Into The Blue River Canyon 15Jul16

With flows at 540cfs I can hike about a mile into the Blue River Canyon below Green Mtn Rez before being "cliffed-out." So, I hit Jurassic Park today. It was a pretty nice AM and I was hoping for some green drake action and tied that on up top. I got a few rises but no takes and did better on the nymphing rig. I fished 2.5 hrs and caught a half dozen decent fish including one brown and a large gold & red rainbow (unfortunately it was an awkward stance for the pictures and release so not too good an image). He was still kype jawed from the spawn and was probably 18-19" and strong. My best fly was the reimagined black ice but a hare's ear took some too. I did see caddis, PMDs, and a few green drakes coming off. Even tiny mosquitos plagued me a bit. Recon was pretty successful to this fine fishery which was not easily crossed for further downstream hiking (the entire canyon is water is 3 miles). The water is still fast and just a tinge green but is improving daily I imagine. I rarely catch many here - just very good fish.