Livin' The Dream 31Oct15

Greg and I took in the Rocky Mtn Fly Fishing Rendevous up in Denver on Halloween. We heard some good speakers but the guy from 5280 was a substitute for Jamie and basically described how to fish - not how to win on the So Platte. Nonetheless, he didn't suck. We saw Pat Dorsey who pitched heavily from his new book (a copy of which I already own), and Steve Schweitzer who spoke sharply on RNMP fishing (Louise and Fifth are Lks we need to visit). We also learned Arrowhead Lk is the most requested backcountry campsite in the park, because there is just one... reservations for BC sites opens on March 1st. We also witnessed some strong tying and new fly recipes in the "tying theater" including Hopper Juan and a good stone from Carl Pennington. Rick Takahashi's bench and tying was there too. We both snagged Steve's latest book on the Indian Pks Wilderness fishing and got cool signed copies from the authors. Following the event we enjoyed a superior DIPA, Eternal Hoptimist, at Living the Dream microbrewery. Good stuff... the place was abuzz, the college games were on, Pavlo's Taste of Ukraine was in the parking lot, dogs were everywhere.