Dad's visit

On Saturday morning my dad came up to visit me from Grand Junction. We met where the Gunnison river flattens out before it meets Blue Mesa Reservoir. We both caught a couple of small trout that we threw back.

After lunch, we drove on highway 50 and turned south to 114 as Cochetopa creek flows next to the road on the way to Saugache. We brought our fly poles and as soon as we could, started fishing. I took this photo from the small creek as I was fishing:

We drove up to the State Wildlife area that included the Dome Lakes and I took this photo of the area below the Dome lakes of Archuleta Creek as it switched back and forth. I was able to sneak up on a couple of trout but I am still very much a beginner fly fisherman and I didn't catch any fish.

This second photo is of Dad fly-fishing the same area:

Dad had a couple of hits but didn't catch any trout. We then drove up the dirt road and fished at the upper Dome lake for about an hour until the rain and wind picked up. We drove the 40 miles back to Gunnison and then ate dinner and crashed for the night.

Sunday morning we decided to drive to Silver Jack Reservoir in Montrose County. The dirt road to Silver Jack is 21 miles or so off of Highway 50 along a couple of ridges. When Dad and I arrived, we noticed the lake was about 50 feet down so we had to walk over muddy lake bottom to reach the algae-colored lake water. Silver Jack Reservoir normally is around 8900 feet of so in elevation. The surrounding mountains and the entire area was some of the most beautiful Colorado wilderness I have seen. Dad and I didn't catch any fish but here are some photos of High Mesa ridge to the East of the lake and the final photo is Dad untangling his line at the end of our fishing at Silver Jack.