Rivers & Mountains With Yoho 29Mar21-30Mar21

Jim & I headed out to 11 Mile Canyon for our first outing there this season. It sucked... we each probably snagged and lost one fish but featured no other hits. Except me, with 30mph winds I caught plenty of streamside brush. The river was cold and I could see some fish deep but there was not a lot of feeding or breeding activity, despite hundreds of massive redds. Others didn't have "luck" either - I guess we are a week away from strong fishing out there. We left early and hit the Silverthorne tailwater section of the Blue a bit in the afternoon. We fished from I70 to the dam and hit the Cop Hole as well, but with equally weak returns. Can the fish really feel the impact of a new low pressure front?

Fortunately our bad "luck" was completely covered with a nice dinner @ Sauce in Silverthorne, some decent hoops games & tunes on the Nest theater followed by a half a foot of snow for the next day's skiing @ Breck. We got to Breck mid-AM and conditions were excellent - we scored lots of runs in falling snow and plenty of stashes. The new boots are excellent - and a nice orange color match to my Liberty Origin boards and Solomon bindings. Plus, on the way home the roads were just wet so quick rolling. We decided to try Brother Luck's dumpling place called Lucky Dumplings and were pleasantly surprised on most of the tasty dumplings we chose.