Browns In The PM On The Gore 22Aug17

Back to Eagle County after Cheerio box eclipse and review of potential winds showed PM ~3mph only. Good day of many good brown trout @ Dawg Park in short time... but just browns - they seem the greater aggressors as we move toward fall. I long line nymphed with indicator mostly and had to clean the flies of scunge often but the clear low flows offered a passel of German browns like these on WD40 and the CE (Cheeseman Emerger). including one fatter one of 16" (the 2nd). I turned 'em over with caddis ultimately but didn't catch 'em on top.

At it for just 3 hrs I was ready for another thing. I headed west to VBC. Reaffirmed dominator of Eagle County breweries. I stopped for tacos at the food truck and brews @ VBC while the construction up I70 to Vail Pass still underway for the day. Tasted 4 good IPAs including Tourist Trap 8.5%/75IBU, Blue NEIPA 6.2/:), Pete's Stash Pale 6/45 and Time Lapse NEIPA 7/;) - drank the excellent and NA Bronze winner Tourist Trap DIPA (wait - how'd I get that depth of field with an iPhone) and the excellent Time Lapse. Great brewery and good $5 carnitas tacos.