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Sounds like a good time. Make that next one a trout trip and at a little cooler time of year and I'm in. Mebbe this fall?

Haven't been there for years, but wondered what's going on when I visited their site just now: Windrush Farms Anybody know?

I thought all the water in CO was off limits? Seriously, have a great time. Sounds like a well thought out trip you've got planned there.

There's all kinda stuff out on the web about the "Windows XP Repair" virus. Chief -- did you run something to clean it off?

Will this thread turn south?????

What is this language you speak?

My wife was talking to a friend last night who said another friend was in a Branson flyshop and the guy told her he needed to keep the hackle he had for his repeating fly-tying customers.

I do see where you're coming from. It could be triggered by OA software or ads or whatever, but likely didn't/doesn't come from OA or I'd expect lots of folks to get it too. It's a widely reported virus and there seem to be lots of people talking about how to clean it off. I'd probably look into that. I don't remember if you mentioned it -- do you have up-to-date antivirus software?

Another thing: Just because this thing pops up when you come to OA doesn't necessarily mean it came from OA. If you Google "Windows XP Repair virus", there's a lot of recent activity -- it seems to be giving a lot of people fits right now.

pssssst... Your problems solved.

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.