
The Fork is starting to become one of our favorite
rivers in the Aspen area. Everytime out we try a new stretch of
river and every time out the river produces nice fish. We fished
a nice section on the upper Fork near Aspen. We found a long narrow
pool and it was one the first cast that I hooked a nice 16 inch
rainbow. On his second cast Jerry hooked a monster rainbow. He
didn't know how big it was for a while until it finally jumped.
It was definitely a 20 plus inch fish. He battled it for a while
as it took him down river in the current and we almost had it in
the net when the hook popped out. He sat on the river's edge in
disbelief asking, "How big was it?" "Just a little
guy," I replied. It definitely would have been the big fish
of the trip. We proceeded to land another 4-5 fish out of the same
pool and they all put up a good fight. The best flies were red
midges, pheasant tails, and a chartruese copper john that Rob has
gotten us all hooked on. It produces fish... We definitely will
continue to search new holes on this river on future trips out,
and maybe time Jerry can hook into his big bow again.
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