Moonrise Save 23Nov15

As forecast I went to the PT on this gorgeous day in Pueblo. I caught a sufficient number of smallish fish out of Nature Center in the AM on silver surfer, DRC's FOD and black ice weight... in recognition of the BWO hatch. Did I say small fish... in a pretty crowded environment... with a decent fall BWO hatch on... grrr. That said, I went early enough to grab the first weir and did jack and then the carp hole and did jack. I fished all the way to the Valco bridge skipping folks as needed... I headed back to the car for lunch early and drive up to Valco. Also somewhat crowded upstream from Valco but I still managed to coax some fish in - still smallish relative to what's REALLY in the stream. I reached the hatchery feed, and a good unoccupied deep hole just below it, about moonrise. Things began to change... I hooked 3 big fish in a row (with an astonished nearby fishless couple as onlookers) but didn't land them despite 10-15 minute fights each and having one at my feet (but below the weir). They were really fighting long and hard and I could not cajole them to shallow water. I was getting nervous. Then I hooked another and finally landed him (blood red midge larva) after another big battle. And then another breakoff of something really big which raced through the water like a torpedo. And then landed a 20"er, but kindof skinny, on Jimi's Axe. Moonrise above Valco basically saved the day for me finally with some true PT activity... so cool.