Some big mayflies running amok on the Colorado these past few weeks, large in size and plentiful in numbers.
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Even had someone try out the bait-caster off the raft for fun. Much to my surprise it was incredibly effective when it wasn’t free spooling line into the bottom of the boat.
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Aside from the fish we found this putrid animal sample in the river. Based upon forensic data we determined it fell victim to the railroad sometime around November of 2016.
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Fishing has been good, best hatches I’ve seen in years for April. Get some while you can.