Rocky Mountain NP

[budman]

Had a little work in the Denver area last week and knew I had a little time to drive through the park but not really enough time to fish, without leaving the wife for a day. So we took a drive and had a picnic beside a nice little stream that was along the Old Fall river road. Ran into a couple young guys fishing a small stream just below a 50 water fall and got to see them catch a few small cuts and when they caught one that was 10-12 inches I had to go talk. They were fishing a large streamer with the smallest San Juan worm I have ever seen. It was tied on a size 22 hook and the worm was not much thicker then a hair. Really hard to see, but not for those trout. Made me wish I had brought my rod. We got to see a cow moose with twins feeding in a small pond along a trail we had been hiking. But the highlight was this large bull we got to see along the head water of the Colorado. He walked over to where we were parked and just stood and posed for us. We have not seen one this large before.

[ozark trout fisher]

Very cool, thanks for sharing. 

Two summers ago, I was hiking just outside RMNP in the Indian Peaks Wilderness. It was getting late in the evening, it was rainy and cold, and we were borderline hypothermic, and a cow moose was blocking the only decent ford of a branch of the Saint Vrain River. I waited awhile, but eventually I had to yell at her to scare her off because otherwise we were gonna get caught out after dark in a rainstorm. Even then it took awhile. She just kind of looked at me like "What are you gonna do, puny little thing?"

That was a pretty nerve-wracking experience, although she never actually showed any aggression, as much as a general unwillingness to leave her spot in the stream. Any other situation I would have let her have it. 

[Johnsfolly]

That is a great shiras bull. Thanks for posting! Saw moose when I was in Wyoming.