First off, let me apologize for the lack of posts on my part. My obsession for fishing and travel has left me with little time to sit at a computer. I will be spending more time on the computer now that school is starting again, and I will finally get a chance to post on all my summer trips.
We had hopes that the Grayling would be abundant early this year, but they were simply not there; everything has come late this year in Colorado due to the massive snowpack. About a month ago, they weren’t in the creek, they weren’t feeding on the surface at the reservoir, and they weren’t cruising the shores. I tried everything in my box but it was nymphs about seven feet under an indicator that eventually did the trick. The fishing was really slow and we only caught a few, so we retired to the campsite.
The campsite was along North Michigan Reservoir and full of stocker Rainbows averaging 10-12”. This would be a great place to take a kid or someone just starting to fly fish. The fish would eat just about anything and put up great fights for their size.
I am sure that it has changed drastically up there now, but this is a great place to explore. Just about every piece of water in Walden holds fish. So get out there and explore.