Today I started fishing near Aspen, Colorado, after giving a presentation in the area yesterday. In the morning I headed out with a group and caught some beautiful rainbows, mostly in the 18-20″ range. Then, in the early afternoon I hooked into browns (still in the same river), at least one at about 20″.
On the 3.5 hour drive home I stopped in a small stream off the highway to take a break and fish. A few minutes into fishing and I hooked a couple of cutthroats (western slope cutthroats I think). As I walked upstream I came across a beaver dam, cast above it and caught a brookie. As I walked away to farther spot I thought to myself…”wait a minute, I just caught a Colorado Grand Slam! YEAH!”. A quick note, I caught them all on one fly… not just the “one fly”, but the actual same fly (a variation of the amano kebari). I’m putting a new “Tenkara Diary” video together, hopefully you’ll see it tomorrow, but here are the photos:
Outstanding!
A good day indeed, and literally with one fly…
Tenkara
Thanks Adam. Any Grand Slam opportunities in AZ? This was my first one.
Daniel,
Just ordered my first tenkara rod yesterday (Yamame). I am going to be on the Pan and the Roaring fork in a couple of weeks. Since this will likely be my first outing with tenkara, do you have any suggestions?
Andrew, you’ll have a blast. Mainly take a look at the knots videos and practice them at home a few times before your trip.
epic. the season just opened here, but it will be weeks till i get to trout country. like i told jason at tenkara talk, love the posts a and please keep them coming. it’s all i’ve got for now…