We had an ominous approach to the San Juan as we crossed dam - wind gusts of 60 mph winds sweeping up the face of the dam gave us concern as the truck was whipped around on the narrow road with precipitous drops (and no guard rails). After we settled in at Abe's (we were in a new section and the room was very nice), we geared up for some fantastic fishing. We had two days of large rainbows (of all the fish caught, only two were less than 12" - all the others were 15"-20"). The big hatch of black midges helped the cause - they covered our waders, fly lines, etc. and the fish were definitely keyed in to these bugs - all subsurface, with not many surface takes witnessed. The Upper Flats section that we found very productive is reached by a pretty demanding switchback trail. A great two days of fishing!
Cutbow trout
Rainbow trout
Another fat rainbow
Looking upstream towards dam: swallows overhead indicating a big midge hatch
Mark with his 20" rainbow: swallows taking bugs all around him
Switchback trail: easy on the way down, pretty rough on the way out - focus on your footing!
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