Rocky Mountain Arsenal

I had a good day at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. RMA, as it's known to the locals,was once a weapons manufacturer located in North Denver. It is now a wildlife refuge home to Buffalo, Black Footed Ferrets, and numerous waterfowl. The Arsenal also provides great fishing for Pike, Bass, Crappie, and Channel Cats. Public access is limited to three days a week, and fishing is restricted to artificials and single barbless hooks. Not a problem for fly fisherman. In fact on this day fly guys put a whooping on spinners. I only saw one Pike caught on a spin rod, while myself and another fly fisherman landed eight. Actually I caught seven and the other guy snuck in next to me and landed one. Felt pretty good considering there was about a dozen guys fishing. Well deserved after my musky misadventures.

This one was the biggest. A nice gentleman fishing next to me was kind enough to take a pic.

This is the nice gentleman who's name is Chuck. That is also Chucks' thumb in both shots

This is the other fly guy that snuck in next to me. The place was crawling with anglers. One of them said  that it's usually more crowded.

I was using a white fly and a 50 # fluorocarbon leader. I got bit off on 20 #

My trick was to make a long cast and let it sink. Then I would strip and twitch.

This one was kind of snaky, but I thought he looked tough.