We had a fantastic time fishing with our guide/friend Katherine Browne
Rick catching his last big fish of the day!
After we received our instructions from Katherine on how to fly fish; making sure we cast out properly. She told us the key to catching Kokanee Salmon is you have to set the hook hard; and so she demonstrated how to set the hook hard. “When in doubt set the hook, because you never know when one might be on the hook”. We started our fishing adventure around ten o’clock that morning and had so much fun catching our first Kokanee Salmon and Brown Trout. I caught the Brown Trout and Rick caught the Kokanee Salmon within five minutes of fishing. Katherine laughed at us, because she said alright you two! “Do you have to do everything together?” Since just six days ago we hunted down our first antelope together one hour apart. We had so much fun fighting those fish on our line and listening to Katherine yell “Ripping Lips!” I never caught a big fish like the ones we caught in Gunnison, Colorado. I always caught the little sunfish back home, and when I caught my first big trout I was a happy girl!
There is a wrong way to fly fish and the right way to fly fish. I’ve experienced the wrong way and the right way to fly fish. I had my line in tangles a few times, the fish would break my line, and I even had my fly lost once. Rick and I were casting the same time and ended up having our lines cross. We didn’t realize that we were going in the same spot to fish. It just shows you that two great minds think alike! So Katherine was very patient to get us untangled. She always makes sure when you are fly fishing with her that you have fun! She makes it exciting, relaxing, enjoyable, and she even keeps you from falling into the water. (Hahahaha)
Double Trouble
While we were on our way to a new fishing hole to try out some dry fly fishing. Katherine seranaded to the eighties music and we ate our lunch provided to us from the outfitter. When we arrived at the river it was very peaceful, quiet, and beautiful. We had a great time dry fly fishing after we were trained by Katherine on how to cast; and what to expect on this dry fly fishing adventure. Rick didn’t catch as many fish as I did in the river when we were dry fly fishing, but I did catch my first cut throat trout. The day ended that Rick caught the majority of Kockanee Salmon and I out did him on the trout. We lost count on how many fish we did catch; but the point was we were catching them and having fun fishing.
We would like to thank Katherine Browne for making our first fly fishing trip a memorable one! We had a marvelous time fishing with her in Gunnison, Colorado and we can’t wait to do it again in the future!
