Exploring

Thursday we fished a couple of sections below the Alcova dam on the Grey Reef Reservoir. We only caught one nice rainbow and it was right at the base of the Alcova dam.

Then we went exploring. We drove to the Fremont Canyon stretch which is between the Pathfinder and Alcova reservoirs. This looks like it would be an excellent stretch when the water isn’t so high. One particular section is a beautiful red rock canyon.

Then we saw a sign to the Miracle Mile, which is between the Kortes dam and Pathfinder reservoirs. This is a famous stretch of water that I have always wanted to see. It was only 20 miles away.

I had asked the guide about this stretch and he said the water was really high but that it had been fishing well the last couple of years. After about10 miles on the Kortes Road, the road became a dirt road, or on this particular day a mud road. Nick looked it up in the Fly Fishing The North Platte River book and it said that the dirt road was actually good by Wyoming standards. If I would have known it would be a dirt road for so long I would have turned around. By the time we got to the Miracle Mile, the car was completely covered with mud.  Three thorough car washes later I am still finding mud in and on the car.

Despite the high water, which actually didn’t seem too bad, we decided to give it a try. Using red San Juan Worms again, we each caught a few medium size brown trout. It did look like a gorgeous stretch of river to fish when the water is not so high and when the road isn’t muddy from the rain.