There are probably a small handful of places where you have the opportunity to do as many things as you can in Colorado. Believe it or not, this actually turns into a problem, because there is only so much time to do so many cool things. At any one point, you can really only do two things well, and still have a job. Fishing and rugby seem to have bubbled to the top of my priority list.
This last weekend, there was a rugby tournament in Steamboat. It is one of the more social tournaments where players will 'whore' for other teams when they need an extra body to fill out a side. Players take it seriously, but to much less of an extent than league play or RuggerFest. Nobody gets upset at bad calls, or at least not very, and the town is more than happy to see a bunch of folks come in and dump cash at the local stores, restaurants, hotels, and campgrounds. Coincidentally, the path to and from Steamboat runs along and/or near several spots where an angler can drop in and attempt to coax a fish into biting on a hook. Basically, it's an all around weekend for myself and a couple of guys from the club that I fish with on a regular basis.
At the end of the day, the rugby was good, the party was great, and I caught a flippin' monster up in Stagecoach state park. Dry fly season is upon us, which is what all, or at least most, anglers wait for all year. Watching a fish come up to nibble a fly and then setting the hook is much cooler than waiting for your strike indicator to get pulled below the surface by the fish that you can't see.
The fly of the day is the Yellow Stimulator, provided by the folks at www.oregonflyfishingblog.com
Tight Lines,
Dave
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