Hello
Friends and thanks for checking in at the O’Grady Fly Fishing Adventures. I wanted
to start by saying a huge Wow!!!! Over the last month or so our world as we've known it seems to have turned completely upside down. My morning routine has always
been the same, I get up and share breakfast with Winston while reading the
Bible and then after a little quiet time, I turn to the internet for the daily
news. Over the last month, scanning the internet has been very difficult to
read. When I first heard the news that Colorado was on lock-down, I died a
little inside. I have not been out of work since I was 14 and that was several
years ago haha. Yes, I have an incredible home life but being on the river just makes
everything seem a little better.
When we realized that we could still
legally fish on our own, Cat and I got to spend a few days playing on the
river. We had been wanting to do another video this year, but we found it difficult to find the time to fish together, and now we finally had a few days at the same time. Now a few things about the video, most of it was shot in one day last
week in town, the river was running just over 900cfs and it is very clear how
225lbs can stay so much more stable than 125lbs. Also, at 900cfs there are
fewer really great runs that hold fish. Since the filming, the river has
dropped into the 700cfs range, the Bwo’s are really getting the fish eating,
and the fish are spreading out. Now, what we really hope is that with
all of the craziness going on right now in this world that it puts a smile on a
few of your faces. I know it did for us. And lastly, we want to extend a Huge
thank you to all of our incredible friends and guests this year. You have been
Awesome!!!
As for the river, I’m not sure
exactly how this stay in place thing will play out. I already see that there is
talk of allowing people to get back to work as long as they wear a mask. The
next five weeks on the river should be the best of the year. What we are
currently doing at the shop is packaging up a “guide special” of the exact
flies that I have been using on the river. We are now accepting reservations
for guide trips between now and the end of May, get your (best dates of the year)
locked in and if your date arrives and the trip cannot happen, for any reason,
we will refund your full deposit.
Now to finish, I just want to give
out one more huge thank you for your continued support of the Drift, Cat, and
I. We hope you enjoy the video as much as we did making it. Please stay safe and hope to see you soon. As Always, Connell,
Cat, Winston, all our Guests, and the Drift Fly Shop want to thank you for watching
and reading………
