Cimarron, Bataan Marathon and San Juan River

[Bruce Day]

Then after White Sands up to the San Juan, one of the nations premier fisheries. Technical fishing, midge nymphs, size 22 and 24, 6x tippet, long leaders. We did fine. lots of fish and we met one of the best known western fly fishermen, Rick Takahashi, who helped us learn the river, gave us flies and instructed us, all gratis. We both bought his book on western midges which was for sale in the local fly shop, and promised to send him plenty of bird feathers come hunting season.

Big river, lots of water, some big fish, though most we caught were 10 to 20 inches.

Then after several days on the river, we returned home, Dick west through the Navajo Res, me east through the Apache res which was deep in snow. Had snow all the way back through Kansas and still snowing now.

The San Juan is one of the best and we hit it off season, 21 degrees in the morning, but little or no pressure, and plenty of fish.