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 We caught a lot of fish on the Taylor, but there
                weren't a lot of big rainbows down in the Catch and Release section.
                We did drive up on top of the dam and is pretty amazing to see
                all the big rainbows down below. I did find one nice rainbow
                up right below the no-fishing zone, but couldn't get it to take
                a fly. After not catching much in the upper faster water we decided
                to try down in the lower part of the Catch and Release section.
                This area doesn't
                receive
                quite as
                much
                pressure
                as above
                and I had heard of people hooking some big bows down there. Rob
                landed a nice 20 inch brown right away and almost had a huge
                bow, but pulled the fly from its mouth. I landed a couple of
                browns
                with a
                parachute BWO and then tried fishing the rapids and pocket water
                above Rob. I caught a couple more small rainbows on a pheasant
                tail and San Juan worm. It was fun to catch fish in a new spot
                and nice to find that big brown so far down river. 
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