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Got a chance to hit a couple streams outside of Boulder over Labor Day Weekend. My wife and I may have found a new favorite destination to visit as she is far from an outdoors woman.
Vibrant college town with a ‘foodies’ dream of variety.
Took my 3wt Digger Digere 6’9” clone I built a couple years ago and with a helpful hint from a local fly shop…found a couple streams about an hour outside of town. I’m not a very experienced stream fisher at all, but had nonstop fun walking up these streams with dries.
 

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Kado

Steelhead
Mainly a size 16 tan chubby with a tailing size 20 red ant. Got them on both. The shadows made for tough visibility of the flies, but luckily the fish almost jumped out of the water on their 'takes', so I knew when to set. i learned so much about small stream pocket water fishing, especially about positionIng myself in relation to the fish. Got quite a few flies stuck in trees too! Sooo much fun with bamboo. A couple of them really surprised me with a bend deep into the butt. Can't wait to do some local exploring.
 
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