GR8 Day On The PT And Fishing Was Decent 10Nov21

Jim, Andy and I hit the Pueblo tailwater of the Ark today on somewhat of a recon effort. We arrived about 9:30am and while it was windy, it was warmish ~60°+. We did the Nature Center in the AM and moved up to the Valco Ponds SP area for afternoon. Morning was decent with many fish caught on all manner of bugs. For me the silver surfer, blax ice and blood midge fooled the most cutbows but the team was tossing the kitchen sink and it all seemed to work. The flows were good at ~125cfs but the water is still stained green and full of fallen leaves which we often snagged. I caught a number of 15"-18" fish and Yoho caught a nice one farming the bank area above the 3rd, and biggest, weir. Andy hooked many but landed fewer. We had a blast and closed with a nice dinner at Cerberus.

Today was the first field trial for the RFT5. Simply put: "it's spectacular." It was light in the hand all day as hoped, and it was smooth and dreamy to cast with accuracy. The mated Ross Evo LTX was gorgeous, with a great drag system to slow even my biggest fish and retrieved quickly and smoothly. The RFT5 system is a blast and will surely be my go to 5 weight.