A somewhat warm winter weekday moved me to head to 11 Mile Canyon for the first time this year. I had to drop off payment for the annual pass anyway... so let's go fishing. The road up the canyon was snow-packed and icy in spots (and wet & muddy in spots on the way out). I fished the head end as typical and saw ~15 cars in the canyon on my inbound trip. The Rodfather Diamond Blaze 8'6" 4wt I wielded was a blast, and deadly accurate. I caught a number of fish from 11a-2:30p, oddly enough including 3 browns. I think today was the 1st time I have ever caught 3 browns on the same day @ 11 Mile... it's predominantly a cutbow fishery. All the browns were Scottish. The fish were smaller today ~ the best two measuring just 16", one brown and one cutbow; the rest were 13"-15". I saw some larger fish in the highest deep hole but they didn't go for my medicine. Nonetheless, it was a blast being back in the canyon. I saw a number of redds that had been finned clear but no fish on them as yet. Flows are running a very low 57cfs and the water is gin clear. Midges were the ticket as expected and the blood midge, the money midge, my maroon pop top, and my awesome midge all took multiple fish ~ nobody hit the perdigon. At one point a couple of midges landed on my jacket and now I know I need to tie an olive pop top for this time of year in 11 Mile.
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