Reefed Among The Whitecaps & Gorgeous Gore 'Bow 14Sep14

It was a very windy weekend... but I still set sail daily (not completely fearlessly), and with no crew nearby I was again single handling Mon Ami. I arrived mid-day Sat in Summit and started by buying a new dishwasher. Then with whitecaps aplenty I set out with just the main and among few sailors on Lake Dillon. I quickly learned why there were few folks sailing as the blustery fall mid-day made sailing quite "sporty." I made it back to the slip unscathed but fully heeled and observed two harbor master rescues just after. I rested at the Tiki Bar on it's closing day before heading to the condo to enjoy a special release 7437 DIPA with 95 IBUs.

Sunday was a work day but I reached out to Summit mid-day and again faced fierce winds. I needed to test another boat system so I double reefed the main before setting sail. Setup was a bit lengthy but Mon Ami handled great and was fast despite just a reefed main as power... no matter - a blast all around the lake investigating the distant golden aspens and gathering storm. My plan was to close my last summer weekend in Summit with another jaunt to Gore Ck. The Gold Medal Lower Gore water did not disappoint. I arrived at 5pm thinking again that late summer, late in the day dry fly fishing would be good... but as last time I hit prime spots with great casts from the Winston #4 flinging smallish stimi/caddis and got jack but for one rejection. I switched to dredging with a variety of nymphs and again turned my "luck." My last outing here was all browns and it started that way again; fine of course... but under the I70 bridge I again raised a nice 16+" fish - this time a nice  rainbow on a small blue ribbed silver surfer. It's cool to be a Silve(rt)horn(e) resident.