On My Way to Town

I stopped at the Poudre for a cast or two. It snowed 3 inches last night and warmed up today so the river flows were up which typically makes for some great fishing. Since 80% of the water that would naturally be in this river is diverted for agricultural and residential use, the river can actually stop flowing for periods of time during the dry spells in the summer and winter. The fish have to hunker down in the deepest holes just to survive. Water rights have been issue in the west for as long as people have lived here and the fish (and fisherman) don't have much of a say in the matter. All that to say I was thrilled to see the river flowing fast and deep and so were the fish. 3 hours yielded 9 beautiful trout. Katie let me take the fancy camera so I got some nice pics...