It was overcast and 50° but the water was cold and flowing 400+cfs from Dillon Rez into the tailwater in Silverthorne. I chose to stay close to home as driving further just got me into more folks. Sure there were plenty on the Blue Tail today but I was productive in non-prime spots; I parked on the Adams St side behind CDOT rather than the Outlet Mall side - perhaps that helped but while I was 1st to the lot at 9am, I was joined by two others before hitting the water. Nonetheless it was a decent outing on this section, especially given the flows (but the water was gin clear). The poxyback mysis (beat up here from use) and a blue foil midge I like were the best. There was little bug sign up here below the dam. It's nice catching these largerish (some 18"s and a 16") but purer rainbows for a change, rather than the cutbows we have on the Ark & So Platte. Nice kype jaws still on the males.
I hit the mid-section of the Blue just north of town in the PM but my rig of electric San Juan worm, yellow sallie stone and blue-beaded BWO (Destiny's Child) did not produce a thing over a 90min pass. Oh well, I had errands: to acquire and install a new fence at the Nest and to acquire and consume an anticipated collaboration @ ORB. 4 Noses, one of my favorite Denver brewers (Revised Copy NEIPA, their APA and more) came to Summit to collaborate with ORB and chose to focus on Nelson and Dragon hops, WTF. They made a NEIPA and WCIPA using these and of course I bought both - gotta keep your home teams afloat. DD likes Nelson and I think the NEIPA is better as Nelson hops do need to be tamed and it is less so in the WCIPA. Still, what fun, "How To Train Your Nelson."
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