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Send some of that water west,, Zach. We’re drying up in Colorado, the fish are stressed and the water too warm. Lots of us have put our rods down, or headed for the high country and brookies.
Do a rain dance for Colorado.
Wasn’t commenting on the company’s solvency, Carter. Simply on my wader preference. I live on a trout stream and get on the water a couple hundred days a year, so for what it’s worth, my original Cloudveil waders are hands down the best new gear I’ve seen in a long time.
That said, I’ve always admired Simms and its products, and still do.
Randy –
Simms has the market almost cornered on high-end waders. They indisputably make the best wader product on the planet, but you do pay for it.
I own both Simms Guides and Cloudveil. The Simms are now my backup waders. Easy choice.
Hi Mike — My first post as well. Just a reminder that Colorado offers terrific fishing across the state. Keep in mind that the Roaring Fork Valley is now our state’s version of Disneyland. Until the greedheads arrived in the early ’70s, the Aspen-Glenwood area was truly paradise. That’s sadly been lost and replaced with rampant commercialization, astronomical prices and hordes of tourists.
You might want to check into a “real” Colorado town, such as Meeker, on the White River. Or look into the South Platte through South Park, and a tailwater section called the Dream Stream. No better fishing anywhere.
I can also highly recommend Steamboat as a place that would interest your wife, and excite you with the fishing possibilities on the Yampa. In town, or up in the tailwater below the dam, the browns will leave your arm in a sling at day’s end. Hoppers and more hoppers.
Other suggestions would be the Gunnison area, and a little-known river down south called the Conejos. Big browns, no crowds, matchless scenery.
Flows anywhere could be abnormal this year because of snowpack that run, in some places, 600 percent of normal. Keep an eye on the flows.
