Saturday, July 15, 2023

10 Mile Tribulations 15Jul23

Yikes. I headed to 10 Mile Ck and the I70 ponds downstream of Copper Mtn this morning. Hey, I remembered my cams this time.

Once on the water 1/2 mi from the car I discovered I lost more than mayflies yesterday ~ I lost my tippet (7 spools of TroutHunter flouro) and my terrestrial & chubbies box. Grrr. I had to conserve bugs to those already on and precious little tippet on my vest. I caught some 8" rainbows in the pure cold, gin clear, AM waters flowing ~140cfs but didn't take pics due to fish size. Weak. Little did I know at the time that I'd leave early for Cutthroat Anglers to reload chubbies and get a now tippet rig. Grrr. Good thing I'm a local (-10%).
$170 later I am far from flush, but functional in summer. I was un-entuhused to return to 10 Mile given timing and grabbed more local discounts, this time on local beers. The ORB Walk Of Life from Thu purchase is pure NZ Motueka hops and the VBC Utopiate is my favored double dry hopped hazy styling; both are super tasty.


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