February 28, 2021
While being a septuagenarian has increasingly few benefits, one major exception is jumping to the head of the line to get the coveted Covid vaccinations. After scoring my second one last week, I didn’t suffer from any serious side effects–except found myself nursing a mild case of fishing fever in its wake. No one warned me about that!! What to do?? Fortunately I found the perfect antidote: A two-hour recon mission scoping out the beaver ponds on a little creek near my cabin just outside Salida, Colorado, that produced some good brownies last spring.

And with spring just a few weeks away so must the spring thaw that will let this small stream aficionado get on back on the waters he loves. What I found definitely lifted my spirits but oddly only stoked my fishing fever. What’s an angler to do??
It was a bright and sunny day when I embarked on my exploratory mission, albeit a brisk 29 degrees at 8,000 feet.
Nevertheless, the first big pond I came to that produced that nice brown trout was already showing some open water! And in the creek up above I even heard and then caught a glimpse of running water!!
To further stoke the fever, a mile upstream I stumbled on a promising series of beaver ponds, replete with a picturesque lodge, that had been hidden by overgrown vegetation last time I was up that way. Got to be some decent fish in there!


Hopefully it won’t be long before I am boasting about my piscatorial acumen accompanied by photographic proof of my beaver pond exploits. To all my fly fishing friends out there, keep the faith—winter is about over!!
Hey Chris, I am glad to see that you’re doing well. Glad you got your shots too! I haven’t looked at any of the creeks yet, but I might have an inkling where you’ve been and I look forward to checking it out one summer comes 🙂 The Ark hasn’t been too productive for me just yet 🙂
TP.
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On Sun, Feb 28, 2021, 16:59 HOOK & FLY: Off -The-Beaten Path Fishing Adventures And Eclectic Musings Of An Itinerant Angler wrote:
> hooknfly posted: ” February 28, 2021 While being a septuagenarian has > increasingly few benefits, one major exception is jumping to the head of > the line to get the coveted Covid vaccinations. After scoring my second > one last week, I didn’t suffer from any serious side e” >
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Thx Tom! I’ve done fairly well on the Ark but this cold spell and wind put the kibosh on that. Looking forward to some 50 degree weather later this week!
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