Wet Wading Williams ~ For 30 Minutes 17Aug22

The rains came hard in Summit for the last two days and most of the creeks and freestones swelled and stained. I noted Williams Fk, while high at ~225cfs, would be doable and was fairly unaffected by the rain. I headed up to Grand Co for my first outing to Bill's this season (it had either been too low or too high thus far). Unfortunately repaving forced single lane traffic along Green Mtn rez on the way out (note to self, go through Heeney on the way back). Arriving a smidge later than hoped I was greeted by lots of folks with the same knowledge at the trailhead. Some set out together on the 30 min hike to the river. Despite the flows I decided to wet wade and it felt fine. I was wielding the Rodfather Diamond Blaze, an ultralight 8.5' 4wt which is very target savvy. I made my way to the mouth of the WFk with the Colorado as I wanted to make a full pass from there to (nearly) the dam on this fine but short tailwater. Unfortunately after only 30 minutes the tip snapped off as I was moving through bushes streamside - I don't really know what happened; I just heard a snap. Grrr... I've already written Mudhole/MHX to see if I can get a new tip section for this $150 blank; extras were not offered upon initial purchase. I hiked out to the car and decided against rearming and rehiking - I headed back to the Nest.

UPDATE 25Aug22... The good news is that after assessing me as a customer, Mud Hole is comping me a new tip for the RFDB. It should be here soon and I'll be able to wrap another one. Further, MHX, the blank manufacturer will do the same for just $25 in the future.

UPDATE 13Sep22... Guides & tiptop were removed from broken section. An all new tip section is wrapped up to match the rod. The "new" section fits perfectly and the rod again tosses like a dream.