That afternoon is best described as an exercise in abject futility, as slab-like trout pop and breech all around you, hitting everything that flies, wriggles or flops in the water, as long as it’s not connected to your or anyone else’s line!īut that all changes as the sun goes down and, with it, Taylor River trout IQs. And it’s no wonder given that section of river’s legendary status, they see as many artificial flies as a mangy dog sees fleas.īut, despite the near-inevitability of an elbow-to-elbow afternoon with fifty of our closest fly fishing friends, we always commit an afternoon or two to try to outwit just a few of them. The famed uppermost stretch of Colorado’s Taylor River tailwater boast some of the most hefty yet altogether wily trout in the world. To put it mildly, the giant rainbows and browns that make The Hog Trough their home are dang hard to catch.
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