Just A 2Wt On The Gore & Eagle 19Jul20

Sure it was a Sunday but sheesh, there were three cars (we all arrived at the same time @ 9am) at the mouth of the Gore. I "let" the others guys head down first and they passed up the final runs of the Gore before it hits the Eagle. I fished that and caught some smallish browns on an olive chubby top fly. I was using the keen 2 wt drc #1 I built - pretty fun, especially landing stuff. I got within ~20 yards downstream of one of the other guys and he said I was about to fish in his water - well, that's how I interpreted his "yo" and "massive arm expansions;" downstream mind you. I skipped over him by plenty of space and fished some more with less luck and then a family moved in right below me. I left for the Eagle.

The Eagle was not crowded where I went - basically just across from the Holy Cross TH right downstream from Minturn. Fishing was better too, I caught a gob more ~10-12" browns like these. Unfortunately the 2 wt betrayed me on the nice 16" rainbow I had on... she threw the hook and went broadside downstream from me  - too much for the weapon to handle, or poor handling by the operator. The Eagle is a nice freestone at the right flows. Most fish were on an royal chubby #12 but some on the PMD FBPT or EZ WD40.

For lunch I brown-bagged it but stopped at VBC to try their latest hazy - Beautiful Chaos.

I caught some more smallish browns on the Gore at the West Vail exist and then headed back to watch the Outlaws. They are 2-0, both large margin wins so I think they are among the top 3 teams.