04-22-2008, 11:36 PM
what another great day. lets start at the begining. i heard a rumor that the road to the upper taylor river was open and that fish were being caught. what a bunch of bull. it would take a snowmobile to get there. i attached a pic of Taylor Park Res at sunrise. i left here in pueblo at 0215 and arrived at Taylor at 0600. i stopped twice for a wizz and a red bull.
Hog Trough (aka below Taylor Dam). why i even started here i will never know. i am no where technical enough t fish this, but since i was there i decided to toss a mysis shrimp and kill time till the sun was high enough to fill the cnyon. i was standing on the big rock below the bridge. 3 casts in and i hook something, and its something HUGE!! it took off to the other side of the river and my drag was screaming. i fought this thing for damn near 5 minutes, but never saw it once. had it been sunny out there might have been a chance of me seeing it. my tippet ended up breaking off. i wasent pissed, i was thrilled i finally hooked something there. i did happen to catch a real tiny brown down near almont.
East River... drove to the Roaring Judy Fish Hatchery and started fishing. was using an egg, with a stone fly below it. for the first hour, nothing. i adjusted my depth and then my tippet size then it started. i made 13 casts, i landed 13 browns. i lost my stone fly on a rock, put another on, and it started all over again. all in all i must have caught close to 30 browns on the East... water temp... well lets just say i might get a few toes lopped off, its that cold. its pretty clear, but you can notice a little stain on it. left there about noon and moved to the gunnison below HGWY 50 bridge.
Gunnison... i parked in the river park right there off the highway and started casting using the same set up as the east river. the rver was noticable faster so i added a little piece of split shot and then it started again. i ended up with 8 little browns. the water was noticably darker here also.
Blue Mesa... i thought for grins i would take a look at blue mesa. the ice is clear to Red Creek, there were actually boats out there. of course the lake is low as you will see in the pics. i made it to lake city bridge, fished until about 1400 and decided i was exhausted so i came home.
the plan for tomorrow is Horseshoe down in walsenburg and am going to try and get me a tiger musky. if nothing else ill fish off one of the points for bows.
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Hog Trough (aka below Taylor Dam). why i even started here i will never know. i am no where technical enough t fish this, but since i was there i decided to toss a mysis shrimp and kill time till the sun was high enough to fill the cnyon. i was standing on the big rock below the bridge. 3 casts in and i hook something, and its something HUGE!! it took off to the other side of the river and my drag was screaming. i fought this thing for damn near 5 minutes, but never saw it once. had it been sunny out there might have been a chance of me seeing it. my tippet ended up breaking off. i wasent pissed, i was thrilled i finally hooked something there. i did happen to catch a real tiny brown down near almont.
East River... drove to the Roaring Judy Fish Hatchery and started fishing. was using an egg, with a stone fly below it. for the first hour, nothing. i adjusted my depth and then my tippet size then it started. i made 13 casts, i landed 13 browns. i lost my stone fly on a rock, put another on, and it started all over again. all in all i must have caught close to 30 browns on the East... water temp... well lets just say i might get a few toes lopped off, its that cold. its pretty clear, but you can notice a little stain on it. left there about noon and moved to the gunnison below HGWY 50 bridge.
Gunnison... i parked in the river park right there off the highway and started casting using the same set up as the east river. the rver was noticable faster so i added a little piece of split shot and then it started again. i ended up with 8 little browns. the water was noticably darker here also.
Blue Mesa... i thought for grins i would take a look at blue mesa. the ice is clear to Red Creek, there were actually boats out there. of course the lake is low as you will see in the pics. i made it to lake city bridge, fished until about 1400 and decided i was exhausted so i came home.
the plan for tomorrow is Horseshoe down in walsenburg and am going to try and get me a tiger musky. if nothing else ill fish off one of the points for bows.
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