Fraser River, Winter Park Resort - July 2, 2020

I decided to do a work from home day and go up to WP with Jen and the kids to let Z do some more mountain biking.  The good news is that we have gotten so good at working from home - you can do it anywhere this is an internet connection.  I knew there was good internet at WP - so why not head up there with the family and let the boy crash on his bike a few times?

He did manage to get his new "kit" or jersey for you non-British folks (like myself).

It was a beautiful day, and we had lunch, threw the football, I worked and we just chilled out - he rode from 10:30am until about 2pm.  At about 1pm I decided to check out the water that runs through the WP resort area at the base of the mountain.  It is hardly a river - more like a creek that freezes in winter - which is not a good sign for finding fish.  I tried in the shallow crap, but it was so weed slimey that I had to switch to a caddis and dropper.  I kept moving down river to see if I could find an open stretch that didn't have bushes in my back cast.  The area right before the Moffatt Tunnel was the trick - they were doing construction in the site and had cut down all the brushery around it.

I looked at this little stretch of water for about 3-5 minutes and saw nothing.  The "stretch" was about 15 feet long and maybe 12 feet wide - and the bottom was the green snot color that tells me there wasn't any fish in there.  But on my fourth cast (probably the only good cast since I do not dry fly fish) I saw a huge mouth pop up and snag the caddis.  I was surprised to see a legit 11 inch brookie!!

 I cast over a small falls and into the tunnel (not kidding) and had another fish snag my dry - this time he popped off and I only saw him dead drift in the run and then he was gone.

It was about 2:30pm and time to leave - as Z had hockey practice back home at 5pm.

It was a good relaxing day.  WP is quickly becoming one of my favorite Colorado spots.