It's A Weird World Now - Blue & Williams Fk 12May20-13May20

An unexpected consequence of Covid-19 is the crowding of my favorite waters, and perhaps the entire outdoor system. Sure I expect 11 Mile & Cheeseman Canyons to be crowded, but everywhere? Fly rod sales must be through the roof, and waders too, as there are pros and noobs aplenty everywhere I go. Argh. I fled to Summit in search of wild Blue & Colorado waters but I found packed THs again. "Go back to work." Tue I hit the Blue @ Jurassic Pk @ 250cfs and found 14 cars there on arrival, usually 2. I caught a decent brown but there were still scant BWOs and rare were the big cutbow sightings. I saw about as many as folks on the stream (younguns as the step in is wicked) as mayflies - is it me or does everyone in Summit have a rod rack now? I went further than ever down the Blue till cliffed out, but folks just kept coming.

I headed to the Williams Fk today despite flows having increased 50% to 150cfs, That's not a bad flow here but he impulse function may effect the catch. Wait for it - it did, as did the crowds again. I hooked a couple and landed a small brown but this tailwater should be much more productive now - but for the 20 cars in the lot as I arrived at 11am. All the Colorado River parking spots were packed along the way. WTF. Yea that's the confluence of Williams Fk & Colorado , which was very off color from yesterday's precip. Anyway we are into some desert bloom.