Summer is Almost Over!!!

Wow! I can not believe it is almost September. I have been so busy swimming, spending time with my family and fly fishing I have not kept up on my regular blog posts.

As summer comes to a close I often start to think back on all the fun fishing I had over the summer. This summer was probably one of my favorites because of the number of youth fly fishing classes I was fortunate enough to be able to teach. My fishing trips stayed pretty close to home but that sure did not affect the amount of fish I was able to catch! There were also many learning experiences for me over the summer, for an example, I learned how to Czech nymph and have really been practicing that technique to prepare for the 2010 America Cup Fly Fishing Competition that starts on September 17th.

Here are a few pictures to recap all that went on this summer! More posts to come over the next couple of weeks.

Competing at the Teva Mountain Games in Vail, Colorado. This was round 2 of the fly casting. I finished 15th overall. It was great weekend.

A cutbow from Hecoma Ranch.

A colorful small stream brownie!

The Uncompahgre River below Ridgeway Reservior.

My little sister with a Green Sunfish from Swietzer Lake.

Practice day with my America Cup Youth Team on the Colorado River.

My sister Ava with a Gunnison River brown.

My dad and baby sister checking out a Gunnison River brown trout.