for the long dry spell of posts but July was kind of a blur. If I wasn’t guiding I was in Colorado backpacking and chasing trout from the Weminuche Wilderness to Crested Butte. The carp fishing in July was fantasic with several memorable outings. I guided Wilson Jaeggli and his friend, Frosty early in [...]
Imagine wading through ten inches of clear water,trying to be as quiet as possible. Fifty feet ahead is a pod of large fish "tailing" on the flat. You strip out fly line, make the cast, and pull your fly in front of the lead fish. After agonizing seconds the fish spots the fly, rushes forward for a quick grab, and feels the hook. The silence is broken as the fish accelerates across the flat, quickly exposing backing on your screaming reel. Sounds like a great day on the coast, or even an exotic bonefish flat, right? Actually it's a great description of the usual day my clients have fishing for Carp on the flats of Lake Ray Roberts where many clients are blown away by the water clarity and the actual ability to sight cast along miles of flats. Big spooky fish in shallow water. They fight and tail like Redfish and can sometimes rival Bonefish in nervousness. This is an EXCELLENT WAY to hone your flats fishing skills and test your "eyes" where it's more about stalking the fish than simply stumbling upon them. You will be a better flats angler!