With the summer quickly slipping away, I spent a much needed day fly fishing the Eagle River in the Vail Valley last Friday. One of my buddies is getting married in a few weeks, so he wanted to head up early and pick up the fly rod for the first time. We spent the morning in our rain jackets, as the storm clouds kept the rain coming and slowly turning the river to chocolate milk. We still were able to hook some feisty Eagle River trout on large, flashy flies that kept it exciting. At about noon, the storms cleared and the bugs started to move around in the river. We moved up to a pull off closer to town, and continued to catch fish as the rest of our group started to show up. Finished off the day by drinking some cold ones stream side, just as the caddis started to pop off the water. It was a perfect way to start the weekend.
