Spent a few hours on the Big Thompson mostly downstream from Estes Park, CO this past weekend.

Saturday was a gorgeous day. Warm and sunny. Brought out LOTS of anglers. Almost "combat fishing" conditions. Not much luck.

Sunday was cooler and cloudy. Not as many people on the river. Better luck. Got in the middle of one of the best feeding frenzies I've ever seen. Never had rising trout that close to me as I was standing in a river.

Once I figured out what they wanted (Baetis and BWO's) caught some nice 'bows. Mostly in the 10" range.

Oh, and by the way, the Estes Park area is LOUSY with elk this time of year. Seems the local law enforcement spend most of their time trying to keep idiots from seeing how close they can get to a bull elk for another photo op!

Had a great time.