Fishing the Rio Puerco, July 1, 2016

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We have been looking forward to this trip for many weeks.  The fishing the first two times Byron and I went was phenomenal.  Two years ago I even caught a couple trout without ever having practiced casting.  Last year Mark came along, at the end of the day he wanted us to leave him behind so he could fish through the night until someone dragged him home the next day.  We weren’t certain his wife would have appreciated us leaving him there so we took an unhappy fly fisherman home with us.  I am excited at this trip because I want to see how I do on this river.  I have been able to catch a consistent one to two trout each time out so my expectations are higher.

Pecos Wilderness, Rio Mora, Aug. 1

Rio Mora

We know we are taking a chance on hiking today.  The monsoon has appeared this July.  I hope I am not jinxing the balance of the year, but I think it may be wet enough that we will not have the widespread forest closure we have had the past several years due to the drought and subsequent fires.