Eagle River & Gore Creek 20Jul13

The Eagle did not land. On this day, near Minturn, at the concrete bridge and downstream at the Whiskey Access I caught only a small brown wading mid-day despite my casting brilliance with the new weapon. Maybe I didn't have the bugs or skills but I did consult Minturn Anglers, who were cool. Hoping for a beer and pizza to blunt the AM's dismal performance, I headed back to Minturn. I wasn't waited on in 15 min despite engaging the waitress with my normal snappy repartee. Cliff bar then off to Gore Ck, a little POed. Ominous beginning and I will eschew further attacks on the Eagle.

Much higher water than when I fished this Gore Ck Gold Medal run last time. I was interrupted with a score of IMs and eMails regarding work but still managed a decent afternoon on Gore Ck (recovering the dismal Eagle experience). I caught a half doz browns with 2 nice ones ~12-14" but no pics of those as I dropped both before getting the evidence; enclosed is a smaller one. Here the ticket was a #14 tan caddis trailing an olive tiny or flashy micro-mayfly. The Winston 4 wt was perfect for flicking the dries to the right spots along shore. The fishing definitely was picky but improved past 5pm.  I will return to Gore Ck in the fall when I can read the holding spots more clearly.