We again headed down to a favorite hole around noon, a pool located a couple of miles above Blue Mesa Reservoir. We each caught a couple of small rainbows and browns before deciding to explore some new water upriver. We found an area where the river split off into branches and one stretch was loaded with fish. In one hole we caught fish after fish, almost every cast. Most were rainbows, with an occasional small brown. The fish weren't large, but they still put up a good fight. Every deeper holding area seemed to hold a fish or two, and there would hammer our flies. We walked a good distance down river before we got back to the main channel where the river widdened up and got shallow. Jerry caught a bunch of rainbows right where the branch brook off of the main river. We only fish for maybe 2-3 hours, but we each caught maybe 10-15 fish before we decided to call it a day. The fish would take just about any fly, but we had good luck with San Juans, phesant tails, copper johns, and hares ears.

August 20, 2007