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Yeppers!

Yeah, you guys convinced me. The fishing in Colorado sucks because you simply can't do it. Can't touch the stream bed, much less take a pee. I don't know how in the heck I've managed to do it all these years without getting busted. I haven't fished MT, WY, OR, ID or CA, so I'm not gonna step out there and say one of those are best. I just don't think 'best' can apply if I haven't done it. I'm just not gonna echo something someone else has said. I'm more of a small stream loner. Don't really have the desire to fish tailwaters or float big water. I don't feel the need to hit water just to say I've been there, and I'm not really looking for lunkers. I don't have the time, at this stage in my life, to travel extensively simply to fish. I can be in Rocky Mountain National Park in 11 hours. There are dozens of streams and lakes, minimal pressure, spectacular scenery, and all four kinds of trout. There are two subspecies of cutthroats (Greenback and Colorado River) that are indigenous to the Rockies and both rare. They all readily take dry flies. I've seen moose, cougar, elk, bear, big horns and other stuff while fishing there. The pine trees smell really good. I've hopped over the Colorado River at it's upper reaches. I've fished other areas in CO too. Maybe all this frustration with access is because you guys haven't looked too hard or have focused on the 'name' rivers. So, I call CO my best because it has exactly what I like, and it's within reach. Maybe in a few years I'll have a new 'best'. I'm not done looking.

Poop? sorry

Sorry. I though it said POOP. Carry on.

Huh? It's only Evian for me.

Al's right. And, just so all you St. Louis folks know, I just dropped a deuce. Should be there Friday, or sooner with all this high water.

Well, that kinda flies in the face of what I've heard. I know there's a right to be in the water, but have heard the access is the problem as large sections of stream side land are in private hands, and aggressively protected. Regardless, I can't really claim to be an expert on MT, and repeat that it's a lifetime challenge to find what is your 'best'. It's great that you seem to have found the best, own property there and can exclude the other 49 states from consideration But if I can't get there within the constraints of time I have, 'best' doesn't matter anyway. As to the 'famous' CO waters, I wouldn't even consider them.

How's the poop over there?

Maybe so, but there's poop in the water. POOP! See my avatar over there? No POOP!

I'd have to pass, but I'd wager if you caught Dallas in the right 'frame of mind', he'd be all for it. I've never seen one real close up though. Is there any fancy stuff where it's tied in, or is it just whip-finished? You could crank it up a notch by using a vice and tying up something fancy. Maybe some beads, rubber legs, flashabou.

Lotsa CO is public land; not so much so in MT and WY. And, I can be fishing in CO within 10 hours -- big pluses. But heck, who knows what's best? I couldn't even define 'best' fishing. The thrill is in finding out what you like best, which takes up a big chunk of a lifetime.

I think all poop should be illegal. I hate that crap.

I'm betting there already is a regulation.

Nice!

Just pokin' ya. I'd probably be in the same situation if I worked next door to the fly shop.

Are you implying you turned a profit? I don't know anybody with half the crap you've got

K&K lost my business a long time ago. Not because of anything unethical, they lost me on their service, attitude and atmosphere. Kevin has never understood how to treat people, and what he doesn't understand is that no matter how good his business is, it's only a fraction of what it could be. I'm all for making a buck, but when you've got a fly fisherman (I'm assuming that's what this guy was) in the shop and you tell him tough luck this time, you're thinking pretty short term. He would have been better off pulling the stuff off the shelf, saying it's not available and selling it back-channel if he needed the cash so bad.

Done

Very nice.

Good reason for a good screen name.

Hiding Out

I thought it was 'out to lunch' or maybe 'oughta tell Lilley'

Naw -- there wasn't any hackle there, according to him.

That makes sense -- I think the guy at Cabela's was misinformed, or maybe just full of it.