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Author Topic: so, i went on that little fly fishing trip in colorado that i won in the St. Judes...  (Read 540 times)

Offline huntnmuleys

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home from a weekend in Colorado.  gorgeous weather!  I won a fly fishing trip in the big auction, and here are some pics from the trip. talk about a beautiful area.

 
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Stickhorse was the generous donor of the trip.  Bob is a hell of a nice guy!  the evening I got there, we went out and did some hiking and stumping.  I didn't take any pics of us shooting but here are a couple from the area...
 

heres one of a bear we saw.  we ended up seeing over 100 elk, some dandy muleys, and a couple of bears over the weekend...
 
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and on to the reason I was there.  the fishing...

check this out!

 

maybe no big deal to most, but the Rio Grande river here is fly and lure only, but you can keep two fish.  ive never heard of a stream that's fly and lure only that isn't strictly catch and release.  seemed strange...  of course, we released all.

I couldn't not believe some of the houses along the river.  must be nice to be rolling in cash!

 
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Offline huntnmuleys

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heres our vessel for the drift.

 

and here we are rigging up...

 
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that's Bob in the middle, and his son in law Jesse in back. I only have a couple fish pics myself, and ill post em up, but I know they have some as well.  maybe bob will add em.   anyway..


the fishing was absolutely unreal!  

 

 

we didn't measure a fish all day, or keep count, but im gonna say on Saturday we boated 40ish of these big browns.  the average size was probably 15-17 inches (I brought that average down a tad with a couple solid 11 inchers), and we got our share of the bigger ones.  id say the bigger ones were around 19-20, and VERY fat.  big, big wild trout.  just an unreal day.  I didn't take many pics because I was too busy fishing!


anyway, ill keep this thread kind of short, but figured everyone would like to see St. Judes in action.  this trip exceeded my expectations in all ways, and I made some new friends.  I hope Bob donates a trip again next year.  im kind of torn on the subject.  the kind part of me says let someone else go enjoy it, and the greedy part says that was WAY too much fun, and if someone else thinks theyre going, they better bring their bidding "A" game to auction next year!
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Looks like you have some fun buddy
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I keep telling myself I need to fish Colorado one fall instead of hunting it.  Your making my decision harder with this post.  Glad you had a great time.
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WOW, THAT'S SOME GREAT FISH

Thanks for sharing
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A couple of nice browns there. You moving to Colorado any time soon?   :D
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Looks like a great way to help ST Judes.  Congrats to you for your bid & Bob for the generous offer to help the kids!
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What a great adventure ... the blessings of the St Jude auction, such a great event.

Thanks for sharing, those are some very fine fish
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That looks like a great trip! Glad you had good weather and some awesome fishing!
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Heck Ya, I love fishing for Browns   :clapper:
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Dang that looks like it was a blast!! Thanks for sharing!  

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I need to save up for that one next year!
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That looks like some beautiful country.

Congrats and thanks for helping the kids..
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I thought this was a great offer, it really fought my eye. Thanks for posting the pictures, very nice!
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Thanks for sharing,do not get to fly fish like I used to.The Nocking Point keeps us hopping.
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Offline R. W. Mackey

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I did a float above Del Norte several years ago. Fishing was very good, most folks don't think of the Rio Grande as a trout River, but like you I will go back.
  It was really nice of those guys to donate such a great experience.

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