Eleven Mile Canyon 2013

One of the "musts" on our trips to Colorado is to spend a day fishing the South Platte River below Eleven Mile Reservoir in Eleven Mile Canyon. Such a spectacular setting with wild trout, and every type of fishing water imaginable, including pocket water, runs, deep pools, plunge pools, riffles. We were able to get in some morning fishing, picture taking, and lunch before our outing was interrupted this year. Charlcie and I were walking to a new spot upriver taking a well-worn trail riverside and through the willow thicket. We stopped to observe a feeding trout, and as we started to move to fishing position, Charlcie stepped in a sinkhole and was injured. A visit to ER in Salida the next day confirmed a cracked second metatarsal in her left foot. Although this was bad enough, and also involved removal of a size 20 hook from her thumb, it could have been worse. A few weeks on crutches and in a cast-boot was the result, and we hope when she finally gets the boot off that the bone will have healed correctly. But no fear, we still enjoyed the rest of our trip, although some activities were pared down. We still managed a night in Lindsborg, KS on the return trip to enjoy the obligatory dinner at the Ol' Stuga.

Charlcie focused on feeding brown trout

Sight casting to a feeding brown with positive result

Charlcie and Larry

Kim and Nancy

Sam and Marsha