Golf With Matt & Summit Stuff; CoWWBoyz Too 26Aug23-30Aug23

I dropped off Kala @ COS for her trip to Raleigh and headed up to Denver for a round with MLC @ Kennedy. Good time with the kid; after I drove to Summit for some audio measuring and fishing. I measured and updated the center channel latency and delay settings ~ that description is HERE.

I don't drink a lot of sugary drinks but if I do they are Izzes or San Pelegrinos or hand made Arnold Palmers, which are less sugary and costly. Here's a batch in prep with a kettle gift from Matt to facilitate with much less power yet greater speed. Spa time in Summit Co is sublime below Peak One.

I tied a couple dozen mayflies and fished a couple of sections of 10 Mile Ck again (Officer's Gulch & Adjacent Copper Ponds). I caught some browns and rainbows but felt the catch was smaller in size and quantity than on previous year's outings to these sections.

While I bailed on my CoWWBoyz they crushed it on the Green River ~ with 3 local captains leading the way. Just a shout out here as none of them can type. Nice fish Haine-O-Nado. Headed to OBX tomorrow!

Epic Swing Day 10 - Green River Tailwater Below Fontenelle Dam 07May19

It was a gorgeous morning on the Green River and I went out to conquer. Tried as I did some big fish in backwater munching midges wanted none of my clumsy casts at them. Unfortunately too after several hours I had nothing to show but a tiny rainbow caught on a mayfly nymph. There were no familiar structures on this wide shallow "plains" river - it was easy wading as no rocks or other structures and finding the channels and "tongues" was easy too. So, while I didn't see either of the other fisherman catch anything, it must be me. Or this section of the Green is unheralded for a reason. I did find the weeping rock where a spring led into the river (no pic). I cannot recommend this spot - its remote and the fishing is not too good IMO. About noon a serious front of blackness descended and I raced back to the camper and packed up. I got it all done in <40 min as the sleet started to hit. I drove out the dirt road (getting everything very messy) and headed to Steamboat, accelerating my journey.

Postscript: discussing my Green River experience in the section with a guide in Cutthroat Angles I learned that wading cannot be done - local boating is needing to float .5 mile drifts between effective channels for 22" cutthroats. Maybe true - doesn't work for me anyway.

Epic Swing Day 9 - Travel To Green River Effluent Of Fontenelle Rez 06May19

I  am so remote there are more antelope than humans, by far; I set the Crusher to 75mph, turned once, and didn’t encounter a vehicle in my lane for like 180 miles; I stopped for gas and met the attendant at a new point on the road called Fontenelle but then departed 25 miles on a dirt road through just sage to the base of the Fontenelle Dam where I did see trucks which likely carried people to work the power plant - but really no one is in sight for many miles. Yeah Weeping Rock CG is free camping as there is literally nothing here - I have to shit in the sagebrush but that’s no issue as no one but dead ‘yotes, some ducks, and insects will observe. The river is indeed Green, even up here above the Flaming Gorge. This is an unheralded tailwater of WYO so we will see if I can roust fish - my camp is on the river below the dam and I went to the bank and saw some fish so that’s a good sign but who knows if I can muster the schemes to entice them. As with many other WYO tailwaters, they are formed behind huge earthen dams built during rural electrification AND, must be great waterfowl hunting areas too as I have seen before, and again here, there is a ton of shotgun shell waste lining the banks - kind of weird there’s no rule to clean it up. WYO is an odd spot, I liked the towns near the Front Range but out here my sense is that folks eek out a very meager existence, and their domiciles show it, whether via ranching, the government or fracking/natural resources. There are no cars, just diesel dualies, likely worth more than houses, and popups are non-existent - every WYO camper is hard-sided, I think it’s the wind and weather and I admit it is a challenge. There is a gathering storm with expected real T-storm action tonight. I’ll hunker down for now but here’s what I see: my site, the river (from camper and up close selfie), the ‘yotes, the shells, and the nothin' for miles.