Ryan & I celebrated our 2nd anniversary on July 2nd! We finally got away to celebrate last weekend with a 2 day camping excursion. We drove up into the Poudre Canyon and camped on the Larimer River the first night.
The next day we drove down to Long Draw Reservoir, hiked in with the canoe, and fished with dry flies. At one point Ryan & I caught a trout at the same time!
Long Draw Reservoir is just northwest of Rocky Mountain National Park. In the course of one day we saw 6 moose - including a newborn & 2 adolescents sparing.
On Saturday, we drove up Cameron Pass and went to Joe Wright Creek where we caught cutthroat trout & grayling. We sat at the same spot for hours and caught the same fish repeatedly. It was one of most fun days we've had since we moved here! Believe it or not, I fished through rain and even hail! But of course, weather changes pretty fast in the mountains. 
I'm sure a few of you have heard of grayling. They have the most amazing teal sailfin that flashes in the water as they swim. Ryan says that grayling live in only the clearest mountain streams. They are salmonids - the family of salmon, trout & char. As you can tell, Ryan has been educating me in fishing background as well as technique.
The next day we drove down to Long Draw Reservoir, hiked in with the canoe, and fished with dry flies. At one point Ryan & I caught a trout at the same time!Long Draw Reservoir is just northwest of Rocky Mountain National Park. In the course of one day we saw 6 moose - including a newborn & 2 adolescents sparing.On Saturday, we drove up Cameron Pass and went to Joe Wright Creek where we caught cutthroat trout & grayling. We sat at the same spot for hours and caught the same fish repeatedly. It was one of most fun days we've had since we moved here! Believe it or not, I fished through rain and even hail! But of course, weather changes pretty fast in the mountains. I'm sure a few of you have heard of grayling. They have the most amazing teal sailfin that flashes in the water as they swim. Ryan says that grayling live in only the clearest mountain streams. They are salmonids - the family of salmon, trout & char. As you can tell, Ryan has been educating me in fishing background as well as technique.
