Kala & I and some CoWWBoyz availed ourselves of the Haine family visit to Colorado to fish and picnic with them on the So Platte in 11 Mile Canyon. It is one of "those places" in Colorado; so it was good to get Angie, Audrey & Max there for the day; ok, Rob too but he's been before. We arrived about 9am and assembled @ RIverside CG then drove to the head of the canyon to grab Idlewilde picnic area for the day. Despite the price of gas we had 4 trucks/SUVs among the group. We immediately observed the trico mayfly mating balls and knew we should throw drowned spinners. Master fisherman MattdB scored big with a day off, and wading shoes and fly rods for for every Haine! Yeah, he's sporting a 8x rod vault these days. It was whacky crowded the entire length of the canyon this day - just a freaking Wed. A number of folks caught fish or at least did remote releases. All manner of flies worked but mostly sub-surface small stuff. I tried to get the "tough boys" photo as typical but somebody (Bro Brown) broke ranks with a smile, as usual, somebody always does.
I caught some fish - all ~17" cutbows like this in the AM; others weren't as lucky - Kala was blanked. The RF Diamond Blaze 4 wt is perfect in these waters.
The Haineness left the canyon, as did Kala, after lunch. We said our goodbyes with hugs and bumps and vowed to do it all again. Some adult male CoWWBoyz stayed for some PM fish wrangling and I caught several more including two nice browns on yellow sally topwater action. One ~17in flying fish and one 19"er. Matt helped me land the 2nd as he threw the hook and I had to land him side pulling. Matt threw the Rodfather Colorado in the afternoon and loved it - it's nice to have independent assessment of one's work, especially from a master fisherman like MdB. Great day with Kala and the boyz and the Haine fam. Fish catching could have been more egalitarian, but this is not an easy river section, especially at higher flows.
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