Re: rocky ford report and a question

[Brett Brown]

I don't know about the handicap fish, but I did have an encounter with a rattlesnake.  Just a note to all, watch out!!!.  Last weekend when I was walking down the path heading back form the rapid section towards the bridge I had an encounter with a rattlesnake that was about 4ft. long and did not want to budge from the trail.  I was walking along when I heard the distinct sound of a rattle.  Even though I had never encountered a rattle snake I still knew to stop in my tracks immediately.  I paused for a moment and slowly turned my head towards the sound.  The snake was about a foot away from me to my right.  It was a stare down!!  He wan't going to move and I sure in the hell wasn't going to either.  I stood still for over a minute.  He never coiled but rattled about every 5 seconds.  Finally, I figured since he was not coiled he could not strike at me, so I bolted away from him back towards the direction I came.   That was the end of the encounter, but it took me awhile to get my heart rate down.  I had my ears and eyes wide open when I made the trek back to the truck.  The scary part of this whole experience is that my wife and son walked down the trail about 5 minutes before I did.  My little boy is two and loves to throw rocks and pick flowers and weeds.  Thank god he didn't wander near this snake.  I know I'm not taking my boy here anytime soon!!!!!!  Just thought the group would find this information useful.  Be careful all!   Brett     ----- Original Message ----- From: Les Korcala To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 8:55 AM Subject: RE: rocky ford report and a question Tim: You have nice sense of hummor, I like that : "semi-mutants in the crowd" Is this what we see in our own world ?   >From: "Tim Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: rocky ford report and a question >Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 07:44:05 -0700 > >I've caught a few fish in there like this too, in fact I think I've caught >the one you described. There is another fish by the upper bridge that seems >to have scoliosis, his back has a distinct sideways bend in it and also >slopes down somewhat. Since these are all genetically-altered fish >basically I'm sure you do get a share of semi-mutants in the crowd. > >Tim > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul B >Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 11:49 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: rocky ford report and a question > > >Went on what I expect to be my final Ford trip and had a blast. I fished >Friday night until dark and again Saturday morning from about 445 until I >had to start the trip back over the hill in the afternoon. I caught alot of >fish on everything from #20 midges to a size 6 olive leech. I caught a fish >that surprised me and wanted to ask the board members if they have had a >similar experience. I hooked a big fish(22 inches) between the bend and the >second bridge. It was about three feet from the shore and hit on a small >leech pattern. It fought well and actually peeled me to almost my backing. I >got him in and noticed his back was distorted. He was normal until his >dorsal fin and then his whole body sloped down and sideways. He didn't have >any scarring so I doubt if it was an old injury that caused this odd shape. >I would have dismissed it but I caught a similar fish in December that was >much smaller and definately a different fish. I don't want to start a nasty >rumor or a panic attack but i was wondering if I am the only one that has >caught a fish like this. Both fish swam in big looping circles when they >tired. I did manage to photograph the fish that I caught in December but it >was a one handed photo from the top of the handicap pier so it isn't very >clear but does show the distorted backline. Just curious, anyone else caught >anything like that? > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: >http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: Click Here