jeepster
07-23-2010, 04:17 PM
Annual Colorado Trip Dump 2010
I arrived an evening early and our reserved campsite was unoccupied so I grabbed it and set up my tent for the night. The next morning I was sitting at the camp table with my back to the dead end road when I heard some footsteps. I turned around and looked up. Then I looked up some more. There was a moose right behind me. When it turned away I saw the little moose. I grabbed my camera and took pics as they headed behind my tent and toward the creek. Then the baby moose stops and takes a piss middle stream.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3414-1.jpg
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3415-1.jpg
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3416-1.jpg
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3417-1.jpg
Camp. I didn’t get a pic of mikey’s new tent with closet and vestibule (the architectural kind). Just visualize it if you can.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3538-1.jpg
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3546-1.jpg
Dog days right here. It was a hot 85°f for two days.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3529-1.jpg
Nights were awesome though.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/0717-1.jpg
There were other camp visitors, too.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3629-1.jpg
I think they were the culprits. I left some beer out for them to go along with the beer nuts but the dog drank it.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/0729-1.jpg
Deer every five minutes.
On the road.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3419-1.jpg
In camp.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3693-1.jpg
Under cars.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3706-1.jpg
We ate good.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3689-1.jpg
There was some fishing, too.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3638-1.jpg
Mikey getting it on.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3426-1.jpg
Mikey fishing a nice bend.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3429-1.jpg
Evil old man rock wouldn’t give me a troot.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3428-1.jpg
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3427-1.jpg
I’m off to look for feeding troots ie scenic driving.
I spot something on the steep hillside.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3592-1.jpg
Bighorns. They let me take about forty pics before going in the tree line.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3562-1.jpg
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3582-1.jpg
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3594-1.jpg
Back toward stony pass and lost trail creek with finger mesa in the background.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/0664-1.jpg
Finger mesa.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3448-1.jpg
Above the reservoir.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3456-1.jpg
Confluence of ute creek and the rio.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3497-1.jpg
The rio grande reservoir.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3503-1.jpg
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3508-1.jpg
In between my searching for troots I stuck a couple back at camp.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3633-1.jpg
Oh yea.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3643-1.jpg
Hey everybody!
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3652-1.jpg
But back to looking for troots.
The hidden moose pond.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3669-1.jpg
Fed by a spring creek, can you see it?
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3681-1.jpg
Behind the pond I find this.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3670-1.jpg
And behind the pond and down a steep hill I can see the river.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3671-1.jpg
This looks like one fishy place during low flows.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3675-1.jpg
That afternoon the rains came and came. It went from 85° to 65° The river woke up and I got some late afternoon action starting about 7:30pm.
Just wait until tonight.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3686-1.jpg
I find myself night fishing in a buzz of river activity.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/0732-1.jpg
Oh yea!
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/0734-1.jpg
A pic of me taking a pic in night mode. Didn’t work though.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/0736-1.jpg
All you can stick.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3692-1.jpg
On the trip back.
Part two for more troots didn’t work out as planned. It was 102° at the san juan tailwater and only a couple cars at abes. The flow was raised to 1150cfs. I didn’t see anyone fishing.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3743-1.jpg
The other side of the damn was where it’s at in this heat.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3741-1.jpg
Back to arizona and the world’s largest stand of ponderosa pine in search of troot. Trips to the black, white, and the lil co are done.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3832-1.jpg
20 some miles deep in the wht mtns to the black and the weather’s a bit off as usual. http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3763-1.jpg
The black is really low and black. Not a fish to be seen. Mikey’s favorite stream to take a spill in.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3767-1.jpg
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3769-1.jpg
I could live here for a couple weeks.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3773-1.jpg
On to the white and a ten mile loop through the res. If it looks fishy I’ll go get a permit and come back.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3814-1.jpg
Well the white is blown out from the storms.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3816-1.jpg
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3825-1.jpg
The only place that worked out was the little co at x diamond ranch.
I had the stream to myself all day and had a blast.
The stream was running high and cloudy and was on fire.
It’s a beautiful place and I hit it just at the right time.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3784-1.jpg
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3785-1.jpg
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3786-1.jpg
I stuck a bow right off the bat nymphing.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3787-1.jpg
Then two more subsurface while several struck topside at my yellow/black foam indicator so switching to big yellow foam thingys with a hook .
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3804-1.jpg
They’re inhaling this thing.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3798-1.jpg
I tried out a toon hopper I had just got for the san juan.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3808-1.jpg
This thing got brutally tortured by every fish in its path.
I only caught one bow on it though. The browns just attacked it.
It was hilarious. I never had so much fun on foam flys I never use.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3801-1.jpg
Had a great time.
I arrived an evening early and our reserved campsite was unoccupied so I grabbed it and set up my tent for the night. The next morning I was sitting at the camp table with my back to the dead end road when I heard some footsteps. I turned around and looked up. Then I looked up some more. There was a moose right behind me. When it turned away I saw the little moose. I grabbed my camera and took pics as they headed behind my tent and toward the creek. Then the baby moose stops and takes a piss middle stream.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3414-1.jpg
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3415-1.jpg
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3416-1.jpg
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3417-1.jpg
Camp. I didn’t get a pic of mikey’s new tent with closet and vestibule (the architectural kind). Just visualize it if you can.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3538-1.jpg
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3546-1.jpg
Dog days right here. It was a hot 85°f for two days.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3529-1.jpg
Nights were awesome though.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/0717-1.jpg
There were other camp visitors, too.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3629-1.jpg
I think they were the culprits. I left some beer out for them to go along with the beer nuts but the dog drank it.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/0729-1.jpg
Deer every five minutes.
On the road.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3419-1.jpg
In camp.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3693-1.jpg
Under cars.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3706-1.jpg
We ate good.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3689-1.jpg
There was some fishing, too.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3638-1.jpg
Mikey getting it on.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3426-1.jpg
Mikey fishing a nice bend.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3429-1.jpg
Evil old man rock wouldn’t give me a troot.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3428-1.jpg
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3427-1.jpg
I’m off to look for feeding troots ie scenic driving.
I spot something on the steep hillside.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3592-1.jpg
Bighorns. They let me take about forty pics before going in the tree line.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3562-1.jpg
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3582-1.jpg
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3594-1.jpg
Back toward stony pass and lost trail creek with finger mesa in the background.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/0664-1.jpg
Finger mesa.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3448-1.jpg
Above the reservoir.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3456-1.jpg
Confluence of ute creek and the rio.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3497-1.jpg
The rio grande reservoir.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3503-1.jpg
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3508-1.jpg
In between my searching for troots I stuck a couple back at camp.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3633-1.jpg
Oh yea.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3643-1.jpg
Hey everybody!
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3652-1.jpg
But back to looking for troots.
The hidden moose pond.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3669-1.jpg
Fed by a spring creek, can you see it?
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3681-1.jpg
Behind the pond I find this.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3670-1.jpg
And behind the pond and down a steep hill I can see the river.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3671-1.jpg
This looks like one fishy place during low flows.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3675-1.jpg
That afternoon the rains came and came. It went from 85° to 65° The river woke up and I got some late afternoon action starting about 7:30pm.
Just wait until tonight.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3686-1.jpg
I find myself night fishing in a buzz of river activity.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/0732-1.jpg
Oh yea!
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/0734-1.jpg
A pic of me taking a pic in night mode. Didn’t work though.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/0736-1.jpg
All you can stick.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3692-1.jpg
On the trip back.
Part two for more troots didn’t work out as planned. It was 102° at the san juan tailwater and only a couple cars at abes. The flow was raised to 1150cfs. I didn’t see anyone fishing.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3743-1.jpg
The other side of the damn was where it’s at in this heat.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3741-1.jpg
Back to arizona and the world’s largest stand of ponderosa pine in search of troot. Trips to the black, white, and the lil co are done.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3832-1.jpg
20 some miles deep in the wht mtns to the black and the weather’s a bit off as usual. http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3763-1.jpg
The black is really low and black. Not a fish to be seen. Mikey’s favorite stream to take a spill in.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3767-1.jpg
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3769-1.jpg
I could live here for a couple weeks.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3773-1.jpg
On to the white and a ten mile loop through the res. If it looks fishy I’ll go get a permit and come back.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3814-1.jpg
Well the white is blown out from the storms.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3816-1.jpg
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3825-1.jpg
The only place that worked out was the little co at x diamond ranch.
I had the stream to myself all day and had a blast.
The stream was running high and cloudy and was on fire.
It’s a beautiful place and I hit it just at the right time.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3784-1.jpg
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3785-1.jpg
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3786-1.jpg
I stuck a bow right off the bat nymphing.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3787-1.jpg
Then two more subsurface while several struck topside at my yellow/black foam indicator so switching to big yellow foam thingys with a hook .
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3804-1.jpg
They’re inhaling this thing.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3798-1.jpg
I tried out a toon hopper I had just got for the san juan.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3808-1.jpg
This thing got brutally tortured by every fish in its path.
I only caught one bow on it though. The browns just attacked it.
It was hilarious. I never had so much fun on foam flys I never use.
http://users.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/3801-1.jpg
Had a great time.