Pueblo Tailwater In Wind & Cold 09Apr21

I hit the PT again and surprisingly was 2nd to arrive at 9:30am armed with my 10' Rodfather All Blacks. Kala declined the invite when discovering there'd be wind and just 50° temps - and there was. Wind knots & tree trimming galore, but also plenty of fish. Mostly caught smaller ones today like these 18" males and the 17" female. All were decently stout and strong but not 20"ers. The action was pretty continuous from the cool AM to the nice PM. In the morning they hit the ObiJuan squirmy worm or the #22 Awesome Midge or the #22 MHFB zebra. Mid-day I experienced a minute BWO hatch but that was enough to trigger some takes on #20 MH RS2. Then the midge entered the target list later in the PM. Flows were dropped a smidge and are still great at 222cfs. A nice outing that might've even been better had Kala joined or I landed the nicest fish of the day. After an 8 minute fight I was about to net a ~22"er but he got under the net and through my legs and broke off when the top fly caught my waders - total fail ending on my part - the pic is the closest I got to him.