Facebook Friends Reflect on 2018
We invited our Facebook friends to share their 2018 Highlights as part of our “reflections” series. We also asked them to include a challenge they faced – and hopefully overcame – this past year. Here are their responses.
 |
Jannetta Knight
Highlight: Fishing Rainbow Falls and getting a fish pic with my husband thanks to Dave Herber! Challenge: Getting out to fish more small streams! |
Steve Selvig:
Highlight: My wife catching a 24″ “Master Angler” cutbow on Spinney last June. HOT day and the trout had to be released quickly to avoid killing it. I only regret not getting the smile on Ann’s face on camera. If there is extra credit, fly was likely bought from your shop!
 |
A. J. Gamboa
Highlight: Catching awesome high mtn trout, and landing at Decker’s, dreamstream, and the Arkansas.
Challenges: Figuring out what to do after hunting season, learning to fly fish. |
Bresnick Nick Hax
Highlight was fishing with Angler’s Covey in Cheesman and the Taylor! Nuff said.
 |
Don DeLoach
Highlight: 23-1/2″, 5-1/2#, 5x tippet and #16 dry fly at 9000′ in a small public freestoner.
Editor’s note: This is probably my favorite (other than the highlight with my wife, Jannetta, above). Beautiful fish, small stream, public water, and on a dry fly? That is what this adventure is all about! |
 |
Jane Berryman
Highlight: Upper stretch of Rio Grande Challenge 2018 was finding cold water to fish to not harm trout!
Editor’s note: Jane makes a great point about the water levels and temps! Here’s hoping that 2019 brings a great winter snowpack for healthy fish and flows! |
 |
Mike Moore Here’s a highlight from my year. Watching this fish landed in the tandem kayak by Dave and Becky! Happy New Year Angler’s Covey!
As Drake, the shop dog, looks on! |
 |
Angelo Castro Highlight: caught the biggest rainbow ever |
 |
Lindsay Boone Highlight: Orvis 201 on Sunday, fishing on my own on Monday! |
 |
Jason Gomez Highlight: Teaching my wife to fly fish and getting her hooked. |
 |
Alan Peak
I think my highlight is realizing we have a semi-viable fishery right in our backyard. I look forward to fishing it, and hopefully bring awareness to a place that was otherwise thought of as a sewer. |
To all of our friends – Facebook and real life – who accepted the invitation into adventure in 2018, we wish you the most prosperous and happiest of new years for 2019. May your highlights be a’plenty and your challenges overcome!