Colorado fly fishing herf - the strategery session

[Halon]

That's an hour north of the Springs, and we'll probably be an hour west of the Springs at least. So it'll be a 2-hour drive at least, and then an hour back. If we really want to, I've got no problem driving there, but there are some good steak places in the Springs, too.
http://www.restauranteur.com/famous/


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[Halon]

p.s. they have the best creme brulee I have ever had in my entire life.


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[jwintosh]

were'nt we planning on that casino steakhouse for thursday?

 

[Greg]

ooops...wasn't sure, or bad memory. Anywhere where there's a good steak is fine by me.

 

[Halon]

hey guys. i'm seriously thinking hard about this. as i'm a bit slow, so would the fishing be tuesday - thursday and the traveling monday and friday?

Yes, but maybe not fishing on Tuesday. I believe that's when we're flying in. But I could be wrong.


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[earnold25]

so people arriving Tuesday and leaving friday?

 

[TexaSmoke]

If the dates work out I'll try to make it.

 

[CWS]

Del Friscos is awesome but a 2 hour drive is a steep price. Mebbe Tues.

 

[Halon]

Yeah, we could easily do a Denver dinner on Tuesday, because we'll all be flying into Denver that day. We could hit up a Denver or northern CO B&M beforehand, too.
That actually sounds like a pretty good plan!


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[smokem94]

Del Friscos is one of the last places in Denver with a cigar bar.....a mighty fine one at that. There is also a place close to there called the Robusto Room...been there.......good for drinks and a smoke.....no food.

 

[Greg]

I've already brought out the fly tackle, cleaned the line, added fresh tippet and organized the flybox. This weekend I'm going to slam some shad that will be running on the Potomac River. Need to practice up!

 

[CWS]

Jeff & Greg get in abot 2, I'm the at 10AM. We still have to figure out where we are sleeping. Of course it is only APRIL...

 

[jwintosh]

I've already brought out the fly tackle, cleaned the line, added fresh tippet and organized the flybox. This weekend I'm going to slam some shad that will be running on the Potomac River. Need to practice up!

there ya go!! :applause:

 

[CWS]

there ya go!! :applause:

Yeah baby. A warm up sounds good.

 

[Coolhand]

Excellent, fredneck!

I was up at Spinney Ranch on Monday. The flow's really low because of a busted dam valve, so the fishing was very hard. The fish'd spook when you got within 40 feet. Wound up fishing off my knees a couple times. Tough. Caught 3 fish around 16 inches (didn't even count the snits), an 18, and a 21, and broke off one that must've been 25. Fish never gave me a chance, dragged me through a log-jam the second I stuck him.

Come July there'll be a hell of a lot more water and we should be able to use heavier tippet. Also a lot of fish will migrate back upstream.

 

[jwintosh]

brad, you mentioned earlier that you have all the gear, correct? also, do you have any spinning rigs, in case i don't get the hang of fly....? or, should i bring up one of my trout rigs?

 

[Coolhand]

I have all the gear you could possibly need, yeah. If you want to bring a spinning rod, that's fine. By "trout rig," do you mean a fly rod/reel? Feel free, if you like, but it's not a necessity.

 

[jwintosh]

my trout rig: a 5ft light rod, with a smaller spinning reel. i haven't fly fished before, and don't want to waste too much time learning.

 

[Halon]

my trout rig: a 5ft light rod, with a smaller spinning reel. i haven't fly fished before, and don't want to waste too much time learning.

I've got a handful of ultralight rods. Mostly those nice cheap Shakespeare microspin ultralights (4'6") from wal-mart with better reels put on 'em. I also have a couple Pflueger ultralights, also 4'6". Besides that, I've got rods from 5'6" up to I think 7'6". I can do anything from baby perch to 50-lb. catfish. If you need any spinning shit I'll have it for ya! We can go fishing in the corner of the river with our dunce caps on. And your stupid yellow shirt.


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[jwintosh]

hahaha!! that was funny!!! actually, i sent that shirt to you already - should fit you nicely, with all that weight you dropped!!

i won't even bother bringing any gear with me! sounds like we got it covered!! damn, i wish it were july!!!