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Been here going on 2 weeks and have been having some luck at catching fish.
This is a 19" rainbow from the lake in my back yard.
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and a 6' green perch on a furled tail hopper at Echo Lake.
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The East Fork of the San Juan.
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My friend Mike with a nice 17' 'bow.
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More to come. Jim
Nice fish, Jim, how are the water levels over there?
Nice fish Jim! Good to see fish and smiles together. :)
Herefishy, Water in the rivers, San Juan and Piedra, are very low. We've had some rain since we've been here but not enough to raise the flow much. We were in Durango friday and the Animas is a lot lower than usual. Looks like fall flows around here. Also the waters I've waded are very warm. I'm used to the rivers and streams in the Eastern Sierras of California. They are cold year round. Jim
Drove the wife and daughter-in-law to a trailhead on the Piedra river this morning. Told them I'd find something to keep me busy while they were hiking.
I found this spot on the river.
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Made friends with this guy and another about the same size.
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After the ladys returned we drove up to Williams Res. just to check it out before driving back to Pagosa Springs.
I will probably bring my pontoon back here someday soon.
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More to come. Jim
Took a drive down to an abandoned train station called Pagosa Junction yesterday. I stopped to take a photo of this fork in the San Juan River
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While we were stopped this little feller crossed the road about 50 feet from where we were parked. I got nervous and couldn't set my camera properly.
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My wife was ready with her trusty cell phone
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The train place was pretty interesting as you can see by this old rail car
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More on Pagosa Junction. What's left of the water tower. Thiese were narrow guage steam engines.
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The train depot?
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A bridge across the San Juan. All the track has been removed.
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Saw some wild turkeys on the trip back.
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The Colorado Tourism Comissioners thank you. You sure got me want to go for a visit.
Some nice pictures there. I especially like the one of the fork in the San Juan, that looks like a spot where I would enjoy spending the day :)
Steve
Good to see you are getting some fishing in Jim, lovely spots and that bear would certainly make my day, I love to see wild animals and we don't have many down here other than birds and goats.
All the best.
Mike