Two On The Run - Then Gone 29Mar15

I was one heart beat with several great rainbows today... our pumps each beating furiously in sync I sense. I landed neither of the first two and both took me to the backing (25 yards+) and we fought for 10 minutes or more each! Awesome, but really disappointing not to see them in my net. Both seemed destined to break me off in their own special spots - rocks, not wood. The biggest boldly busted mid-stream in only 3 ft of water after a 100 yd downstream run with two great jumps - with me chasing from a deep pool weir. The 2nd was lost deep in the pool - I could feel him the whole time twitching my rod after I reeled him back in but could not dislodge him from the rock spot - I moved around but ultimately gave up and he wore down the line at my surgeon's knot. Flows were really fast at >500cfs and wading was hard, probably why the lot was empty, and hookups were few, though I caught some. Who knew I'd get a 3rd shot at a big fish day? I brought this 22+" beauty  to net on the Awesome Midge off 6X flouro with no indicator - with a witness who took my pic' and asked, "Wow, GR8Fish, is this catch & release?" -"It is for me." It's coming to springtime in the Rockies... Colorado is so cool.