Second Wave of Runoff

Summer finally arrived last week in the Roaring Fork Valley after a June full of cool temps and plenty of rain. And while the warm weather and sunshine has been a pleasant change, it also brought with it high water.

The rivers last week were at their highest point for the month and were running quite dirty, partially due to a heavy mid-week rainstorm. However, in typical fashion, we stayed out there, and the fishing was good.

It looks as though the Roaring Fork river peaked on Friday, and though it is still very high, it seems to be on its way down. Combine that with increasingly active insects, and I am predicting we see some very good fishing in the days and weeks to come.

Stay tuned and here are some highlights from the high water last week.

Here's Alan excited about his big brown trout. Trust me.A couple of big rainbows.
And yes, we've even been putting the boats in the water.

Mac at Moon Run Ranch

I went up to Moon Run Ranch last week with my new friend Mac and his dad. Mac is eight years old. He wants to learn to fly fish. We had a wonderful time, and the fish were healthy and hungry.

Here is Mac bringing his casting lesson to the water.

He likes catching them, though he's not sure he wants to hold them yet. But that's what dads are for.

Hooked up.

And we finally get him to hold one. Good job Mac.

Team Matt Visits the Roaring Fork Valley

Matt and Matt flew in from Dallas for a weekend of R&R and fishing. The cooler weather has slowed the runoff on the Roaring Fork and the river is running high and clear right now. The flows on the Frying Pan are down from last week as well.

We hit the Pan on Saturday and caught 20 or 30 trout with really good dry fly fishing from around 2:00 to 4:00.

On Sunday Team Matt had to catch a 2:00 flight so we stayed close to the Aspen Airport and fished the Roaring Fork. We hit the water about 10:30 and an hour and a half and 20 fish later I dropped them off at the airport to head back to Dallas. Needless to say, the fish in the Roaring Fork are hungry right now.

Matt #1 with a small Roaring Fork rainbow (Matt #1 caught mostly small fish)

Matt #2 with a big Roaring Fork rainbow (Matt #2 did the heavy lifting in this group)